Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Friday that she would not move her state’s presidential primary into January, which would likely force Iowa and New Hampshire to also jump ahead.
An Arizona company, sued in June by Attorney General Tom Miller, has been barred from all future telemarketing and mail solicitations in Iowa because it used falsehoods about raising money for those with disabilities to elicit funds from state residents.
District Court Judge Brad McCall earlier ordered Phoenix-based Americans More…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a law passed under historic circumstances as part of an effort to combat institutionalized discrimination against racial minorities.
On Tuesday, The American Independent reported that the Board of Immigration Appeals, a body that is part of the U.S. Justice Department, made a decision on Aug. 11 arguing that federal regulations do not require that immigrants arrested without a warrant have to be notified of their rights before being More…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a survey by the Georgia Restaurant Association revealed widespread worker shortages in the state’s $14.1 billion restaurant industry:
Nearly half of the 523 restaurateurs across the state who voluntarily participated in the electronic survey this month are having trouble finding workers, a summary of the
Of the states which have passed immigration laws modeled after Arizona’s S.B. 1070, South Carolina is the most important in the GOP presidential primary season. The “first in the South” primary is considered by many observers to be the decisive testing ground for the Republican Party presidential candidates, as it More…
What happens when a state bypasses the federal government and enacts its own immigration laws? It’s well known by now that Arizona lost substantial convention business and has racked up huge legal bills defending the state’s laws. Those facts have not stopped other states from following suit. Alabama, where the More…
On Tuesday the South Carolina legislature sent a new immigration enforcement bill to the desk of Gov. Nikki Haley, who has said that she will sign it. The law would mandate that police check the immigration status of anyone detained for traffic violations or any greater offense. It would also More…
The recent Supreme Court decision upholding the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act, which penalizes employers that knowingly hire undocumented workers by revoking their business licenses, is the subject of a policy brief released by the Migration Policy Institute today.
The brief argues that the 2007 Arizona case, Chamber of Commerce v. More…
As more states pass abortion bills with new regulations and restrictions, the effects of those previously passed are beginning to show through –- in lawsuits. Across the country, Planned Parenthood affiliates have filed suits challenging anti-abortion rights legislation that in some way targets the abortion provider and its services.
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