Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tucson News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tucson Post.com http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/cat/a548abef580c2494/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:41:22 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:41:22 -0400 30 Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court Monday tossed out a provision in a Arizona state law requiring proof of citizenship for registration as a voter. With a 7-2 majority, the apex court ruled that the state's voter-approved law interfered with federal law designed to make voter registration easier. Opponents of the law saw it as an attack on vulnerable voter groups such as ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250428/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250428/scat/a548abef580c2494 A teen died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash May 27 on the city's southeast side.Jeremy Echeandia, 17, died Sunday at University of Arizona Medical Center, said Sgt. Maria Hawke, a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.On May 27 at 9:27 p.m., police were dispatched to a crash in the 5000 block of East Golf Links Road, near South Craycroft Road, Hawke said.The drivers of both ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215260455/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:44:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215260455/scat/a548abef580c2494 PHOENIX -; An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215259173/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215259173/scat/a548abef580c2494 It is unconstitutional to make voters prove their U.S. citizenship to be able to register to vote. The Supreme Court made that reversal to Arizona law in a 7-2 decision. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal breaks down the details of that ruling with Judy ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215259043/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215259043/scat/a548abef580c2494 Earlier today, the Supreme Court concluded that the state of Arizonacannot ask for proof of citizenship for federal voter registration. So someone may want to check on former Arizona State Senator Russell Pierce, the state’s adjunct super Mexican hater and author of the state's anti-immigration law that instituted certain levels of brown as a form of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258043/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258043/scat/a548abef580c2494 The Arizona law was intended to prevent voter fraud, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it violates the 20-year-old Motor Voter law. NBC's Pete Williams ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258602/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258602/scat/a548abef580c2494 AccuWeather.com reports weather favoring the spread of wildfires will increase over California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona Tuesday into Wednesday. A strong storm system moving onshore into the Northwest will work to kick up winds over the Southwest into the middle of the week. While winds will not be damaging in most cases, they will be strong enough to raise the risk of spreading existing fires ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258546/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258546/scat/a548abef580c2494 WASHINGTON -- States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258603/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215258603/scat/a548abef580c2494 PHOENIX -- Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday signed a law widening the state's Medicaid program to 300,000 more poor Arizonans. It was a victory over conservatives in her own party opposed to embracing a key part of President Obama's health care ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215257641/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:39:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215257641/scat/a548abef580c2494 Colorado's Republican legislators, with backing from Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler, unsuccessfully attempted to tighten the state's voter identification laws last year by requiring a photo ID to vote. But Colorado lawmakers have not gone as far as requiring proof of citizenship like Arizona.The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona and other states cannot on their own ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215257665/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215257665/scat/a548abef580c2494 Arizona Governor Jan Brewer addresses the media about the Supreme Court's decision on SB1070 in Phoenix, Arizona, June 25, 2012. REUTERS/Darryl ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215255880/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:37 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215255880/scat/a548abef580c2494 Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he will seek to tweak the comprehensive immigration reform measure currently before the Senate to allow states to require proof of citizenship before a resident can register to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215254240/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:59:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215254240/scat/a548abef580c2494 In Missouri, a person can be fired, kicked out of an apartment or denied service for being gay or being perceived as gay. The push to change that law took a major step forward during the legislative session, and advocates are optimistic success is getting ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215253703/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:50:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215253703/scat/a548abef580c2494 PHOENIX – Police say a Phoenix bus driver was caught on cellphone video repeatedly punching a passenger and slamming the man's head against a bench. Authorities say 45-year-old Todd Allen Shields was charged with assault and other counts and placed on leave. According to police, passenger Desirae Madrid recorded Shields fighting with a 21-year-old man after the man tried boarding the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215252572/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215252572/scat/a548abef580c2494 Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Arizona's determined campaign to establish its own independent immigration policy received yet another setback Monday at the unlikely hands of Justice Antonin Scalia, who as recently as last June was the state's most ferocious judicial ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215253202/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215253202/scat/a548abef580c2494 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday Arizona's requirement of proof of citizenship before voter registration is pre-empted by federal law. If it translates to other challenges in other states, the ruling is a major blow to voter ID efforts. Seventeen states have enacted laws requiring the presentation of some type of government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215251499/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:45:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215251499/scat/a548abef580c2494 A 77-year-old man reported missing Sunday night has been found.Tucson police said 77-year-old Rafael Alvarez walked into the University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus, commonly called Kino Hospital, Monday morning.Alvarez went missing after being dropped off at a south-side residential assisted living facility Sunday ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215252123/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:22:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215252123/scat/a548abef580c2494 The Supreme Court ruled Monday against an Arizona ballot measure requiring new voters to present proof of citizenship before being added to the voting rolls - but the justices dodged the question of whether states could ever impose such a requirement without federal approval.The justices ruled, 7-2, that Arizona’s effort to establish proof-of-citizenship requirements for new voters ran ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250906/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:47:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250906/scat/a548abef580c2494 The Supreme Court made a good decision, finally, on a voting rights case. This case originated--where else?--in Arizona, the state that has made a name for itself by demonizing Latinos. Arizona had made it tougher for prospective new voters to register than the federal government requires. Federal law says that it's enough to let people fill out mail-in registration cards and swear that ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250146/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:23:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250146/scat/a548abef580c2494 a 7-2 decision announced Monday morning , the Supreme Court of the United States has rejected the state of Arizona's efforts to add a proof of citizenship requirement to voter registration forms. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (a/k/a "The Motor Voter Law") requires States to "accept and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250912/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:27 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215250912/scat/a548abef580c2494 Since 2004, Arizona has not accepted registration forms without a proof of citizenship (e.g. birth certificate, passport, etc.). Even though the state and the federal government agree that noncitizens shouldn't vote, they didn't agree on how that idea should be ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215248919/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:43:30 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215248919/scat/a548abef580c2494 In an opinion by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a 7-2 Supreme Court held this morning that an Arizona law requiring voting officials to reject voter registration forms that are ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215249561/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:33:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215249561/scat/a548abef580c2494 reports . Carey, who led the nation in rushing yards last season, was facing misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges. Reports stated that Carey had been involved in a domestic violence incident with his pregnant ex-girlfriend last December. Carey’s attorneys released a statement to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215249563/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:36 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215249563/scat/a548abef580c2494 Postal history and children's literature might not seem a natural marriage, but a new book bridges the gap with the tale of a camel who helped carry freight across the Southwestern desert as part of the U.S. Army's 1850s "camel corps.""Camille Carries the Mail" is by Lisa Hodgkins, the librarian and archivist at Tucson's Postal History Foundation, which promotes ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242031/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:41:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242031/scat/a548abef580c2494 One of the great advances that occurred in Western mining in the 19th century was the aerial tramway.Although at times used in the logging industry, aerial trams quickly became popular as a means to transport ore from the mine to the mill in a fast, efficient and economic manner over rugged, mountainous and oftentimes inaccessible terrain.Aerial tramways evolved from the European introduction of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242029/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:41:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242029/scat/a548abef580c2494 Tracy Koslowski, public education manager and spokeswoman for the Drexel Heights Fire District, was named 2013 Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year.Koslowski received the award last week in Chicago at the National Fire Protection Association conference.Drexel Heights Fire Chief Douglas Chappell said Koslowski "has a very special gift for getting the message of safety spread to all age ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242030/scat/a548abef580c2494 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:41:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215242030/scat/a548abef580c2494 Power has been restored to 1,300 Tucson Electric Power customers who were without service for about four hours.The outage, which affected residents near North Campbell Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard, happened around 2 p.m. when crews found a downed wire in the area, said TEP spokesman Joe Barrios.Crews also found other issues at a nearby substation, Barrios ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215238438/scat/a548abef580c2494 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:22:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215238438/scat/a548abef580c2494 WASHINGTON -- A surge in migrant traffic across the Southwest border into Texas has resulted in a milestone: the front line of the battle against illegal crossings from Mexico has shifted for the first time in over a decade away from Arizona to the Rio Grande Valley of South ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237907/scat/a548abef580c2494 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:36:04 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237907/scat/a548abef580c2494 PHOENIX -- The hiss of sprinklers serenades improbably green neighborhoods early in the morning and late at night, the moisture guarding against the oppressive heat. This is the time of year when temperatures soar, water consumption spikes and water bills skyrocket in this city, particularly for those whose idea of desert living includes cultivating a healthy expanse of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237447/scat/a548abef580c2494 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:43:12 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237447/scat/a548abef580c2494 Cyclist Dan McGuire wrote to the Arizona Daily Star to say he is dismayed at the amount of broken glass and debris in the bike lanes on Kinney Road from the Tucson Mountain County Park area all the way down to Ajo and then down Ajo to LaCholla."These streets are heavily used by cyclists riding on the west side and last week there was a commercial bike touring company at the corner of Ajo and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237473/scat/a548abef580c2494 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:37:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215237473/scat/a548abef580c2494 Kyle Blanks pounded a tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning Sunday, boosting the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 win and series sweep of Arizona. With the score tied 1-1 in the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215236874/scat/a548abef580c2494 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:43:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/215236874/scat/a548abef580c2494