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Napolitano: Immigration approach won't change despite voter opinion By Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano said she won't change the way she approaches the issue of illegal immigration despite voters effectively overriding two of her vetoes on the issue. More than 70 percent of Arizonans who cast ballots decided that Arizona law should deny adult education classes and subsidized child care to those not in this country legally. The margin of victory on that is larger than Napolitano's win over Republican Len Munsil. Proposition 300 also says students who are not citizens or legal U.S. residents have...

PHOENIX - The state's largest business organization is crafting a policy calling for the United States to legalize the status of 10 million or more people who have crossed into the country illegally. The move comes as the Arizona House of Representatives is set to consider penalizing businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The legislation could put errant companies out of business. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce hopes its pending policy, though it has no force of law, will undermine support for that bill, said spokesman Farrell Quinlan. At this point the chamber's best hope rests not with House Republicans...

Golden Boy vs. J-Nap: Guv takes Crow to the mat advertisement Political Insider is a tongue-in-cheek look at the past week in Arizona politics. It was the slammed door heard round the Capitol. Newly minted Arizona State University President Michael Crow has been a golden boy on a hot streak for much of the year. But Gov. Janet Napolitano took him to her woodshed Wednesday after he apparently cut a deal with Republican Senate leaders to "improve" a university research funding bill. After a short, very loud meeting, witnesses said Napolitano gave Crow the bum's rush from her office. Just...

Tom Liddy, the young, handsome, erudite son of G. Gordon Liddy, won an important election this morning which I attended as a Precinct Committeeman. He is now the Chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee. He was elected by the Precinct Committeemen of Maricopa County as a write-in candidate.His most recent qualifications for this assignment were: He was First Vice-Chair for District 20 in 2002; he was a volunteer for JD Hayworth for Congress in 2002; he was a Precinct Comitteeman for District 6, 2000-2002; and he was a congressional candidate in 2000.Also included in his resume:Counsel, New Mexico Recount,...

PHOENIX - At the request of Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office will look into claims that Phoenix erases the names of elected officials from the list of unpaid parking tickets. In a letter sent Monday to County Attorney Rick Romley, Rimsza said that Phoenix doesn't alter public records before giving them to the media and that the only way to clear any confusion is for Romley to investigate. The request came after state Sen. Scott Bundgaard told a Valley television station that Phoenix deletes the names of elected officials from the unpaid ticket list before making...