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Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing businesses to refuse service

February 27, 2014 06:16:59 AM

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed controversial Bill 1062 , which would have permitted state business owners to refuse service to individuals for "religious reasons," and which has largely been denounced by critics...

February 21, 2014 01:30:39 PM

Arizona state lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that will allow state business owners to refuse service to individuals for "religious reasons," a law that has been denounced by critics as sanctioning discrimination against LGBT...

January 7, 2014 10:45:37 AM

Four same-sex couples filed a class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday, seeking to overturn the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and...

October 30, 2013 12:01:53 PM

The Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of the Welton family seeking a declaration that the marijuana derivative used to treat five-year-old Zander Welton's epilepsy is...

October 4, 2013 01:45:04 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law punishing doctors for knowingly performing abortions based on the race or...

September 19, 2013 12:51:53 PM

Arizona's Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that the existing ban on driver's licenses for immigrants participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would be extended to anyone whose deportation has been deferred. According...

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US Immigration and State Laws

July 20, 2013 10:44:33 AM

Arizona & SB 1070 On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act into law, following the bill's quick approval in both the Arizona House and Senate. More commonly referred to...

June 8, 2013 02:09:03 PM

US District Judge David Campbell on Thursday refused to reconsider stopping an order by Governor Jan Brewer denying driver's licenses to young immigrants who have been granted work permits. Campbell has yet to schedule a...

May 5, 2013 11:15:34 AM

The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer ...

April 27, 2013 12:17:13 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday upheld a Missouri law that bans protests within 300 feet of funerals but struck down a second broader law that would have increased the...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.