Arizona Supreme Court bars candidate from running

8 February 2012, 8:23 am

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently.... Read More »

Ariz. high court: Woman with poor English off ballot

7 February 2012, 10:11 pm

PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently.... Read More »

Arizona court rules candidate with weak English can be barred

7 February 2012, 7:46 pm

PHOENIX, Feb 8 — Arizona’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a candidate for city council with limited English language skills can be kept off the ballot in a largely bilingual town on the Mexico border. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touched off a furore when he disqualified Alejandrina Ca... Read More »

Arizona court keeps candidate off ballot over English skills

7 February 2012, 7:16 pm

(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a city council candidate with limited English skills could be kept off the ballot in a predominately Spanish-speaking town on the Mexico border, and her lawyers said they lacked resources to appeal. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touc... Read More »

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Against San Luis City Council Candidate Alejandrina Cabrera

7 February 2012, 5:56 pm

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently.... Read More »

Ariz Supreme Court bars candidate from running

7 February 2012, 4:22 pm

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently.... Read More »

Court says woman with limited English can be kept off ballot

7 February 2012, 3:59 pm

(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a city council candidate with limited English language skills can be kept off the ballot in a largely bilingual town on the Mexico border. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touched off a furor last week when he disqualified Alejandrina C... Read More »

At last, Yuma has preference for Yuma firms

6 February 2012, 5:35 pm

The city of Yuma officially now has a bidding preference policy for city businesses, although there continues to be some controversy over how it will be applied.Efforts to establish the local preference for certain types of work, materials and services started several years...... Read More »

NAU-Yuma to offer special ed master’s

6 February 2012, 5:05 pm

Northern Arizona University-Yuma is offering a master of education in special education this spring.An informational meeting about the requirements and the application process will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Arizona Western College Entrepreneurial Center, Room 159,...... Read More »

U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot

2 February 2012, 7:08 am

(Reuters) - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border security. The Border Patrol's Yuma sector said agents and officers from the Cocopah Tribal Police Depart... Read More »