David Duncan, a meticulous retired judge, led an inquest into Arizona's execution protocols -- until it was subverted by politics ...
I'd never had a white person talk to me like that' The King holiday's approval in Arizona followed a chapter in state history that included racist comments by former Gov. Evan Mecham, who opposed ...
Evan Mecham took office in January 1987 ... to voter backlash over news the NFL would move the 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona if the state rejected MLK Day. The NFL moved the Super Bowl to Pasadena ...
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A slain Arizona journalist could get a Capitol memorial, but key lawmaker won't say if he'll block it againEvan Mecham in 1988, Farnsworth said, he noticed a man holding a sign stating: "Have you read the Arizona Project?" The sign referred to a book about Bolles' murder that incorporated research from ...
Arizona was not the last state to create an ... the holdouts because of the resistance of controversial former Gov. Evan Mecham. On Jan. 12, 1987, Mecham rescinded a 1986 executive order by ...
Arizona was one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to ...
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What are your favorite books about Arizona history?"High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Term and Trials of Former Governor Evan Mecham" If you think Arizona politics are wild now ...
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