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The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.
The newspaper was founded May 19, 1890, under the name The Arizona Republican.
Dwight B. Heard, a Phoenix land and cattle baron, ran the newspaper from 1912 until his death in 1929. The paper was then run by two of its top executives, Charles Stauffer and W. Wesley Knorpp, until it was bought by Midwestern newspaper magnate Eugene C. Pulliam in 1946. Stauffer and Knorpp had changed the newspaper's name to The Arizona Republic in 1930, and also had bought the rival Phoenix Evening Gazette and Phoenix Weekly Gazette, later known, respectively, as The Phoenix Gazette and the Arizona Business Gazette.
Pulliam, who bought the two Gazettes as well as the Republic, ran all three newspapers until his death in 1975 at the age of 86. A...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Brewer, Obama exchange tense words over book, immigration at airport - — The following is a White House pool report filed shortly after President Barack Obama's arrival in Chandler, Arizona: — “President Obama arrived in Phoenix at 3:15 pm local time, finding the chilly weather of Iowa giving … |
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Giffords stepping down from Congress - — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the three-term Arizona Democrat who was shot in the head during a 2011 assassination attempt, announced Sunday that she will resign from Congress this week in order to focus on her continuing recovery. |
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Black leaders in Phoenix area ask Arpaio to step down - — The calls for Joe Arpaio to resign in the wake of a U.S. Justice Department investigation continued to grow Thursday as a group of the Valley's Black leaders implored the five-term Maricopa County sheriff to step down. |
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Romney's qualities make him best candidate for president - … As Americans observe the wreckage of our country over the last three years — continued high unemployment with 300,000 people last month dropping out of our workforce, the loss of respect for America around the world … |
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71 days ago |
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Arizona civil-rights leader weighs Senate run - — A top Arizona civil-rights leader has formed an exploratory committee to test the waters for a possible U.S. Senate run. — The Rev. Warren Stewart Sr., a Democrat, has been pastor at First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix since 1977. |
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75 days ago |
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Court orders reinstatement of redistricting official - — The Arizona Supreme Court Thursday evening reinstated the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, rebuffing Gov. Jan Brewer⊃1;s unprecedented action earlier this month. — The ruling came less than three hours … |
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132 days ago |
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U.S. Rep. meets group accused of terror ties - — Muslim congressman calls fears ‘ridiculous’ — The only Muslim in Congress defied criticism from Arizona's congressional delegation and spoke Friday at a fundraiser for the local chapter of a national organization with suspected links to Hamas. |
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167 days ago |
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Obama: 'Honored and humbled' to speak before veterans in Phoenix - — Police report no arrests or calls for medical assistance — President Barack Obama came to Phoenix this morning to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention. — But the real story, was on the streets outside … |
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Obama in Valley to unveil foreclosure plan - — President to outline foreclosure strategy during stop at Mesa's Dobson High School — President Barack Obama will unveil a plan today to combat the nation's foreclosure crisis, a plan expected to offer assistance to struggling homeowners … |
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348 days ago |
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Growth pattern crippled Phoenix - — Half-empty outskirts suffer as once-reliable cycle busts — Phoenix grew into the nation's fifth-largest city through a reliable pattern: Build affordable homes on the metro area's edges, welcome waves of new buyers, and then roads, schools and retail centers follow. |
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