Hispanic civil rights leader banned from Senate chambers

PHOENIX -- A sometimes loud crowd reaction this past week to a legislative hearing has led to the banning of a Hispanic civil rights leader from the Senate -- and his arrest Thursday after he went to see his legislator. Senate President Russell Pearce confirmed Friday he told the Senate sergeant at arms to bar the leader of a group that was being "rowdy' while watching a committee hearing on a TV monitor in an overflow room. But the Senate president said he did not learn until later that person he banned was Salvador Reza. Reza was arrested Thursday when...