The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has submitted the first part of its fraud investigation into Cactus Towing to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has submitted the first part of its fraud investigation into Cactus Towing to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

Attorney General Terry Goddard improperly used legal tactics in an effort to hinder a criminal investigation in his office, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas contends in a lawsuit filed Monday.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced Wednesday he is forming an exploratory committee to consider a run for Arizona attorney general in the 2010 election.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants to know why Valley gas prices are more than 30 cents higher than what the average U.S. consumer is paying.

The former state banking chief accused a foe in the attorney general's race of filing a lawsuit against a payday lender to get some publicity and then abandoning the case.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants the federal government to more closely regulate when refineries switch from winter to summer gasoline blends so they don’t all do it at the same time, a move that results in huge gas price increases in the East Valley every spring.

The Department of Economic Security isn’t the only state agency having financial woes dealing with the new child welfare reforms.

Scottsdale council members praised the clarity brought by the Arizona attorney general’s legal opinion that leaves no doubt that they can speak with the media or their constituents about an upcoming vote.

A consumer fraud lawsuit has been filed against a Chandler moving company, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced Tuesday.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants to know if at least two companies that handle student loans in Arizona have broken the law.

The race for Arizona attorney general has turned into two separate campaigns.

The race for Arizona attorney general has turned into two separate campaigns. One is waged in the traditional way of pressing palms, erecting campaign signs and trading barbs.

The race to become Arizona's next attorney general has turned into a slugfest where the two Republican candidates have set up websites devoted exclusively to savaging each other.

A clear winner had still not emerged Tuesday evening in the bitter and often ugly primary race to become the Republican nominee for state attorney general.

To hear the candidates describe it, the Republican race for attorney general is a choice between a con man who is barred for life from securities trading or a liar who used his position as a prosecutor to bring charges against political enemies.

The longtime spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has been reassigned after refusing to allow journalism students into news conferences and hurling insults at an ASU professor in an e-mail exchange.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Tuesday he will no longer prosecute cases handled by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, which has an open investigation involving Goddard.

If you get a telephone call informing you you’ve missed jury duty, don’t believe it. And don’t believe the threats of arrest and don’t give the caller your Social Security number, credit card numbers or any other personal information, because someone is trying to steal your identity, court and law enforcement officials say.

The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday it is investigating the boxing-related death of Phoenix police officer Barry Scott, a revelation that came the same day a medical examiner determined the death was caused by a strong blow to the head.

NEW YORK - The state attorney general's office sued former New York Stock Exchange chief Richard Grasso Monday, accusing him of bullying and manipulating his way to a $187.5 million compensation package that was "wholly inappropriate and illegal."

A judge has removed the Maricopa County Attorney's Office from prosecuting a financial planner who is accused in a scheme to defraud a Tempe church and about 30 investors of more than $5 million over more than a decade.

On the heels of recent controversies involving Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, several Valley residents are campaigning to replace him.