Already in court over Arizona's immigration laws, Gov. Jan Brewer refused Monday to pick two new fights with the federal government.

Already in court over Arizona's immigration laws, Gov. Jan Brewer refused Monday to pick two new fights with the federal government.

Already in court over Arizona's immigration laws, Gov. Jan Brewer refused Monday to pick two new fights with the federal government.

WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans say Border Patrol agents should be granted direct control over U.S. borders, even on federal lands managed by other agencies.

Linda Turley-Hansen: Those fighting the “Travel Management Plan” implementation say more than two-thirds of America’s back country roads are registered for closure. Vacationing families will be funneled into confined camp spaces, manned by toll gates, just like in Yosemite National Park.  When the campgrounds are full, the overflow will be sent on their way.

Soaring sandstone cliffs in northern Arizona, land along the San Pedro River and saguaro- and ironwood-studded expanses gained additional protection Monday under legislation signed by President Barack Obama.

TUCSON - Federal authorities are searching for about 500 people in Arizona who have outstanding tickets for littering at a campsite, getting drunk and disorderly, and other minor crimes.

As the federal government plays catch-up on defense spending, defense contractors like Scottsdale-based General Dynamics Decision Systems are reaping the rewards with billions of dollars worth of ongoing and new contracts.

Its chief proponent insists it’s a realistic effort to force the federal government to surrender its title to close to 73 million acres of land in Arizona.

Unable to unilaterally kill a federal anti-terrorism law, state legislators have settled for the next best thing: threatening to send those who help enforce the law to jail.

WASHINGTON – Recreation on federal lands last year supported more than 8,000 jobs in Arizona’s rural communities, the fourth-highest in the nation, according to an Interior Department report released Wednesday.

So far, there is less than meets the eye to last month’s announcement that obesity is now regarded as a disease by federal health officials.

WASHINGTON – Target shooters on Arizona public lands are being asked to hold their fire in the current dry weather because of fears they could spark wildfires.

Arizona counties last week received $31.5 million from the Interior Department to compensate them for federal lands on which they cannot collect property taxes.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK – Deep within the canyon, a few miles removed from the mule trains of the popular Bright Angel Trail, Horn Creek creates a ribbon of green vegetation here before plunging toward the Colorado River.

Scottsdale Airport officials want to spend nearly $10 million for 7 1 /2 acres of available taxiway land as part of a fiveyear, $14.5 million aviation capital improvement plan to add parking to the crowded airport.

Scottsdale Airport officials want to spend nearly $10 million for 7 1 /2 acres of available taxiway land as part of a fiveyear, $14.5 million aviation capital improvement plan to add parking to the crowded airport.

Backers of a state trust land reform initiative triumphantly turned in 301,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Friday, which the group says is the most ever collected for a proposed constitutional amendment.

Backers of a state trust land reform initiative triumphantly turned in 301,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Friday, which the group says is the most ever collected for a proposed constitutional amendment.

Thousands of acres in Scottsdale, Cave Creek and the Superstition Mountains area are targeted for openspace preservation in a proposal for state land trust reform.

Le Templar: If Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox think they can just ignore the new investigative writer for the Goldwater Institute, then they have forgotten who Mark Flatten is. Especially Wilcox, as Flatten seems to clearly prove she used her political connections to land and keep a lucrative restaurant contract at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and she violated federal rules while doing so. 

Commercial real estate brokers, developers and others believe the commercial real estate downturn is severe enough to warrant federal assistance.