The top federal prosecutor in Arizona said Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne are distorting the facts on the issue of medical marijuana and risks of federal prosecution.

The top federal prosecutor in Arizona said Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne are distorting the facts on the issue of medical marijuana and risks of federal prosecution.

An attorney for housing advocacy groups asked a judge Wednesday to void a decision by lawmakers to take $50 million from the cash Arizona got as its share of a nationwide mortgage fraud settlement.

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says a settlement with a theater chain will improve access for hearing-impaired customers.

FBI agents in Phoenix have crafted a new way to scare people into telling them what they want to know: Mention Martha Stewart.

One of the major foes of the state’s medical marijuana law wants Gov. Jan Brewer to order the state health department to stop issuing cards allowing patients to obtain and grow the drug.

Police have made one arrest but are still continuing to search for two other suspects believed to be involved in a gang-related shooting outside a Tempe nightclub late Friday that left 15 injured.

Attorney General Tom Horne said Monday that prosecutors are going to ask a state court to declare that the planned medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal and cannot be opened.

Legislative Republicans used the final hours of the just-ended legislative session to shove through a series of changes in election laws that could give them advantages in future elections.

State lawmakers are planning to raid a mortgage fraud settlement fund to balance the budget.

Backers of medical marijuana charge that a federal lawsuit filed late Friday is designed let the governor and the attorney general do in court what they could not convince voters to do: keep the use of the drug illegal in Arizona.

Brushing aside her own attorney general, Gov. Jan Brewer announced Monday she hired a former national solicitor general to be lead counsel in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let the state begin enforcing last year's immigration law.

State education officials agreed Friday to scrap a policy that federal officials said kept thousands of children out of courses they needed to help them learn English.

Arizona schools may get some state help to cope with the high — and unexpected — cost of gasoline.

House Speaker Jim Weiers has obligated Arizona to pay a noted Washington attorney $910 an hour even though he has yet to get approval for that from the state.

Saying their congressional maps are unconstitutional, Gov. Jan Brewer took the first steps Wednesday toward possibly seeking the ouster of one or more members of the Independent Redistricting Commission.

Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she is ordering state health officials to stop certifying patients to purchase medical marijuana while the legality of the voter-approved law is hashed out in federal court.

Maricopa Regional School District's 55 employees may finally get a paycheck -- and soon.

Gov. Jan Brewer could call lawmakers into special session as early as Tuesday to oust one or more members of the Independent Redistricting Commission.

Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she is ordering state health officials to stop certifying patients to purchase medical marijuana while the legality of the voter-approved law is hashed out in federal court.

Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she is ordering state health officials to stop certifying patients to purchase medical marijuana while the legality of the voter-approved law is hashed out in federal court.

Katie and Chris McCrea are looking for renters for their Mesa home, selling their cars and most of their household items, and searching for families to adopt their three dogs.

The share of state tax dollars that actually winds up in the classroom continues to shrink. A report Friday by the state Auditor General's Office found the percentage of funds going to instruction dropped for the fourth year in a row. The figure for 2007 was 57.9 cents out of every dollar.

The share of state tax dollars that actually winds up in the classroom continues to shrink.A new report Friday by the state Auditor General's Office found the percentage of funds that go to actual instruction dropped for the fourth year in a row.