Plan for another hot day with a high of 100 degrees in Phoenix

2013 Team tennis state tournament

State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation designed to let Arizonans shop around for the least expensive CAT scan, hip replacement or even routine physical.

Arizona high schoolers may soon be rid of having to pass AIMS -- or any standardized test -- to graduate.

Rejecting the pleas of the state's former top federal prosecutor, a House panel voted Thursday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized even if it turns out the person had a right to possess it.

The state House voted Thursday to ask voters whether they still want the Clean Elections system they approved in 1998 -- but in a way that some lawmakers say is sneaky and misleading.

State legislators took another step Tuesday toward what some hope will be outlawing the “isolation rooms’’ used by some schools to deal with problem students.

State lawmakers are moving to throw a new hurdle in the path of divorced parents who want to move.

PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer formally proposed an extensive revamp of how Arizona collects sales taxes, drawing immediate fire from cities who fear major financial losses.

Arizona authorities say they've been alerted about the manhunt for a disgruntled former Los Angeles police officer wanted in a deadly shooting rampage.

A bid to keep students from dropping out of school before they turn 18 faltered Monday amid bipartisan concerns that all it would do is mean more disruptive kids in school.

I can’t say I agree with some of what Governor Jan Brewer has advocated or seen enacted. But now, after having lived in a cultural milieu right on our borders — what to me seems a strange, even bizarre cultural environment, full of perversions of power and social dysfunction that is absolutely destructive — I definitely agree with at least one idea: We must get total control of our border.

PHOENIX — Candidates in Arizona's close U.S. Senate race put the finishing touches on their campaigns Monday as GOP congressman Jeff Flake crisscrossed the state and as former surgeon general Richard Carmona ramped up get-out-the-vote efforts in his attempt to become the state's first Hispanic U.S. senator.

The state is gearing up to hold simultaneous job fairs for military veterans at 11 locations across Arizona this week, including one in Gilbert.

If you are currently out of the work force or looking for a new job, there are hundreds of employers looking for workers in the Valley. We found these 10 companies and more on Indeed.com , simplyhired.com and jobing.com.

In 1988, seeing court caseloads burgeoning with the population, Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Gordon decided that a coordinated, long-range plan was needed to carry Arizona’s judicial system into the new millennium. He appointed the Commission on the Courts, a 34-member “blue-ribbon” group from across the state to develop that plan, and to make specific recommendations for the judiciary to handle the growth and technological change coming at it, while constantly improving quality. Eddie Basha served as Chair; Charles Ares (U of A College of Law) and the late Jack Whiteman (CEO of Empire Southwest) were Vice Chairs.

State qualifying: Teams that finish in the top half of their sectional among scoring teams (or any individual from a non-qualifying team that places in the top 25) advance to the state meet. If there is an odd amount of teams, the number is rounded up. Example: If there are 15 teams, 8 teams advance.

2012 East Valley Football Schedules

The setup to this week’s Perry vs. Basha clash looks eerily similar to last year.

Complete with British accents, students in Katie Kingman’s senior English class at Ahwatukee Foothills’ Horizon Community Learning Center throw themselves into character as they read from Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”