The prom is making a big comeback.

For all the flak that our state’s education system has taken over the years (I’ve dealt some of it), we proudly lead the nation in an important segment: career and technical education.

“A group of parents in petitioning Mesa Schools to give teachers a raise. The average teaching salary in MPS is $54,398. If teachers can’t figure out how to live on a salary that is nearly double the average salary for the general population of Mesa, how are they smart enough to teach children?”

I believe illegal immigration from Mexico to Arizona is bad because they take our jobs, they get free healthcare, and they commit crimes.

The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to make it a crime for volunteer workers to pick up early ballots from voters.

Efforts by Arizona Republican lawmakers to overhaul the early voting process and fight election fraud have drawn criticism from Democrats and civic groups who fear the proposed changes would limit turnout among the state's growing Hispanic electorate.

House Speaker Andy Tobin is sidelining two anti-union measures rather than bringing them to the floor for a divisive -- and potentially losing -- vote.

WASHINGTON — Buying your own health insurance will never be the same.

Bargain hunters alert! Santa, wearing a red-and-green sombrero, is flying in early this year riding on an Indian thunderbird. Sitting behind Santa, Kokopelli is holding on with his knees while he plays “Jungle Bells” on his flute.

We race into the 2012 homestretch following a record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend, where blockbuster franchises like “Twilight” and James Bond weren’t the only ones to do gangbuster business. Oscar-heavyweights “Lincoln” and “Life of Pi” both exceeded expectations in wide release, while independent fare “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Hitchcock” saw decent numbers in far fewer theaters.

The campuses of Brophy and St. Mary’s might be just three miles apart, but as Friday night’s 58-6 shellacking by the Broncos clearly indicates, the two central Phoenix schools are separated by far more when it comes to football these days.

It looks like Gov. Jan Brewer will have to pick a new chief of staff.

So what's it worth to have hotel rooms in Paris with the right amenities -- and no construction out front?

Sean Schweichler scored two touchdowns late in the third quarter, while Williams Fields’ defense shut down visiting Canyon del Oro in the fourth, as the Black Hawks held on to defeat the Dorados, 27-23, on Friday.

When the lazy days of summer give way to hectic fall schedules, there is nothing like dashing in and being enveloped by a home filled with delicious smells.

Brophy defeated Glendale Mountain Ridge, 37-14, in both teams' season-opening game Wednesday night at Mountain Ridge.

Tempe may be home to three separate school districts, but one area high school teacher has devised a way to bring students from the city’s high schools, middle schools and elementary campuses together as one.

Some big names in Arizona legislative politics face contested races in the Aug. 28 primary election, with redistricting fallout expanding the normal array of intraparty rivalries resulting from ideology and ambition.