If people who donate to political campaigns in Arizona don't tell the public where they work, is there any real damage to the democratic process? This question should be honestly addressed by state officials in the near future as it was recently revealed that avoiding the disclosure of such information is embarrassingly easy, despite a legal mandate.

American Indian tribes need additional federal funding to improve their law enforcement efforts across the state and country, tribal leaders told two U.S. senators during a special field hearing of the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Monday.

A former Phoenix City Council candidate took the first steps Monday to have the fate of the new law aimed at illegal immigrants decided by Arizona voters.

Phoenix-based federal immigration agents will be deputized Monday by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office so they can enforce state laws.

April 12, 2005

By the very nature of their work — to protect the innocent from those bent on harm — police officers must sometimes use deadly force. And when a suspect lies dead in the aftermath, it is also the nature of police work to be second-guessed: Did the suspect really pose a deadly threat? Could police have avoided bloodshed?

PHOENIX - A federal appellate court on Thursday blocked enforcement of a 2004 state law requiring Arizona voters to present identification when casting ballots and to submit proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Widespread public interest in getting local police more involved with federal immigration law should not become an unfunded mandate that usurps local control to focus on a problem that’s not even a crime.

Arizonans generally support the concept of local police officers enforcing federal immigration laws, but their support is fractured deeply along political and racial lines.

By Thomas Baranick

Statewide DUI Task Force special holiday enforcements are underway. The Governor's Office of Highway Safety and its law enforcement partners began the efforts Wednesday.

We realize Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immediate reaction to any possible challenge to his authority is to defiantly promise he will not bend one inch. But will a prideful Arpaio truly ignore an opportunity to review the last two years of his office’s immigration enforcement and refine his strategies to focus on what seems to work while stopping one practice that’s a horrible waste of tax dollars?

PHOENIX — As America's busiest immigrant smuggling hub, Arizona has earned the distinction as a place that's tough on people who sneak across the border.

Civic leaders lashed out Wednesday at state lawmakers who voted for a bill that would force local police and sheriff's departments to help enforce federal immigration laws.

Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to turn a new statewide photo speed enforcement initiative into a major cash cow for Arizona.

“Those three seconds I took my eyes off the road changed my life forever.”

An attorney for Gov. Jan Brewer told federal appellate judges Tuesday they should let Arizona enforce its laws against harboring illegal immigrants because there's no evidence anyone is in danger of actually being prosecuted.

A group has pledged to spend about $1,000 to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures in an effort to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

A group has pledged to spend about $1,000 to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures in an effort to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

The Chandler Police Department’s traffic unit received a $30,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to focus on whether motorists and their passengers are following the law by using their seatbelts.

Foes of government services for illegal immigrants renewed their efforts Monday to force state agencies to demand proof of legal presence before providing any benefits. Legal papers filed in Maricopa County Superior Court contend that Gov. Janet Napolitano is ignoring the plain language of Proposition 200, approved by voters in 2004.

WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.

The 28 sheriff's deputies reporting to Capt. Joe Rodriquez patrol Maricopa County's waterways, nabbing drunken boaters and responding to emergencies from Lake Pleasant to Bartlett Reservoir to Saguaro Lake, a popular recreation spot east of Phoenix.

September 16, 2004