Politicians and law enforcement officials from southern Arizona lashed out at state lawmakers Thursday, accusing the Republican-controlled Legislature of ignoring the wishes of the state’s border counties when crafting immigration laws.

Politicians and law enforcement officials from southern Arizona lashed out at state lawmakers Thursday, accusing the Republican-controlled Legislature of ignoring the wishes of the state’s border counties when crafting immigration laws.

Maricopa County's top officials had little time to celebrate their re-election this week.

Saying a deal on the budget could be just days away, the two top legislative leaders want county officials to delay sending out new tax bills.

Joe Arpaio’s latest round of high-profile crackdowns on illegal immigrants is drawing accusations from one prominent county leader that the sheriff is guilty of racial profiling.

PHOENIX - The Arizona Legislature is back at full strength now that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed a replacement for a lawmaker who resigned after being arrested.

A state senator on Tuesday said he asked a judge to

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors solved one problem Monday morning and freely admitted creating another.  In a unanimous vote of the board, Rep. Judy Burges of Sun City West, R-District 4, was chosen to fill the vacancy left in the state Senate after Sen. Scott Bundgaard resigned two weeks ago. Burges will now vacate her seat to take Bundgaard’s.

Justin Pierce will be sworn in as the new District 19 representative on Wednesday during a ceremony on the floor of the House of Representatives. Pierce will be sworn in at 11 a.m. by Charles E. Jones, the retired chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Pierce was unanimously appointed to the seat last week by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The Republican will replace House Speaker Kirk Adams, who resigned to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Pierce earned a law degree from Georgetown University and had been a clerk for Jones. He is a labor attorney at Jackson Lewis LLC. District 19 includes parts of Mesa, Gilbert and Apache Junction.

LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS

Buckling to pressure from city and county lobbyists, Arizona lawmakers Tuesday gutted a bill that bars elected officials from spending public money to promote themselves.

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The Gilbert Town Council and a legislator from Chandler hope to put the brakes on Maricopa County’s effort to fast-track the sale of 1,200 acres of park land in the south East Valley.

Two state lawmakers used a Wednesday night blaze in a Gilbert county island as a springboard to ask the governor to declare a state of emergency for all unincorporated areas with no fire services.

Requiring that all meetings of public bodies include time for the public to express concerns and introduce issues would make government more open and interactive, a state lawmaker contends.

A state senator just re-elected to a new two-year term said Monday he may not take office with his colleagues in January to keep alive his chances of becoming secretary of state.

State Sen. Marilyn Jarrett, a prominent Republican lawmaker from Mesa, died early Friday, the day after she was found unconscious in her office at the state Capitol. Jarrett, 67, was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. of a massive brain hemorrhage at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, said the senator’s oldest daughter, LeAnn Arganbright.

State Sen. Marilyn Jarrett, a prominent Republican lawmaker from Mesa, died early Friday, the day after she was found unconscious in her office at the state Capitol. Jarrett, 67, was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. of a massive brain hemorrhage at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, said the senator’s oldest daughter, LeAnn Arganbright.

State lawmakers are going to give Gov. Jan Brewer another chance to reconsider her feelings about sparklers.

The lucrative pensions that taxpayers now provide for state and local elected officials could soon be on the way out.

Gov. Jan Brewer wants the state's financial disclosure laws revamped -- as long as they don't keep public officials from taking gifts and free trips.

State senators voted Thursday to let lawmakers nullify federal laws -- but not before refusing to give Pima County permission to secede to avoid all the embarrassment.

State lawmaker and former Tempe City Councilman Ben Arredondo was charged with bribery, extortion, mail fraud and making false statements following a sting where FBI agents posed as developers.

Saying it wants to protect its tax-exempt status, the Fiesta Bowl is asking more than two dozen current and former lawmakers to justify taking free tickets and travel — or be prepared to reimburse costs of more than $150,000.