Members of the Protect Arizona NOW initiative committee said they will no longer speak to Spanish news outlets about their proposed law that targets illegal immigrants.

District 4 Councilmember Chris Glover has been re-appointed to the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) steering committee. This will be Councilmember Glover’s second term on the FAIR steering committee, which is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general financial assistance programs, liability insurance, intergovernmental relations, Census, municipal bonds and capital finance, municipal management, antitrust issues, citizen participation and civil rights, labor relations, Native American sovereignty and municipal authority.

National taxpayer associations are pushing Republican leaders to name U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, a position that Flake has promised to use in his crusade to expose and slow earmark spending.

On a party-line vote, the Senate Ethics Committee on Tuesday threw out a complaint that Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, violated rules when he cut off debate on the last night of the session.

WASHINGTON - After months of preparation, Samuel Alito will face close questioning by senators to determine his fitness to be the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice.

Rabbi Robert Kravitz, who emerged as the leading voice in the Valley’s Jewish community, has resigned after almost 19 years as the executive director of the Scottsdale-based Arizona chapter of the American Jewish Committee.

Rabbi Robert Kravitz, who emerged as the leading voice in the Valley’s Jewish community, has resigned after almost 19 years as the executive director of the Scottsdale-based Arizona chapter of the American Jewish Committee.

NEW YORK - The New York Stock Exchange, scarred by outrage over an eyepopping pay package for its ousted chairman, named a former Citigroup executive as its interim leader Sunday at a salary of $1.

Fewer than four in 10 Mesa voters are willing to pay a city property tax, but poll numbers released Wednesday suggest more than six in 10 are open to a bond issue or a sales tax increase.

Fewer than four in 10 Mesa voters are willing to pay a city property tax, but poll numbers released Wednesday suggest more than six in 10 are open to a bond issue or a sales tax increase.

Five Scottsdale women are among 10 who will be honored Thursday during the YWCA of Maricopa County’s 11th annual Tribute to Women 2004 Awards.

Like Arizona — which until the mid-19th century was a territory owned by Mexico — Mesa’s historical roots are intertwined with Latinos.

Arizona business leaders were urged Friday to avoid complacency as they continue their efforts to jump start the state’s economy.

Rep. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, has been appointed as vice-chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) Standing Committee on Education, according to a news release. His one-year term will begin at NCSL's Fall Forum Dec. 9-11 in Phoenix.

A Senate panel approved $82 million in inflation aid for public schools -- and then voted, in essence, never to give back hundreds of millions more that they've shorted schools for the last four years.

A Mesa facilities planning committee will recommend closing a handful of elementary schools and rebuilding when appropriate when it finalizes its recommendation next week for the district governing board.

WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee said Thursday it was beginning an investigation into the conduct of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., indicted a week ago on conspiracy, extortion and other charges.

Washington has come up with twice the usual number of solutions to the problem of scandalously poor outpatient treatment and housing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

PHOENIX – The Arizona Legislature should pass a law requiring certain school districts to unify and consolidate rather than having voters decide what happens in their areas, the person who headed the state’s 2008 redistricting effort told a legislative committee Wednesday.

The Senate Ethics Committee voted 3-2 Monday to investigate the actions of Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, on the last night of the legislative session.

May 14, 2004

The push for state funding of all-day kindergarten suffered a setback Thursday as a House committee blocked a plan strongly backed by Gov. Janet Napolitano.

With a population more than one million, the city of Phoenix needed creative ways to gather input from citizens. That is why in the early '80s the Phoenix Urban Village concept was formed to give each unique community within the city a chance to speak its mind.

With a population more than one million, the city of Phoenix needed creative ways to gather input from citizens. That is why in the early '80s the Phoenix Urban Village concept was formed to give each unique community within the city a chance to speak its mind.