A U.S. Senate bill touted Thursday night as a potential breakthrough in immigration reform stalled the next morning amid partisan rancor — and having failed to advance the measure, senators left town for a two-week recess.

A yearslong feud over how one of Scottsdale's most remote swaths of desert should develop is headed for calmer times as the city and developer have pledged to set aside their differences.

The City Council will have the chance Tuesday to enact reasonable regulations of the two strip clubs in Scottsdale, a chance council members ignored a year and a half ago as they rushed headlong into a moral crusade that voters wisely rejected.

The father of an East Valley high school girl suspected of supplying drugs in an overdose case made a good point in Wednesday's Tribune about the need for treatment for such teens.

Mike McClellan’s commentary on immigration in Wednesday’s East Valley Tribune (“Immigration solution remains far from reality”) presupposes that Arizona citizens expect SB 1070 to be a total solution to our immigration problem. He then goes on to “educate” us on why it will not have that effect. I believe that most Arizona citizens are aware that SB 1070 is not intended to be a total solution to the immigration problem, but that it is an important part of the solution.

Tribune writer Gary Grado recently recounted a harrowing hour at a Maricopa County jail in which a kidnapping suspect was repeatedly beaten by four fellow inmates while awaiting a court hearing.

A Mesa nonprofit group is working to open a center for day laborers in the city without any government funding.

The Higley Unified School District governing board asked administrators Thursday to take legal action regarding construction problems at Power Ranch Elementary School.

I simply have to do more than chuckle after reading Jon Beydler’s column on legalizing marijuana (July 16).

It’s naïve to believe SB 1070 hasn’t had an effect on the illegal immigrant population in Arizona. It’s equally foolish to believe that the law has any kind of larger effect.

When you live in Arizona all your life, as my family has for five generations, your state's border with Mexico becomes more than a line in the dirt. The Arizona-Mexico border represents a gateway to business, an entryway for people and a potential pathway to economic opportunity. Left unprotected, however, this 370-mile stretch also represents a source of real and present danger to Arizonans and fellow Americans.

Calmer heads need to prevail in an overheated clash between two private health care management companies and the state over providing mental health services in Maricopa County, or thousands of people who depend on taxpayers for their treatment are going to suffer needlessly.

July 28, 2004

South East Valley residents who’ve been tiptoeing around huge cracks near their homes can take action against real estate agents who sold them the land and didn’t notify them of the hazard, state officials said Thursday.

The legal group that has fought cities over property rights has intervened on behalf of Chandler resident Teresa Bagdol in her quest for a permit to run a day care out of her home.

Monday’s “The Montel Williams Show” focused on identity theft nightmares, and featured LifeLock CEO Todd Davis as an identity-theft expert.

I am trying to find a way to legally copy DVDs we own to an external hard drive for storage connected to my laptop. When we take long road trips it would be nice to not have to haul all our movies along. — Bill

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — At least 3,000 drivers will get money back for red light tickets in South San Francisco, thanks to an error in finalizing the contract with the company that installed the cameras.

Serious immigration reform may finally be on the way, now that President Bush has thrown his support behind it. But Arizonans fed up with the security risks and drain on public resources resulting from our porous border shouldn't expect an instant fix, though more money for securing the border is already on the way.

Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo said Friday he may pursue legal action against Dallas Mavericks forward Danny Fortson in the wake of Wednesday's flagrant foul that left Suns rookie Zarko Cabarkapa with a broken wrist.

Now that President Bush has made creation of a workable guest worker program a priority for his second term, let’s see who in Congress has the courage to withstand the xenophobic backlash that always greets immigration reforms, no matter how necessary and well-crafted.

More wasted time on the texting while driving controversy. The legislators that irk this old road cop are the ones that call for the reckless driving statute to be used, while the solons calling for a specific law against texting behind the wheel merely miss the entire thoughtless driving problem.

More wasted time on the texting while driving controversy. The legislators that irk this old road cop are the ones that call for the reckless driving statute to be used, while the solons calling for a specific law against texting behind the wheel merely miss the entire thoughtless driving problem.

Mesa mayor hopefuls weighed in on how to fix day laborer problems - one of the most intractable problems the city has ever faced, according to one candidate. Claudia Walters, Scott Smith and Rex Griswold fielded that question among others Wednesday night during a forum with the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens.