When our nation’s founders wrote the language in the First Amendment guaranteeing the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances,” there were no words describing the form of that petition.

A new resident’s group hoping to derail current plans for the former Los Arcos Mall site will launch a Web site today as one weapon in its fight.

AHWATUKEE - An Ahwatukee mom has started an online petition to ban the private purchase of assault weapons.

The night of the shooting in Aurora, Colo., Ahwatukee Foothills mom and lawyer Ellen Davis had enough.

Foes of Senate President Russell Pearce submitted more than 18,300 signatures Monday to force what would be the first-ever recall of a state elected official.

Foes of Senate President Russell Pearce submitted more than 18,300 signatures Monday to force what would be the first-ever recall of a state elected official.

Foes of Senate President Russell Pearce submitted more than 18,300 signatures Monday to force what would be the first-ever recall of a state elected official.

April 27, 2005

Backers of a measure designed to wipe out any affirmative action programs said they are going to court today in a last-ditch hope to put the proposal before voters.

LOS ANGELES - Three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have gone to the dogs, so why can't Cheeta the chimp get some love?

Backers of extending the state's temporary 1-cent sales tax submitted more than 290,000 signatures Monday to put the issue on the November ballot.

LOS ANGELES - A scene in TV's "Desperate Housewives" that used Philippine medical education for a punchline prompted angry calls from viewers, an online petition demanding an apology and criticism from Philippine officials.

Backers of extending the state's temporary 1-cent sales tax submitted more than 290,000 signatures Monday to put the issue on the November ballot.

As expected, Jason Jarvis will petition Major League Baseball for early entry into the June draft instead of attempting to resume his career at Arizona State.

NEW YORK - MTV's Choose or Lose campaign and CNN have partnered to broadcast a concert supporting veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Four neighborhood agreements later, a developer is taking his proposal to build 323 townhouses on top of a northeast Mesa golf course to the City Council on Monday.

A common misconception about Protect Arizona NOW is that the ballot initiative to combat illegal immigrants is based on race, Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said Saturday.

The fate of Jordan Elementary School is on the agenda tonight when the Mesa school board is expected to vote on whether to close the school.

In about two weeks, a San Tan Valley man embroiled in an international custody battle hopes he will get to see his 5-year-old daughter for the first time in 3 1/2 years and negotiate a custody agreement with the girl’s mother who took her to Brazil.

Higley school Superintendent Joyce Lutrey is under fire from a group of parents and community members who want her to resign.

SAN FRANCISCO - What a short, strange trip it was. After the Grateful Dead angered some of its biggest fans by asking a nonprofit Web site to halt the free downloading of its concert recordings, the psychedelic jam band changed its mind Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO - The Grateful Dead, the psychedelic jam band that toured for three decades, has angered some of its biggest fans by asking a nonprofit Web site to halt - at least temporarily - the free downloading of concert recordings. Band representatives earlier this month directed Internet Archive, a site that catalogues content on Web sites, to stop making group concert recordings available for download, band spokesman Dennis McNally said Wednesday.