Just a few weeks ago, we celebrated the best of America when we celebrated the Fourth of July. But not all homes were sites of celebration. These days, it’s hard to drive through neighborhoods and not notice all the shuttered homes and abandoned lawns, casualties of the foreclosures, layoffs and jobs that have moved overseas.

When the domestic violence started, Karla didn’t know where to turn for help.

Election Day holds tremendous importance in our country, not just as the day when we vote our leaders into office, but as the symbolic cornerstone of our democracy. It is a day when all our voices are heard. No matter what you look like, how much money you make, your family’s background, or how old you are, we all have an equal say on Election Day. The openness and fairness of our voting process is what makes America the leading democracy in the world.

Danny Moran has lost his children and his freedom and spent a decade as a fugitive. But during 20 years of legal battles, the former Mesa resident has never surrendered. That could change today in Maricopa County Superior Court.

The Gilbert Town Council on Tuesdayofficially formed the town's new environmental and energy task force and appointed nine members.

The election is over, but now our country faces another big moment. Behind closed doors, some members of Congress are trying to arrange a “grand bargain”—and some are insisting on extending tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans while cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security benefits.

Rebekah Friend: When it comes to health care, the status quo is failing American families. Too many insurance company denials. Suffocating costs. Too many uninsured. But if Congress fails to enact reform, things won’t just stay the same — they’ll get worse. And a recent report released by the nonpartisan Urban Institute underscores just how much worse things will get for our state.

The family of former Gilbert Highland standout Marquis Cooper says they have decided to discontinue their search for the 26-year-old man and two friends still missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

State lawmakers cannot legally fix to what some contend is a flaw in Arizona’s new minimum wage law, Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.

It’s time for our government to hold Wall Street accountable and make them pay to create the good jobs they destroyed.

Rebekah Deeds isn’t being cliché when she says she’s grateful to be alive this Thanksgiving — two months after being attacked with a machete.

What do minimum wage, universal health care, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, labor unions and school vouchers have in common?

What do minimum wage, universal health care, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, labor unions and school vouchers have in common?

Solutions to big problems don’t fit on a bumper sticker.

Educators across the East Valley are trying to take the stress out of the AIMS test for elementary and middle school students taking the exam this week.

It turns out social conservatives aren’t the only group seeking to use state ballot issues to boost voter turnout for like-minded candidates. Last week, a coalition of labor unions led by the AFL-CIO submitted more than 209,000 petition signatures for an initiative to establish Arizona’s first state minimum wage at $6.75 an hour and tie future increases to inflation.

Labor unions and their allies filed more than 209,000 signatures Monday to force a public vote over whether Arizona should have a minimum wage higher than required by federal law.

Labor unions and their allies filed more than 209,000 signatures Monday to force a public vote over whether Arizona should have a minimum wage higher than required by federal law.

Arizona’s budget crisis makes it important for the state to stand behind Wisconsin’s governor in his battle with public employee unions, a lawmaker contends.

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

TEMPE – Firefighters had no reason to suspect anything but a house fire, but when three of them walked up to the front door, an explosion hit them with a wall of flame. Two were injured, including a fire captain burned on his face and hands.

TEMPE – Firefighters had no reason to suspect anything but a house fire, but when three of them walked up to the front door, an explosion hit them with a wall of flame. Two were injured, including a fire captain burned on his face and hands.

TEMPE – Firefighters had no reason to suspect anything but a house fire, but when three of them walked up to the front door, an explosion hit them with a wall of flame. Two were injured, including a fire captain burned on his face and hands.