Democrat Chris Deschene said Wednesday incumbent Secretary of State Ken Bennett ignored his duties by not investigating the validity of the candidacy of several Green Party candidates.

A former state real estate commissioner launched his bid Tuesday to become Arizona’s next secretary of state.

WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. Now the foundation is taking unprecedented steps to influence education policy.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board hired Susan Sokolsky this week as the new board secretary.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board is meeting in a closed session Tuesday night to interview for a new board secretary.

The escalating legal battles between county officials that erupted after the indictment of Supervisor Don Stapley have converged on the Mesa Republican’s secretary, who is now the subject of a criminal investigation and is being represented by a lawyer appointed by the county.

Former state Senate President Ken Bennett took his oath today and became Arizona's latest secretary of state. His primary duties include managing statewide elections and keeping campaign finance reports, registering trademarks, and recording official acts of the state including all new laws from the Legislature and new rules adopted by state agencies.

The head of the Senate Government Committee has taken the first steps to a possible run for secretary of state.

WASHINGTON - Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for wounded Iraq soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

How does going to the polls in August sound? Hot? Perhaps, acknowledged Secretary of State Jan Brewer. But she said lawmakers should consider moving the state’s biennial primaries up a month from the current date of the second Tuesday in September.

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary John Snow resigned Tuesday and President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs chief executive officer Henry M. Paulson Jr. as his replacement - another chapter in the shake-up to revive Bush's troubled presidency.