The Supreme Court has taken another welcome step in thwarting President Bush’s authoritarian plans for handling suspects swept up in the war on terror. Earlier it had ruled that the president did not have the power he claimed to imprison suspects indefinitely without charge or access to lawyers and the courts.

Ahwatukee Foothills parents frustrated with management at Desert Vista High School have started purchasing advertising space in a community newspaper to vent their concerns.

The Mesa Unified School District hired three new leaders Tuesday evening.

The Higley Unified School District has qualified as an AdvancED/North Central Accreditation District.

When doctors last year discovered Suzanne Lindley’s colon cancer had spread to her liver, they told her to start planning her funeral. They gave her six months to live.

When doctors last year discovered Suzanne Lindley’s colon cancer had spread to her liver, they told her to start planning her funeral. They gave her six months to live.

Published May 7-9, 2006 in the Tribune newspapers

Gov. Janet Napolitano will face a prickly Arizona Legislature in a special session that starts today on what to do about the state’s troubled child welfare agency and an overburdened prison system.

Part 3 of a 3-Day Series

WASHINGTON - President Bush named L. Paul Bremer, a former ambassador and head of the State Department's counterterrorism office, to become civilian administrator in Iraq and oversee the country's transition to democratic rule.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The new American civilian administrator took over the task of piecing Iraq together Monday amid a change in key posts responsible for guiding it toward democracy.

More than 200 school counselors, psychologists, teachers and nurses in the Mesa Unified School District have been informed by the governing board that they will not be rehired next school year.

Arizona lawmakers want to create a special license plate benefiting public school educators.

Kyrene School District is looking at three options to cut spending on art, music, PE and library in order to meet its budget for 2011-12.

The developers of Main Street Commons must obtain a special permit in order to build stand-alone apartment complexes, Gilbert's Board of Adjustment voted Wednesday night.

Senate Democrats have come up with a truly bad idea — demanding the appointment of a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales committed perjury. What makes this more than just political grandstanding is that they have been joined by at least one senior Republican.

Kyrene School District is looking at three options to cut spending on art, music, PE and library in order to meet its budget for 2011-12.

In 2014 Obama-care will become "mandatory" for all Americans... or so we thought. Yes, folks, it will become mandatory for you and me but it won't be for many of Obama's union and political friends. You ask yourselves, "Wait a dog-gone minute here, how did Obama's union buddies and Democrat political fundraisers get these "Get Out Of Obama-care Free" waivers? Well the vast majority of these 1,372 waivers were granted to unions whose membership donated millions of dollars to the Democrat Party and Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and now in 2012. Just in the month of April, 2011, we've had 31 new exemptions for unions. Among them: The Unified Federation of Teachers; Teamster's Union Locals 60, 175, 505, 237, 35; Cement Mason's Local 32 Welfare Fund; Cement Masons Local 32 Welfare Fund; Laborer's District Council of Virginia Health/Welfare Fund; Pipe Fitters Local 597 Welfare Fund... all exempt.

A Scottsdale council member has requested a special closed-door meeting to discuss the employment of City Manager Jan Dolan.Councilman Wayne Ecton would not disclose the intent of the requested discussion about the city's top administrator.

Gilbert rejected petition signatures Tuesday from activists seeking a referendum to challenge a referendum election.

Emily Davis often thinks about being a veterinarian. “Sometimes, animals are man’s best friend,” said Emily, a 14-yearold Scottsdale resident. “I’ve just always wanted to keep them alive.

Emily Davis often thinks about being a veterinarian. “Sometimes, animals are man’s best friend,” said Emily, a 14-yearold Scottsdale resident. “I’ve just always wanted to keep them alive.

Mesa will allow free admission at two museums on select Sundays despite objections that offering the promotion on that day will exclude many people who have religious obligations.

Clues abound, for those who look, that Jordan Elementary School serves a special population of students: A walker pushed against a wall, a swing on the playground that accommodates a wheelchair, and two boys, both with Down syndrome, who, with arms linked, walk their class's lunch order to the school office.