The head of one of the East Valley’s most important economic think tanks is retiring after more than 30 years of tracking Arizona’s economic growth.

The U.S. Defense Department’s $100 billion missile defense program is paying major economic dividends to Arizona, according to a five-month study commissioned by The Boeing Co., a major contractor working on the system.

The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped a 10th of a point last month, to 8.2 percent.

Lackluster hiring by private companies last month left the state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for December unchanged at 8.7 percent.

WASHINGTON - When it comes to global warming, the Bush administration puts its faith in volunteerism and new energy technologies to scale back America’s Everest of heat-trapping gases. But government studies say the results are at best uncertain.

Arizona's jobless rate last month slipped sharply - to below 9 percent for the first time since June - a possible indication that the economy is on the mend.

Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and seven other border-state campuses have formed an alliance to develop cold science on one of the most heated topics of the day: the U.S.-Mexico border.

California's push to be the first in the nation to establish a health benefits exchange is being closely watched by other states as they act on implementing key elements of the national health care overhaul law.

Arizona will continue to lose jobs for probably another year, the state Department of Commerce predicted Thursday.

The state’s budget shortfall is growing by nearly $1 million a day, and that pace could pick up before the Legislature and Gov. Janet Napolitano act to stem the losses.

Numerous sales of state land have either defaulted or are teetering on the brink of collapse, propped up by multiple payment extensions granted by the land department to the developers who agreed to pay top dollar at public auctions over the last six years.

A new national study shows that by 2018 Arizona will be one of the top five states with jobs available for high school dropouts.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 9.4 percent in December as the state added only 3,400 jobs.

The state's economy is showing signs of life.

Arizona is getting an extra $121 million in federal help to deal with the foreclosure crisis. But it’s not designed to help people stay in their houses.

BOSTON - When Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in 2004, it left one big roadblock in place: Out-of-state couples need not apply.

The state’s jobless rate inched up a tenth of a point last month, to a seasonally adjusted 9.4 percent.

Arizona is expected to finally begin adding jobs this year for the first time in four years.

For the last four decades, the laws of the land were all about dropping the hammer on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 8.2 percent in June for the third month in a row.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 8.2 percent in June for the third month in a row.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 8.2 percent in June for the third month in a row.

Arizona's jobless rate dropped three-tenths of a point in January from the month before.

The state's jobless rate jumped a tenth of a point in January to 8.0 percent.