The state's top lawyer will try to save a key provision from the state's first voter-approved initiative aimed at illegal immigrants.

The state's top lawyer will try to save a key provision from the state's first voter-approved initiative aimed at illegal immigrants.

Less-educated police recruits can now apply at the Scottsdale Police Department, which this month waived its requirement of 60 college credits for new officers.

Less-educated police recruits can now apply at the Scottsdale Police Department, which this month waived its requirement of 60 college credits for new officers.

State lawmakers are moving to make each county sheriff an early warning system for those who may be violating federal law.

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WASHINGTON – Up to 1.76 million illegal immigrants could be eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation under an Obama administration program that begins accepting applications Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – Up to 1.76 million illegal immigrants could be eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation under an Obama administration program that begins accepting applications Wednesday.

A nonprofit lawyers’ group has sent a letter to the Scottsdale mayor and City Council claiming the proposed change in Scottsdale's massage laws violates the Arizona and U.S. constitutions.

For 30 years, East Valley resident Wayne Johnson has counseled troubled teenagers, parents adopting special-needs children and hundreds of adults who have experienced psychological trauma.

Arizona voters are likely going to get a chance to do what lawmakers and a federal judge have so far refused to do: dilute the state's new employer sanctions law. A business-financed group filed about 284,000 signatures Tuesday for its own version of a statute that backers say provides "tough, enforceable, fair" laws.

You don’t need a state license to pick up some chemicals at the home supply store to rid your lawn of some weeds.

Bill Richardson

Nearly 500 applications have been submitted by those hoping to operate one or more of the 126 legal marijuana dispensaries that will be allowed to open later this year.

Nearly 500 applications have been submitted by those hoping to operate one or more of the 126 legal marijuana dispensaries that will be allowed to open later this year.

Nearly 500 applications have been submitted by those hoping to operate one or more of the 126 legal marijuana dispensaries that will be allowed to open later this year.

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has approved the fall big-game hunts for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, bear and mountain lion.

Gov. Jan Brewer decided Wednesday to ask a federal judge to overturn a key portion of the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law.

John Casale wants a doorman to keep underage drinkers out of his restaurant. But there’s just one problem — the city won’t let him.

A downtown Scottsdale sports bar and grill’s proposal to offer off-track betting on horse races, allowed under state law but requiring City Council approval, is an opportunity for council members to distance themselves from regrettable earlier decisions to overregulate local businesses.

Saying it will help prevent fraud, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to impose new burdens on some people seeking unemployment insurance.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a state mandate for people to provide proof of citizenship before being allowed to register to vote.

More than 3,000 Arizonans have lost public health insurance in the past year because they couldn’t prove U.S. citizenship, though it’s unknown how many, if any, were in this country illegally.

State officials will get another chance to argue they have a legal right to require would-be voters to prove they are citizens.