A Senate panel approved a far-reaching bill designed to combat illegal immigration, including allowing police to stop and actually arrest anyone they just reasonably believe is in this country illegally.

Luis Gonzalez remembers the day his mother said goodbye. With a blessing and the sign of the cross, she left him and his two sisters in Tijuana and set off with a human smuggler across the mountains and into San Diego for what she hoped would be a better life.

Luis Gonzalez remembers the day his mother said goodbye. With a blessing and the sign of the cross, she left him and his two sisters in Tijuana and set off with a human smuggler across the mountains and into San Diego for what she hoped would be a better life.

Arizona House Republicans released a new border security plan Wednesday, undermining GOP leaders’ efforts to win approval for the Senate’s package by the end of the week.

In 1964, Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater delivered the words that simultaneously defined a conservative political force and doomed his presidential campaign:

PHOENIX -- State senators voted Tuesday to give voters a chance to reconsider who they want drawing political lines.

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Two years after letting a prior program self-destruct, state senators on Wednesday approved a new package of tax credits designed to convince movie and TV producers to make their shows in Arizona.

A Senate panel voted 5-2 Monday to require permission of the state Department of Transportation for a city to install or maintain photo enforcement on any state highway.

State Senate Minority Leader David Schapira is running for the U.S. House seat from Arizona's 9th Congressional District.

Legislation that would require children younger than 8 years old or under 4-feet-9-inches tall to sit in a booster seat when riding in a vehicle passed out of the state House late Thursday. HB 2154 will now move to the Senate for consideration.

U.S. Senate candidates Jon Kyl and Jim Pederson increasingly have turned their attention to Iraq during the final weeks before the Nov. 7 election.

U.S. Senate candidates Jon Kyl and Jim Pederson increasingly have turned their attention to Iraq during the final weeks before the Nov. 7 election.

With only Republicans in favor, the state Senate voted Wednesday to require new proof of qualifications for presidential candidates who want to be on the ballot in Arizona.

WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic senators warned Tuesday against a drift toward war with an emboldened Iran and suggested the Bush administration was missing a chance to engage its longtime adversary in potentially helpful talks over next-door Iraq.

WASHINGTON - President Bush installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, bypassing the Senate after a testy five-month standoff with Democrats who argued that the tough-talking conservative was unfit for the job.

WASHINGTON - Two leading Senate Democrats are seeking to dispel concerns that a resolution on Iraq doesn't go far enough, saying it would make a strong statement to President Bush that a troop increase is wrong.

FLAGSTAFF - U.S. Senate candidates finished their series of televised debates with sharp assessments of themselves and their opponents Friday. Republican incumbent Jon Kyl repeatedly highlighted his experience in Congress and his understanding of national security matters, energy and other issues.

FLAGSTAFF - U.S. Senate candidates finished their series of televised debates with sharp assessments of themselves and their opponents Friday. Republican incumbent Jon Kyl repeatedly highlighted his experience in Congress and his understanding of national security matters, energy and other issues.

A bill approved by the state Legislature would require city and county police agencies to have their officers tackle federal immigration violations.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jerry Springer, the talk show host who put wife-swappers, strippers and skinheads on the air and then watched the punches fly, will file papers to run for the U.S. Senate as early as Friday, advisers said.

WASHINGTON - The Senate dealt an election-year defeat Wednesday to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, rejecting pleas from President Bush and fellow conservatives that the measure was needed to safeguard an institution that has flourished for thousands of years.

WASHINGTON - Senators are challenging House Republicans to give ground on their enforcement-only fix for the country's immigration problems and consider offering citizenship to millions of immigrants illegally in the U.S.