TUCSON - A 23-year-old Mexican woman with three American-born children, including one just three weeks old, has returned voluntarily to Mexico after what supporters call a harrowing experience with authorities during a traffic stop.

In just about every professional field, summer is intern season -- employers from banks to magazines to police departments have access to swarms of eager college students who don't ask for much in the way of a paycheck.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao attacked the “card check” bill Friday at a news conference in Scottsdale, saying the union-backed legislation designed to make it easier to organize American workers would take away the “fundamental” American right to a secret-ballot election.

Jon Garrido’s plan to lead day laborers on a march across downtown Mesa in favor of a day labor center didn’t go as planned Tuesday, but he said he still thinks he can open the center himself.

East Valley companies that have relied on highly skilled foreign employees through a work permit program could see that labor pool shrink dramatically in two months.

WASHINGTON - The efficiency of American workers rose in 2005 at the slowest pace since the recession year of 2001 while a key gauge of wage pressures rose at the fastest pace in five years, the government reported Thursday.

NEW YORK - Wall Street resumed its fourth-quarter rally Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to its first close above 12,400 after a series of strong company earnings and a drop in unemployment claims revived investors' confidence in the economy.

Rampant sexual harassment among corrections department employees is among many problems Arizona’s first female prisons chief is confronting.

I've been doing some purging lately and it sure feels good to get rid of stuff. Things can tend to drag us down. A friend once told me how excited he was to get a new boat, only to be discouraged at how much of his time it took beyond the few hours on the river each Saturday that he had anticipated. There was cleaning, routine maintenance and storing the boat. And more purchases needed to be made, as the boat needed a trailer, life jackets, etc.

ARLINGTON - At the entry gate to Hickman’s Egg Ranch southwest of Phoenix, a visitor will be greeted by a worker in an orange jumpsuit with the letters “ADC” stamped down the pant leg.

TUCSON - Mario Salas vividly recalls the day his boss handed him the keys to a client’s car. At 32, it was the first time he felt someone trusted him.

The recent opening of day labor centers in Chandler and Phoenix, along with efforts to start one in Mesa, have left residents and contractors in the Valley questioning whether it is legal to hire laborers on a temporary basis even if they are in the country illegally.

Is there some cooler air finally approaching at the end of the summer tunnel now that Labor Day Weekend has arrived?

I've been doing some purging lately and it sure feels good to get rid of stuff. Things can tend to drag us down. A friend once told me how excited he was to get a new boat, only to be discouraged at how much of his time it took beyond the few hours on the river each Saturday that he had anticipated. There was cleaning, routine maintenance and storing the boat. And more purchases needed to be made, as the boat needed a trailer, life jackets, etc.

Tempe-based US Airways is likely to be first in line for bankruptcy within a year, according to at least one Wall Street analyst. Other industry experts say that's hogwash.

US Airways may not perform as well financially as it thought following a merger with America West Airlines, the company said in a government filing this week.

ARLINGTON, Va. - Bankrupt US Airways Group reported Friday that its second quarter losses increased from a year ago by 82 percent, to $62 million, as bankruptcy-related items and higher fuel prices wiped away the airline’s savings in labor costs.

Five of every 100,000 passengers on US Airways flights in July formally complained to the government about some aspect of service.

WASHINGTON - The nation’s businesses cranked up hiring in November after a twomonth lull, a sign the labor market is back in the groove as the ill effects of the Gulf Coast hurricanes fade.

WASHINGTON - A hiring revival pulled the nation’s unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent in August and flashed a Labor Day weekend message that the slowing economy isn’t in danger of fizzling out.

WASHINGTON - The job market is struggling to regain its balance after getting knocked over by Hurricane Katrina. Employers, coping with high energy prices and shaken by two other hurricanes, showed caution in hiring in October.

U.S. homebuilders broke the 1 million mark in March for the first time since June 2008. The gain signals continued strength for the housing recovery at the start of the spring buying season.

July storms and too many late flights quashed US Airways employees’ chance for another $50 bonus this month.