Arizona News

Workers remodel an old grocery store into the upscale Hispanic marketplace Mi Pueblo in Mesa in this June 25, 2009, file photo.

The Arizona Technology Council in partnership with the Arizona Department of Commerce today announced the winners of the 2009 Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards.

A lawmaker's unexplained absence has the Arizona Senate in disarray. Republican Sen.

The former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services has been indicted on eight felony charges relating to the misuse of public money during his time as director.

PHOENIX a ' Ignoring a potential lawsuit, state senators voted Wednesday to grab hold of the money from traveler's checks that haven't been used or cashed within three years a ' 12 years less than now allowed.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is laying off 115 employees, mostly Motor Vehicle Division workers.

PHOENIX -- In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.

Advocacy groups for education, social services and state employees urged Arizona legislators Wednesday to discard proposals for midyear spending cuts and instead use borrowing and other alternatives to balance the budget.

Authorities say an Arizona man has been sentenced to two years in prison and lifetime supervised release for attempting to engage in sex with minors.

State lawmakers are once again trying to remove some legal protections homeowners now have from being pursued by banks if they walk away from their mortgages.

A national organization has filed a federal lawsuit to protect domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian Arizona state employees.

Arizona charities that collect donations for private school scholarships say they distribute the majority of those funds to low-income students, according to a self-reported survey presented Monday to a state House committee.

Arizona's first movie production studio won approval Monday to develop a facility in east Mesa that its developer sees as an inexpensive alternative to Hollywood.

Arizona has a projected midyear budget shortfall of up to $2 billion, but the to-do list for a special Legislative session planned for this week would close about a quarter of that.

Five people were arrested Sunday during a protest against Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona, Those arrested Sunday were indented as the Rev.

The family of David Hulstedt filed a 40 million dollar law suit against the City of Scottsdale claiming the Scottsdale Police wrongfully shot him.

A new study say carbon-dioxide pollution has increased dramatically in Arizona over the past two decades.

A nonprofit organization that guaranteed college scholarships for 23 Tucson fifth-graders in 2005 has now reneged on that promise.

PHOENIX a ' Arizona's top school official said Thursday that the state has an excellent chance of claiming a share of $4 billion in new federal education grants.

MAMMOTH Pinal County Vice-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Pete Rios, will co-chair a bi-partisan forum intended to address the fiscal problems that will face the Arizona in 2010.