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Editor's Note: Steve Chapman is on vacation. The following column was originally published in June 2006.

Posted By Progressive 3 hours, 17 minutes ago in Business & Finance There been a long-running debate about the future of America's one-cent coin, and at least one store owner in Berkeley, Calif., has decided to take a personal stand.

State Sen. Jonathan Paton told the Insider he has been heavily lobbied to get into the 8th Congressional District contest against Democratic U.S. Rep.

AUSTIN, Texas - Republican activist Cathie Adams has almost made a career out of stirring things up.

The dust is still settling from our 2009 City Council election, but candidates are already preparing themselves for next year's midterm election.

What's wrong with the border? Few people have trouble answering that question. The problems are well-known. But what's right with the border? This is harder for most people to answer - and that could hurt Arizona's economic future.

Before I begin, I need to say that an earlier VERY rough draft of this piece accidentally got posted.

When you're a reporter digging deep, you turn up a lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you can put all the good dirt in the story.

Working out of Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan, just south of the capital Kabul, a soldier from Tucson, with allies from the Jordanian military, seeks to break cultural barriers and win the hearts and minds of Afghan people to help build a nation resistant to the Taliban insurgency.

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ate breakfast more than 2,000 miles from her hometown of Tucson on Monday.

When then-U.S. Interior Secretary William Clark visited Tucson on Sept. 18, 1984, it was to endorse Republican Jim Kolbe's candidacy in the upcoming tight 5th Congressional District race.

The Israel Center will hold a free event marking Gilad Shalita s 23rd birthday and his third year in captivity, a oeGilad Shalit: Everybodya s Child,a on Thursday, Aug.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords faces an ultimatum from some local constituents when it comes to national health care.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords faces an ultimatum from some local constituents when it comes to national health care.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln penny, the longest-running U.S. coin still in circulation.

You could say it's worth $1 today. But instead, it's value is stamped into its copper coating, remaining the same from year to year.

You could say it's worth $1 today. But instead, it's value is stamped into its copper coating, remaining the same from year to year.

PHOENIX a ' Glamorous? Not exactly. Pretty? Definitely not. A dump? Yeah, just about.

The U.S. bill for rebuilding Iraq and maintaining security there is widely expected to exceed the war's price tag, but the Bush administration is offering only hazy details about the multibillion-dollar totals.

According to a new report, the foreclosure crisis in Florida is getting worse. RealtyTrac's Market Foreclosure Report shows the Sunshine State posted the second highest number of filings and the third- highest rate of foreclosures in 2009.