State officials on Thursday reached an interim settlement with plaintiffs in a decades-old court case over the adequacy of Arizona’s community-based services for the seriously mentally ill.

Legislative officials say their public website appears undamaged after a security breach by a hacker group.

Arizona is one of more than two dozen states challenging the federal health care overhaul, but Republican Gov. Jan Brewer’s administration is moving to implement part of the contested law by reviewing health insurance rates to see if they should be labeled unjustifiably high.

A U.S. senator has asked federal authorities to consider seeking repayment of federal aid to Maricopa County if they determine that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office used tax dollars from Washington to detain people whose civil rights the sheriff’s office is accused of violating.

A Flagstaff man who is suing the city is now its mayor.

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that will allow students to pay for a private education using public funds.

A hacker group is claiming responsibility for a security breach to the Arizona Legislature’s website.

Gov. Jan Brewer’s signatures on two last bills complete action on hundreds of pieces of legislation approved by state lawmakers during their 2012 regular session.

An Arizona death-row inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to block his execution Wednesday so a lower court can consider whether the inmate’s rights to a fair clemency hearing have been violated.

President Barack Obama’s shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform.