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President Barack Obama steps out of Air Force One at Sky Harbor International Airport shortly after 6 p.m. May 13. (Photo by Bill Coates) President Barack Obama used his commencement speech at Arizona State University May 13 to highlight the ...

Legislation ignites battle of property rights vs. gun rights

Medical marijuana advocates have filed notice with the Arizona Secretary of State that they intend to gather signatures in an effort to place an initiative on the 2010 ballot to ask voters to legalize smoking pot by patients who get ...

After Peter Giunta of West Chester, Pa., was laid off in December, the small landscaping company where he worked continued paying for his health insurance while his boss decided whether to bring him back should business pick up again. But ...

Lawmakers on a House panel generally agreed an emergency measure intended to repair the fiscal 2009 budget amounts to bad policy, but the bill still managed to gain approval along a party-line vote. One by one, legislators explained their objection ...

Tonight's speech marks the fifth campus visit by a U.S. president

Sen. Russell Pearce during the Senate debate on the 2009 budget fix on March 13. (Photo by Josh Coddington) The Senate and the House approved a plan on May 13 that suspends a payment of $300 million to school districts ...

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema and Lin-Manuel Miranda at the White House Poetry Slam on May 12 Sent by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema at 9 p.m. (Arizona time) May 12 from Washington D.C.  Tonight the Obamas held the first-ever White House Poetry Slam. It was ...

Faced with the high costs of transporting and escorting sick inmates to the doctor, states are expanding their use of videoconferencing to provide health consultations to prisoners without resorting to costly – and sometimes dangerous – off-site trips. Illinois is ...

A conglomerate of Arizona farmers will get their day in court May 18 as a Maricopa County Superior Court judge will hear arguments on the legality of the Legislature's 2008 fund sweep of money meant to advance agriculture interests. In ...