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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has railed against a suburban Chicago high school for skipping a girls' basketball tournament in Arizona because of concerns over that state's new immigration law.

Former congressman J.D. Hayworth will speak to a Republican club in Scottsdale on Thursday.

Arizona's mine inspector's office has been awarded a grant to fund safety and skills training for miners.

The American Bar Association says it will still hold a long-planned conference in Phoenix but restructure it to focus much of it on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigration.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday ordered Sheriff Joe Arpaio to attend a hearing this month to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the board had subpoenaed in an attempt to see whether he has misused taxpayer money.

A new poll shows that 59 percent of Americans approve of Arizona's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants while only 32 percent disapprove.

Los Angeles on Wednesday became the largest city yet to boycott Arizona over its tough new law targeting illegal immigration in a move that likely will affect some $8 million in contracts with the state.

Federal authorities say they have rescued three Salvadoran children who were being held hostage by suspected human smugglers in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Maricopa County authorities are worried about a potential health hazard after one of 11 illegal immigrants from Mexico arrested Tuesday was found to have chicken pox .

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill that restricts local governments' ability to impose land-use restrictions where churches are located.