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Arizona secession petition falls short of needed signatures
A post-election petition calling on the federal government to let Arizona secede from the union was pulled from the White House website Monday, after it failed to get the 25,000 signatures needed to guarantee an administration response.
Arizona Corporation Commission puts stop to unregistered investments
The Arizona Corporation Commission has put the brakes on two separate investment endeavors that involved selling securities in wind and gold mining projects.
Border Patrol: Cannon used to shoot drugs into US
U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country ai??i?? a cannon.
Figure in Fast and Furious ring to be sentenced
A man who bought two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting a federal agent north the Arizona-Mexico border will be sentenced Wednesday for his part in a gun smuggling ring targeted in the botched investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
Man charged in Arizona explosion pleads not guilty
An Iraqi man charged with detonating a homemade explosive device outside an Arizona Social Security Administration office building pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
County: Early ballot list, not demographics, biggest factor in provisional ballots
A Maricopa County analysis found that provisional ballots cast in the general election had more do with the number of people on a precinct’s permanent early voting list than any other factor, officials say.
Conservation group sues – again – to protect Mexican gray wolf in Arizona
For the second time in less than two weeks, a Tucson-based conversation group has sued the federal government over its handling of the Mexican gray wolf.
Interior Secretary Grijalva? Lawmaker cool to effort pushing him for Cabinet
A coalition of 238 groups urged President Barack Obama on Monday to nominate Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, for the position of Interior Secretary should the job become open.
Report: Surge in new-home sales signals rebound under way
According to a report by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, 1,021 new single-family homes were sold in the Phoenix area during October, an 85 percent increase from the same month last year.
Probe into border patrol shootings draws questions
A system for holding U.S. Border Patrol agents accountable over shootings remains complicated and opaque, an Arizona Daily Star investigation has found.
Western states look to capitalize on energy boom
Southeastern New Mexico is on track to pump out 80 million barrels of oil this year. Numbers like that haven't been seen since the 1970s.
Report: Arizona’s unfunded public pension liability carries risks
Arizona risks higher taxes and spending cuts to essential government programs if it doesn’t address a gap in funding for pensions owed to public employees, according to a reportby the Pew Center on the States and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
