After spending $3.2 million of his own money on his campaign, Northern Arizona businessman Buz Mills bowed out of the governor’s race, leaving Jan Brewer virtually unopposed in the Republican primary.

State Treasurer Dean Martin dropped out of the governor's race July 9, saying he would stand aside and support Gov. Jan Brewer in her battles with the Obama administration and the federal government. "Governor Brewer is going to need all our help to shoulder the burden of defending Arizona from the federal government. It is our duty to stand together as Arizona residents against an intrusive federal bureaucracy," Martin said in his announcement that he characterized as "suspending" his campaign. "Our state and the residents of Arizona are more important than playing politics."

Donations to a special fund that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer established to help pay for the state's legal defense of its immigration enforcement law now total roughly $500,000.

The U.S. Justice Department is filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and state over the nation’s toughest immigration crackdown. The planned lawsuit was ...

Yavapai County businessman Buz Mills reports spending nearly $3.2 million in his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.

The Arizona Commerce Authority is officially on the job, though it currently exists in name only.

Gov. Jan Brewer said federal officials offered little of consequence and promised even less in a highly anticipated meeting to discuss Arizona's border security issues.

The White House will deploy 524 National Guard troops to Arizona to bolster security along the Mexican border, federal officials said.

Arizona Capitol Times Assistant Editor Bill Bertolino discusses the meeting between Obama administration representatives and developments in the McCain-Hayworth GOP Senate primary race.

Gov. Jan Brewer is blasting the White House after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an Ecuadorian reporter that the U.S. Department of Justice plans to bring a federal lawsuit against Arizona over the state’s new immigration law.