Officials who have complained for years about high legal costs tied to the internal power struggle in Arizona's most populous county have filed legal notices asking for millions in damages, citing emotional stress caused by the political warfare.

Arizona officials say the state House seat held by Republican Doug Quelland of Phoenix is officially vacant because of a court ruling upholding Quelland's removal from office. But Quelland's lawyer says that isn't so and the state is acting prematurely.

They say there's no such thing as a former Marine, and like the infantryman Romley served as during the Vietnam War, he says he has a plan to push forward now that he’s back in his old office.

At its May 20 meeting, the CCEC decertified LD7 Republican Senate candidate Robert Green and fined him $20,000.

Upset by an ad placed in a Phoenix newspaper, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is calling on Arizonans to avoid traveling to Mexico.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may be keeping a shadow set of books that has allowed him to pay deputies' salaries with money voters intended to be used for jail operations, county officials said Monday.

A judge is expected to rule Monday morning on whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has to attend a meeting to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the Board of Supervisors had subpoenaed.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has warned a county prosecutor not to reveal details of criminal probes to a bar association investigator examining unethical conduct allegations against her former boss.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that the county's top prosecutor is erecting barriers to enforcing a 5-year-old state law prohibiting immigrant smuggling and thus caused cases against 32 illegal immigrants to collapse.

Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley has taken a clear policy break from his predecessor when it comes to confronting illegal immigration. Romley on May 19 outlined a new plan that will shift the office's resources to focus on prosecuting criminal syndicates and drug cartels instead of undocumented immigrants.