Ex-addict finds ‘home’ volunteering at Phoenix Rescue Mission

I wasn’t always a do-gooder. In fact, for 18 years I was addicted to drugs and alcohol. In 2005, I experienced a traumatic event, which made me seek out a 12-step meeting, or risk relapsing.

Police board warns against profiling in S1070 enforcement

Training material unveiled July 1 by the state board charged with guiding police on the enforcement of Arizona’s new immigration law gave a clear message to officers: You are being watched, and certain groups want to see you apply the law with bias.

Scared at school

Hispanic parents across the state are worried that police officers stationed at schools - whose mission is to become a role model to the students and foster a sense of trust between children and police - will start treating students like suspected law-breakers, after Arizona's new immigration law goes into effect.

Schools are doing their best to downplay the possibility of such a scenario[...]

Agency wants later deadline for producing e-mails

A lawyer defending the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in a lawsuit over its immigration patrols has asked a judge to extend a deadline for handing over a huge volume of e-mails from the police agency.

GOP hiding facts about immigration law

Gov. Jan Brewer and her Republican friends have been running around Arizona dismissing concerns about Arizona’s new immigration law, S1070.

Thousands take to Phoenix to protest Arizona’s new immigration law

Tens of thousands of protesters, composed of activist groups and unions from around the country, marched from Indian Steele Park in mid-town Phoenix on their way to the state Capitol May 29, trying to send a message to state and federal politicians: Repeal Arizona's new immigration law.

Burglary suspect claims he was waiting for an interview

Capitol Police responding to a report of a burglary in progress arrived on scene in time to witness a man exit a building turn and run inside the front door of the Child Development Center building.

O’Connor: Arizona must show it’s not biased

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says Arizona must figure out how to show it appreciates, respects and admires the Hispanics who live there after passing a tough new immigration law.

Supporters of immigration law to announce rally plans

A group of supporters of Arizona's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration says it will announce plans for an upcoming rally.

Arizona’s strict immigration law toughest, but not the first

While Arizona’s new immigration law has been called the toughest in the nation, it wasn’t the first government to try a strict enforcement approach to the immigration problem.

Q&A with Jan Brewer; Guv says economic recovery, more “streamlining” ahead

After a brutal first legislative session, Gov. Jan Brewer ended her second on a couple of high notes.

Police agencies can set own immigration policies, opt out of training

The Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board on May 19 approved an outline of the training material that it will distribute to police agencies across the state. The goal is to create a uniform set of guidelines that police can rely upon to avoid violating civil rights while enforcing the new immigration law.