A federal judge on Tuesday slapped down the latest efforts by the state to block the Tohono O'odham from building a casino on the edge of Glendale.

The Independent Redistricting Commission will be getting another check from the state.

Arizona firms are on the verge of getting new secrecy protections for the internal reviews they do of their health and safety practices.

Gun rights

In a move that could cripple the organization, Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation Friday to block the state's three universities from collecting fees for the Arizona Students Association.

A House panel voted Wednesday to void parts of local anti-discrimination ordinances designed to give protections to transgendered individuals.

The fight playing out today at the U.S. Supreme Court could impact an Arizona case the high court has not yet decided whether to hear.

The Arizona Board of Regents will start the process next month to see if there are ways that some illegal immigrant "dreamers'' can qualify for lower tuition than they now have to pay.

City elections

State lawmakers took the first steps Monday to what some hope will be outlawing the "isolation rooms'' used by some schools to deal with problem students.

This is turning out to be a really bad month for Phoenix residents and it looks like a radical agenda is now being moved forward. First, Phoenix is selling its citizens on “pension reform,” but the reality is, it is anything but reform.

Calling it a key to preventing mass shootings, a House panel voted Wednesday to require teachers and health professionals to report potentially dangerous people to police.

The lucrative pensions that taxpayers now provide for state and local elected officials could soon be on the way out.

So let’s look at Arizona’s reaction to the gun control controversy.

Claiming illegal retaliation, the Arizona Students' Association is asking a federal judge to void a vote by the Board of Regents changing how its fees are collected.

If Arizona "dreamers'' are going to get state drivers' licenses, they're going to have to wait for a court order.

Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a Senate panel voted Monday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized, even if it was taken wrongly from a medical marijuana patient.

A federal judge on Friday blocked illegal immigrants in the new "deferred action'' program from arguing in court they are being "irreparably harmed'' by the refusal of Gov. Jan Brewer to let them have Arizona drivers' licenses.

The Independent Redistricting Commission is going to get the cash it needs, at least enough to get it through a trial set to begin next month.

A state legislator wants to impose some new requirements on judges and attorneys in his bid to cut down on medical malpractice lawsuits.

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Police Department officially terminated a sergeant who blew the whistle on bad kidnapping statistics.

After a recent Court of Appeals ruling turned out in favor of school districts and charter schools, Kyrene and Tempe Union will likely see inflation increases from the Arizona Legislature starting next year.

Since 2007, I have been a guest commentator for the Ahwatukee Foothills News. During those 5-plus years, I have been one of the voices in the Greater Phoenix Metro to “carry the water” for progressive thought.

A civil rights group is claiming a new memo from immigration officials proves that Jan Brewer is legally wrong in denying driver licenses to individuals in the president's "deferred action'' program.