Businesses in Arizona would be fined if they deny their employees religious exemptions for the flu vaccine and any vaccine with emergency authorization under a GOP proposal on its way to the governor’s desk. Read more»
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Sen. Russell Pearce, who authored Arizona's controversial new immigration law, now wants to deny citizenship to so-called "anchor babies." Read more»
On Memorial Day, Yuma Mayor Al Krieger professed disbelief that the United States' past military successes could have been possible with gay troops serving in combat. Read more»
Yuma Mayor Al Krieger, commenting on the move to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" during a Memorial Day speech, called gay troops "lacy-drawered, limp-wristed people." After a national uproar, he's issued an apology. Read more»
Two people are dead after their plane crashed into a high school on Friday in Eager, near the New Mexico border, according to authorities. Read more»
Our nation’s border security efforts are a litany of failure. Border security is not a Republican issue, a Democratic issue or a campaign issue. It is an American issue. It is an issue of national security. And it is an absolute necessity. Read more»
The U.S. Supreme Court is "out of control" on the subject of campaign finance regulation, says a a Friday editorial in the Washington Post. The high court's move to halt Clean Elections matching funds is an "unwarranted intervention." Read more»
The Sunnyside School District is the state's first to join a lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law. Read more»
Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minutemen border militia and former adviser to J.D. Hayworth, has been ordered to surrender his guns after his wife accused him of threatening to kill his family and himself. Read more»
Could Saturn’s cold, cloud-covered moon Titan host an exotic form of primitive life based on methane, in sharp contrast to the water-based life of Earth? Read more»
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an emergency halt to matching-funds payouts from Arizona's publicly funded Clean Elections program on Tuesday. Read more»
Hall & Oates, the rock and soul duo popular in the '80s, will not perform in Phoenix because of Arizona's controversial new immigration law. Read more»
Factcheck.org examines Arizona's SB 1070 and finds that it's not just a mirror image of federal law, and allows some profiling. But, in theory, no more than what the courts permit already. Read more»
Stay inside where it's air-conditioned, stay out of the sun and drink plenty of fluids on Monday, says the National Weather Service. The mercury might spike to 109 in Southern Arizona, with temperatures as high as 104 likely in Tucson. Read more»
Supporters of Arizona's strict SB 1070 immigration law rallied at the State Capitol on Saturday, despite temperatures of 107 degrees. Read more»
A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural. Read more»
