Arizona Laws

A federal judge dismissed the second of six suits filed against Arizona’s strict new immigration law, ruling that a Tucson police officer did not have standing to challenge SB1070.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no stranger to lawsuits – and he’s not immune to losing them – yet his track record on legal battles during the past couple of weeks has been particularly poor.

Ronald Rayner has weathered many ups and downs in the four-plus decades he’s grown cotton in the West Valley. For Rayner, and for many other cotton farmers in the state, it’s looking like an up year.

With its sharp talons, powerful beak and 7-foot wingspan, the golden eagle is one of Arizona’s fiercest and most imposing birds of prey. It’s no match, however, for the rotating blades of turbines in wind farms.

Gov. Jan Brewer and other Republican candidates are moving to make controversy surrounding Arizona’s illegal immigration law an election issue by putting a spotlight on Democratic rivals’ backing by unions that support an economic boycott of the state.

Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona’s harsh desert in the searing summer heat. He tried not to look too closely. With nothing to be done for the deceased, Ortega and the others trudged on, guided by a smuggler across the U.S. border, determined to complete their [...]

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman announced Aug. 30 that he had replaced his campaign manager, while another top staffer was preparing to leave the following day.

Political hostilities in southern Arizona ceased for a brief moment just before midnight on Aug. 24, when it became clear that Jesse Kelly trounced Jonathan Paton in the Republican contest in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.

Former Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe has endorsed Democrat Andrei Cherny for state treasurer.

STAR VALLEY – Under the shade of soaring Ponderosa pines, a young frog wriggles free from a man’s hand and swims across a muddy pool. “There he goes – number 10,000,” says Mike Sredl, who coordinates the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s effort to restore the Chiricahua leopard frog. Earlier in the day, this frog [...]