Aaron Richardson: Should you feel comfortable placing your legal state in the hands of a person who does not wholly comprehend the law, no matter how minor the offense? If tomorrow a justice of the peace were removed for judicial misconduct or outright criminal activity, it wouldn’t be the first time. It would hardly be news.

November 26, 2004

Fewer Arizona students said they smoked cigarettes, consumed alcohol or used illegal drugs this year than in 2002, according to a statewide survey released this week.

High-profile races for governor and attorney general are grabbing the headlines, but lesser-known contests for East Valley justices of the peace and constables may have a greater impact on voters’ lives.

Methamphetamine use by youths statewide has drastically decreased since 2006, according to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission's 2008 Arizona Youth Survey.

The organization that provides public financing to candidates is giving an extra $20 million it has to help balance the budget.

Gov. Jan Brewer appointed her third justice Friday to the five-member Arizona Supreme Court, once again, a Republican just like her.

Bill Richardson, guest commentary

PHOENIX -- Saying voters have seen enough, a veteran lawmaker wants to give them a chance to repeal the state's 2-year-old medical marijuana program.

Close to one out of every eight high schoolers who admitted to smoking marijuana recently say they got it from a medical marijuana cardholder.

She’s not out printing up bumper stickers and buttons — at least not yet.

PHOENIX -- Saying voters have seen enough, a veteran lawmaker wants to give them a chance to repeal the state's 2-year-old medical marijuana program.

Eight, Arizona PBS has announced special programs through the end of May, including the station’s annual, award-winning broadcast of the National Memorial Day concert, broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Police departments in Arizona are getting $2.5 million from the federal government to help process DNA.

Arizona Corporation Commissioners said they were troubled by the news Tuesday that the government had filed criminal and civil fraud charges against former and current executives of Qwest Communications International.

Employees of the state’s largest county have fewer rights to overturn their firing than those in Pima County.

Illegal immigration has been the central focus of political debate as Arizona has geared up in key primary races for state and federal offices.

The organization that funded Arizona's 2010 medical marijuana initiative says lawmakers who now want voters to scrap the program are missing the point of a study on teen use.

Jim Irvin is gone at last from the Arizona Corporation Commission, but that must not be the end of this sordid matter. Dark clouds still hang over Irvin and the commission.

Arizona is No. 1, but only the criminals are celebrating.

Scottsdale middle school students will get a sneak peek at a statewide anti-methamphetamine campaign Tuesday designed to scare them straight.

It has been two years since the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission announced Arizona teens’ drug usage was higher than the national average.

"Remember Mr. Gravely! These people are out there. They exist. They're evil."