WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

WASHINGTON - President Bush promoted his most trusted foreign policy adviser to Secretary of State on Tuesday, tapping Condoleezza Rice to replace warrior-turned-diplomat Colin Powell as part of a sweeping second-term Cabinet overhaul.

PHOENIX - Former state Senate President Ken Bennett was sworn in Monday as Arizona secretary of state.

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are “considerably calmer” now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this year.

WASHINGTON - Henry Paulson, a veteran of more than three decades of Wall Street booms and busts, knew the good times couldn’t last forever when he left his perch as head of Goldman Sachs two years ago to become President Bush’s third Treasury secretary.

For the Republican and Democratic candidates running for secretary of state, the burning issue in their campaigns is the validity of Green Party candidates who are seeking other offices.

A made-for-media event took an unscripted turn Monday when a handful of toddlers at a homeless shelter decided to hug, touch and sit on the laps of U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell, who were in Mesa to kick-start a nationwide volunteerism campaign initiated by President Obama.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other dignitaries will dedicate Arizona's first commercial-scale wind energy farm Oct. 12 in Navajo County between Holbrook and Heber.

WASHINGTON - The House by a wide margin approved a mammoth energy plan for the nation Thursday that sends billions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to energy companies, but is expected to do little to reduce U.S. oil consumption or dampen high energy prices.

Even a blind squirrel can come up with an acorn once in a while, right? So there are probably at least a few items in Congress’ latest stab at an energy bill we can support. A few.

Democrat Bill Richardson today intends to tap his experience as a former U.S. secretary of energy to court Arizona voters concerned about the country’s energy and environmental policies.

Salt River Project is considering a big increase in the amount of electricity its generates from sustainable energy sources such as wind, geothermal and solar power.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday identified 17 sites in six Western states as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands, continuing a push for solar power despite the high-profile bankruptcy of a solar panel maker that received a half-billion dollar federal loan.

Tom Patterson, guest commentary

The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops to kill the naturally occurring oil and gas boom in North America — but it’s not going well. Too much relatively clean, inexpensive fuel has been discovered. We could definitely use the energy and more jobs would be great.  No viable alternatives have appeared.

SALT LAKE CITY — Want some solar energy with your geothermal?

LITTLEROCK, Wash. - Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them. But there he was one morning, pitchfork in hand, composting food scraps from the main chow line and coffee grounds from prison headquarters - doing his part to "green" the prison.

The U.S. Energy Department decided Tuesday to designate 10 counties in Arizona and Southern California as a “national interest electric transmission corridor,” opening the possibility of more power lines being built between Arizona and California.

PARIS - The world's top economies should pool resources to develop hydrogen energy technology, limiting dependence on fossil fuels, the U.S. secretary of energy said Monday.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The U.S. energy secretary said Saturday that insufficient oil production, not financial speculation, was driving soaring crude prices.

WASHINGTON - Arizona Public Service is one of five companies taking part in a national initiative to hire veterans for some of the 200,000 jobs that could come open in the energy industry over the next five years.

WASHINGTON • Construction should begin within a month on a “waterless” 700-megawatt solar power project in Maricopa County that won a $359.1 million conditional loan guarantee this week from the Department of Energy.