Starting up a charity golf tournament is no easy task these days, but Mesa businessman Kelly Townsend is committed to cultivating the Lien Watch Open to benefit Alzheimer’s research.

I find it quite shameful that the Arizona Tea Party would hold a rally at our state Capitol and call it “.223 Second Amendment Rally.” To have a rally named after one of the guns used in the Sandy Hook Massacre is shameful.

State legislators took another step Tuesday toward what some hope will be outlawing the “isolation rooms’’ used by some schools to deal with problem students.

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

Gun rights

Sparks flew Thursday night, during a public comment meeting, over whether or not the Independent Redistricting Commission assigned to redraw congressional and legislative districts in Arizona is being truly transparent.

Sparks flew Thursday night, during a public comment meeting, over whether or not the Independent Redistricting Commission assigned to redraw congressional and legislative districts in Arizona is being truly transparent.

Chandler's Basha High School auditorium took on the look and feel of a major sporting event Monday night as more than 1,350 residents from the East Valley stuffed themselves into every nook and cranny allowable by the fire marshal to pepper U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake with questions and criticism about health care reform legislation working through Congress.

Arizona high schoolers may soon be rid of having to pass AIMS -- or any standardized test -- to graduate.

A farmer would be horrified over the notion of an Arizona coyote being assigned to watch over his chicken coop. Arizonans should be worried that some public officials think they should be responsible for watching over themselves.

Gilbert Town Councilman Steve Urie formed an exploratory committee to consider a possible run for the state House of Representatives next year from District 22.

Cue the "Twilight Zone" music: The supernatural has taken over television.

State lawmakers on Wednesday gave the first clearance to a measure designed to require police to get search warrants before they use drones to gather evidence.

When is a prayer not a prayer?

HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their possibly injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.

Gilbert's budget debate took on a new complexion Tuesday night as town employees and residents turned out in large numbers to protest salary cuts and furloughs proposed by a budget committee.

A farmer would be horrified over the notion of an Arizona coyote being assigned to watch over his chicken coop. Arizonans should be worried that some public officials think they should be responsible for watching over themselves.

A week later the student body stayed put, the Mountain Pointe starters spent most of the second half enjoying a 2-0 start and the Pride treated the school’s second hall of fame class to a laugher over Mesa.

Town hall debates on health care reform that devolve into screaming matches and, in some cases, physical altercations are causing many to question whether those in attendance are unruly mobs or patriots engaging in the democratic process.