Sooner or later, President Bush and the Democratic-run Congress will have to compromise on must-pass legislation. Even “My Way or the Highway” Bush recognizes this.

I’ve never belonged to a union and have never been a major supporter of unions. However, the recent action of the lame duck Michigan Republican-controlled legislature to introduce and pass in one day a bill to defund unions is despicable and speaks volumes of the hypocrisy and duplicity of Republicans.

As the red states dry their eyes and lick their wounds, we find the people have spoken. Like it or not, Barack Obama is again our president. How can we help this president succeed so we do not continue in this horrendous gridlock.

The Republican-run Congress is back in Washington for its last pre-election session and plans call for lawmakers to knock off and go home to campaign on Sept. 29 and no later than Oct. 6. That means they’ll leave a lot of unfinished business behind.

In the end, John Bolton jumped before he was pushed. His temporary appointment as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations would have expired with the current Congress, and even though President Bush renominated him last month, the Democrats made it clear that he would not be approved once they take over the Senate.

The intelligence-reform bill is now law, but the jury is still out on whether this will be an effective piece of legislation. Naturally everyone hopes that the new law will do what its backers say — make America safer and forestall a repeat of 9/11 — but there is much about the bill and how it came to be passed to give one pause.

There were no confetti, party hats or countdowns so you might have missed it, but the federal fiscal year ended at midnight Thursday. The new year started Friday, Oct. 1.

Today's Congressional Republicans are a concern. They're faced with arguably the most difficult political challenge in the history of the republic: turning around our entrenched culture of tax-and-spend.

Five months into her first full term, Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday she is considering a third -- and legally questionable -- term in office.

Arizonans will get to vote in November whether they want a constitutional provision guaranteeing secret ballots in union elections.

Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed an executive order requiring agencies under her control to meet with unions representing state workers.

President Bush’s administration has few allies in the world, and it is now going to lose the staunchest of them. Facing a growing revolt in his own party, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced last week that he would step down within the year, well before the 2010 statutory date for the next election.

Chandler City Manager Mark Pentz requested his impending performance review be open to the public — a decision that sent the City Council into almost a three-hour review Monday on how to hold that meeting.

Chandler City Manager Mark Pentz requested his impending performance review be open to the public — a decision that sent the City Council into almost a three-hour review Monday on how to hold that meeting.

“If the Grand Obstinate Party is ever going to win any elections in 2014 or 2016 they need to do three things: Schedule a few sessions with Dr. Phil, privatize elections nationwide and have Koch Industries count the ballots, and, above all, don’t use pollsters that gerrymander. Republicans should know that’s the best way to get the worst information.”

BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Kathleen Blanco, whose popularity plummeted after two hurricanes devastated Louisiana during her term, announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election.

Saying the time had finally come, Jon Kyl announced Thursday he will not seek another six years in the U.S. Senate when his current term ends at the end of 2012.

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas - A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.

Gov. Janet Napolitano and state lawmakers agreed Thursday to a special lame-duck session to plug what the governor now concedes is a $1.2 billion hole in the budget.

Within minutes of being sworn in, the new Chandler City Council voted Thursday to offer to rehire ousted City Manager Mark Pentz.

Within minutes of being sworn in, the new Chandler City Council voted Thursday to offer to rehire ousted City Manager Mark Pentz.

Those who are jumping all over U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for breaking his term-limit pledge should keep two things in mind:

The Republican-led Congress has knocked off for a six-week vacation. You can’t say the lawmakers earned it.

Ann McFeatters, guest commentary