WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.

A bipartisan group of politicians and others hope to convince Arizona voters to revamp the state's election procedures in a way they contend will deny public office to radicals on both ends of the political spectrum.

Bar patrons may soon be bothered only once to prove they’re old enough to drink.

A private water treatment facility in Scottsdale that was the source of a chemical scare last month will be required to revise its operating procedures to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency is promptly notified of potential problems.

Some trial attorneys don’t care if a Queen Creek resident has to drive 135 miles round-trip to serve on a jury in Surprise, or if someone in Gila Bend has to drive 170 miles to and from northeast Phoenix.

Arizona is just two steps away from a new law legalizing sparklers.

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.

June 25, 2004

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas should be personally liable for the cost of fighting a subpoena that was quashed by a superior court judge, according to a motion filed this week by lawyers representing the Board of Supervisors.

June 29, 2004

A state judge has ruled that an initiative designed to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of state trust land is indeed legal.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein will be transferred to Iraqi legal custody and face charges in an Iraqi court this week - but he won't go on trial for months and he will stay in a U.S.-run jail because the country doesn't have a suitable prison, the prime minister said Tuesday.

When Maulit Shelat heard about the Bush administration’s plan to pump up the economy by sending out stimulus checks, he sat down with his wife and drew up a list of priorities. But Shelat is married to a foreigner. Her not having that number makes even him ineligible for the tax rebate checks.

The Brewer administration has cut off funding for the attorney for the chairwoman of the Independent Redistricting Commission even as she is fighting her firing by the governor.

State lawmakers are entitled to ban abortions at 20 weeks -- or even at the point of conception -- Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Wednesday.

The Gila River Indian Community is urging a judge to reject efforts to force a federal agency to approve letting the Tohono O'odham Nation convert property it owns near Glendale into part of its reservation.

Monday’s “The Montel Williams Show” focused on identity theft nightmares, and featured LifeLock CEO Todd Davis as an identity-theft expert.

PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed a bill that allows Arizona public schools to permit diabetic students to give themselves insulin.

A federal judge has given the OK for Gov. Janet Napolitano to officially proclaim approval of Proposition 200.

December 9, 2004

Arizona is one step closer to putting a series of new restrictions on the ability of women to get an abortion.

The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial has removed a juror from the case and denied a defense bid for a mistrial.