A plan to revamp the state's recall laws for all future elections fell apart Thursday as some Republican senators broke party ranks.

Future bids to oust public officials through recall could get a lot harder under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Tuesday by the Senate.

A group supporting metropolitan Phoenix's sheriff filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at halting an effort to recall the lawman from office.

“Just spent the day doing my federal and state tax returns. The good news is I don’t owe anything. The bad news is that, for the first time in 40 years, I didn’t earn enough to owe any income tax.”

Future recall elections would be conducted with both a primary and general election under the terms of legislation approved Thursday by the House.

The Senate voted 16-12 on Monday to impose new restrictions on spending on recall elections.

State lawmakers are pushing ahead with new hurdles in the path of Arizonans who want to propose their own laws and constitutional amendments.

A group supporting metropolitan Phoenix's sheriff demanded Wednesday that organizers of an effort to recall the lawman immediately end their campaign, and vowed to go to court to stop them.

Hoping to avoid another ouster of one of their own, Republican legislators on Thursday voted to change the rules for recall elections.

Arizonans may finally get a break this year from what has been a perennial debate over two high-profile issues.

The state's chief election officer wants tighter financial reporting laws so voters know who is really funding campaigns.

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Arizona Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs says he'll challenge Senate President Steve Pierce for the chamber's top leadership post.

I know the baseball playoffs are riveting (come on, admit it, even without the Diamondbacks), ASU’s football team is 5-1 and gearing up to face the No. 2 team in the nation this week (take that, Dennis Erickson) and the reality song and dance competition shows are heating up, despite the fact that Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey have become such great pals.

I know the baseball playoffs are riveting (come on, admit it, even without the Diamondbacks), ASU’s football team is 5-1 and gearing up to face the No. 2 team in the nation this week (take that, Dennis Erickson) and the reality song and dance competition shows are heating up, despite the fact that Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey have become such great pals.

Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is gearing up for what he expects will be the toughest of his five re-election campaigns.

Unofficial results show Russell Pearce is facing his second election defeat in a row — once again to a political newcomer who vowed not to pursue divisive illegal immigration legislation.

Arizona's primary election Tuesday features a spirited race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate and heated contests for several U.S. House seats, with outcomes that will set the roster of candidates for the Nov. 6 general election.

Some big names in Arizona legislative politics face contested races in the Aug. 28 primary election, with redistricting fallout expanding the normal array of intraparty rivalries resulting from ideology and ambition.

While voters have until Nov. 6 to decide who they’ll support for president and other high-profile elections, many of the East Valley’s biggest races will be settled in a little over a week.

A top elected Republican will be leading the effort to convince voters to keep the partisan in partisan politics.

Arizona voters will get a chance to revamp how elections statewide are run.