Our View: Rep. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, must be discouraged in his bid to stop Arizona from using its single, high-stakes test to determine who gets to graduate from high school. But we urge him not to give up, as he’s pursuing a noble cause that might take more time for his peers to understand.

Gilbert taxpayers have made it clear in e-mails and in person that they don’t want to pay for fire service for county island homeowners who pay no taxes.

Gilbert taxpayers have made it clear in e-mails and in person that they don’t want to pay for fire service for county island homeowners who pay no taxes.

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Republican lawmakers are hoping Arizona voters can accomplish what they haven’t been able to during the past two years — approve a handful of immigration-related measures aimed at cracking down on people living here illegally.

Republican lawmakers are hoping Arizona voters can accomplish what they haven’t been able to during the past two years — approve a handful of immigration-related measures aimed at cracking down on people living here illegally.

Pro-immigration activists lashed out Saturday at state Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, and the four immigration ballot propositions during a Latino Town Hall, calling the measures racist and based on fear.

Pro-immigration activists lashed out Saturday at state Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, and the four immigration ballot propositions during a Latino Town Hall, calling the measures racist and based on fear.

Arizona voters want to enact one — and maybe two — measures aimed at those who cross the border illegally, measures Gov. Janet Napolitano has vetoed.

Arizona voters want to enact one — and maybe two — measures aimed at those who cross the border illegally, measures Gov. Janet Napolitano has vetoed.

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Wednesday that an offer by Iran to hold negotiations on its nuclear weapons but not to halt enriching uranium falls short of U.N. demands.

Out-of-control litigation and fear of malpractice lawsuits are acting as barriers to widespread improvement in health care delivery. That’s according to Daniel Strouse, an Arizona State University law professor, and Thomas Fox, a partner in the law firm of Reed Smith LLP in Washington D.C. Fox has handled or supervised the presentation of numerous health law-related cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Let’s hope U.S. District Court Judge Raner Collins got the attention of Gov. Napolitano and legislative leaders last week when he mused aloud over which of them should be thrown in jail for failing to adequately provide for educating Arizona's increasing number of English language learner (ELL) students.

WASHINGTON – One in three Arizona teachers was absent for more than 10 days in the 2009-2010 school year, slightly better than the national rate of 36 percent, according to a recent report.

WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly approved business tax breaks worth $1.8 billion over 10 years on Friday, a key step toward forging a congressional compromise on increasing the minimum wage.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Thursday that Iran won't back away from uranium enrichment and said the world must treat Iran as a nuclear power.

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ATHEN, Greece - Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday, in an explosion of rage triggered by the police shooting of a teenager that has unleashed the most violent riots in a quarter century.

UNITED NATIONS - Iran has left no doubt it intends to seek nuclear weapons now that it has violated a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, and the council must now be ready to impose sanctions, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday.

TEHRAN, Iran - U.S. and European officials appeared ready Thursday to push for low-level sanctions against Iran, such as travel bans, as the country remained defiant on the day of a U.N. deadline to halt uranium enrichment.

Betty Ondera’s weak heart races when she gets nervous, and now her daughter’s heart is racing, too.