A senate panel voted Wednesday to throw some additional hurdles in the path of Arizonans who want to write their own laws.

The 2013 Arizona track and field championships started to resemble 2012 a little too closely for Devon Allen’s liking.

Expect More Arizona, a statewide education advocacy organization dedicated to raising education expectations in Arizona announced four Excellence Tour Spotlight award winners during an event held on Tuesday, including Mesa's Great Hearts Academies. According to a release, "the Phoenix finalists for the Expect More Excellence Tour demonstrate and celebrate what Arizonans are doing today to elevate world-class education in the community."

Behind the mask of Chandler High School’s mascot, Scruffy, Andrew Sanchez found his “voice.”

The top seed in the Division II baseball state tournament got off to a rocky start on Thursday.

Devon Ryan had the game winning infield hit in the top of the 12th inning as No. 17 Perry beat No. 16 Corona del Sol in the first round of the Division I state softball tournament.

The first round of the Division I state baseball tournament saw several upsets on Saturday.

Wait, these guys again?

This is Year 2 of the new 24-team playoff field in baseball, and it went off without a hitch in Division I last season.

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New unemployment numbers released Thursday suggest the state's economic recovery is weakening.

Saying that guns are public assets worth money, state senators voted Tuesday to close what they say are the last loopholes in the law allowing cities to destroy weapons that come into their possession.

Conceding their lobbying arguments are inconsistent with those in court, state prosecutors have given up in their bid to regulate how products with marijuana are labeled.

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Bandit is a male terrier mix, about 30 pounds and 3 years old.

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What's become a yearly effort at the Arizona Legislature to end a requirement for governments to publish notices in newspapers has hit a major snag in the Senate.

Here are the East Valley high school varsity football schedules for 2013. This list will be continuously updated.

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Washington -- The CEOs of American Airlines and US Airways told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee last week that not only would a merger of their airlines not hurt Phoenix, it could bring more international flights to the city.

Chandler Rotary Track Invitational