Phoenix animal rescuer jailed on suspicion of animal neglect
Diane Habener, 61, was arrested after Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies served search warrants on two of Habener's homes and found as many as 120 animals in what sheriff's officials describe as squalid conditions and without adequate food or water.
Speed camera fee hike hearing Wednesday
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has set a public hearing for 9 a.m. Wednesday to gather feedback on a proposed $20 fee on photo-enforcement cases.
Justices may hear disputed Arizona law
A coalition of business groups, immigrant-rights advocates and civil-liberties groups maintains that the 2007 law is unconstitutional because it infringes on the federal government's authority over immigration laws.
'East Valley Tribune' is ending its 118-year run
The East Valley Tribune, which in April received one of journalism's most prestigious awards, by Dec. 31 will end its 118-year run of providing news and opinion to residents of Mesa and nearby cities.
Half of U.S. kids eventually must use food stamps
Nearly half of all children in the United States and 90 percent of Black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.
Plan would shift court costs
The state judicial branch has proposed shifting more than $12 million in costs to the county level - a suggestion that has Maricopa County budget officials on edge.
Tax-collection agency puts layoff plan on ice
Gambling that Arizona lawmakers will approve its funding in time, the state tax-collection agency is shelving plans to lay off more than half its staff early this month.
Jurors shown videotape of inmate's fatal beating
Relatives of an inmate who was brutally murdered last year in the Fourth Avenue Jail shuddered as a prosecutor played a surveillance videotape of the killing for the jury.
