PHOENIX, AZ -- (Wednesday, July 1, 2009) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed major portions of the budget Wednesday afternoon after the State Congress adjourned sine die (permanently for fiscal '09). Brewer has called legislators back for a special session scheduled for after the Fourth of July weekend to complete the...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - President Barack Obama will share the city with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the stage with Alice Cooper Wednesday when he delivers the commencement address at Arizona State University (ASU).

Obama will be delivering his address to ASU's graduating class just 11 miles from the Phoenix...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - During the Bush era, peace protests were presupposed. If the President of the United States showed up anywhere, so did the protesters. Now that Barack Obama has taken over the helm, though, peace activists are debating and rehashing protest strategies and often not protesting at all.

"Does...

PHOENIX - Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett Mecum was arrested Wednesday at the state party headquarters for criminal speeding and reckless driving. Mecum, though, is claiming that the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) was "playing politics" when they arrested and booked him into Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 4th Avenue...

PHOENIX - Just as Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen was concluding a meeting this morning at the Arizona Republican Party headquarters, he and fellow Republican leaders and staffers watched in shock as police officers handcuffed and took into custody their top staffer, Executive Director Brett Mecum, who oversees the...

PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued an official statement late Friday afternoon denying allegations by Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential candidate John McCain, made on her blog earlier this week, claiming that Arpaio is cyber stalking her on Twitter.

McCain published an article on her blog...

PHOENIX - At a news conference today, Chris Simcox, founder of the Minutemen, formally announced his intention to challenge John McCain for his Arizona Senate seat.

The Minutemen are a controversial group of volunteers who patrol the border and report activity to U.S. Border Patrol agents. Simcox, along with Jim...

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - Senator John McCain's hometown sheriff, Joe Arpaio, is skipping out on a local Senate hearing Monday, organized in part by McCain. Instead, he will be taping an appearance on Comedy Central's Colbert Report. The Phoenix hearing will feature three panels of state and...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - This week, two Arizona State University physics professors, Mike Thorpe and Jose Menendez, polled ASU faculty on whether President Barack Obama should receive an honorary degree when he delivers the commencement speech next month.

When news broke last week that ASU may not confer the...

The Arizona State University community is expressing anger and embarrassment in response to ASU's decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he gives the commencement speech there next month. An ASU spokesperson now confesses, "we blew it," and concedes that the university likely would...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - Arizona State University became the unlikely focus of a political firestorm last week when news broke that ASU would not be conferring the customary honorary degree on President Barack Obama when he gives the commencement speech in May. The university's official reason cites a policy of not...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - Arizona State University President Michael Crow apologized today for the "confusion" surrounding the customary honorary degree typically awarded to commencement speakers but originally denied to President Barack Obama who will be delivering the ASU commencement speech in May.

Still no official word on whether Obama will...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - Arizona State University President Michael Crow is saying that ASU will "honor President Obama in every way" just two days after student journalist Adam Sneed broke the story that Arizona State University (ASU) would not be conferring the customary honorary degree on President Barack Obama when...

TEMPE, ARIZONA - Universities typically confer an honorary degree on commencement speakers, particularly those who have reached the pinnacle of their career or achieved the top of their field. Arizona State University (ASU), though, says it will not confer an honorary degree on this year's commencement speaker, President Barack Obama,...

PHOENIX - Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton and ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis jumped into the fray Tuesday, threatening to bring their vast national networks to march in the streets of Phoenix if Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), does not...

A few good numbers in March -- gains in consumer spending, higher number of home sales, increases in factory orders -- seems to be all it takes for some Wall Street analysts (and real estate agents) to declare a bottom and optimistically advise the public to buy, buy, buy. But...

IBM is currently seeking $30 billion in stimulus money to create 1 million jobs. CEO Sam Palmisano even met with Obama at the White House to discuss IBM's role in the economic recovery. But critics want to know whether those jobs would be in America or offshore. After all, over...

An Alaskan state legislator revealed in his constituent e-newsletter Friday the identity of an anonymous local blogger who was made famous by her criticisms of Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign season.

Mudflats blogger "Alaska Muckraker" (AKM) rose to blogger fame almost instantaneously when Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin...

Over the last week, the GOP public relations strategy has been flinging accusations at Obama for doing too much and taking on too many issues. At first, I thought it one of the funniest things I've heard from a political party. Then, the idea gained traction in the media. Every...

PHOENIX--Critics of Sheriff Joe "Tent City" Arpaio have been celebrating since the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation last week into alleged civil rights violations by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO). Not so fast though -- the revelry is premature. Neither Arpaio nor his officers will...