Congress News

One of the key attorneys fighting Arizona's employer sanctions law is hoping the Obama administration keeps politics out of its legal opinions of the statute.

Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for homebuyers and extending unemployment checks for the growing legions of people running out of benefits with few job prospects.

Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, at a 2008 press conference, discusses her concerns with "enhanced" driver licenses sought by the federal government.

The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona's controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out.

Oct. 29, 2008 A 22-acre wildfire about 1.5 miles from the Bean Peaks prescribed burn resulted in a lot more smoke settling in Prescott during the night.

President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 20-year-old U.S. travel ban against people with HIV early next year.

In a nation built on freedom of movement, no roadway has captured the American spirit quite like Route 66.

The traffic lights near Fourth Avenue and Congress Street, installed as part of the new underpass that eventually will carry modern streetcars, are not timed to work together, causing big traffic delays downtown during the morning rush hour.

Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 percentage points in just three years, a new poll says.

A federal provision that triggered the automatic deportation of widows and widowers of newlywed U.S. citizens will not be in effect for much longer.

Prescott High School students and alumni repaint the "P" on Badger Mountain in 2007.

Wouldn't it be fabulous to have an expense account that was half your annual salary? It's not that unusual for Fortune 500 corporations.

When it comes to health care, the status quo is failing American families. Too many insurance company denials.

As Congress continues to grapple with proposals for health-care reform, chambers of commerce around the Valley are speaking out and mobilizing their members with health-care forums and round tables.

A controversial amendment that would require the Census Bureau to ask for the first time whether people are in the United States illegally is headed for a Senate vote today.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano promised immigration enforcement would continue even though her agency is considering new ways to house nonviolent immigrants who have not committed crimes.

Councilman Sal DiCiccio and his wife, Debbie has lived in Ahwatukee Foothills for 23 of his 45 years in Arizona.

Gov. Jan Brewer is blasting congressional ideas for a national health plan, saying it could cost Arizona taxpayers billions of dollars.

In the baby state, where old is relative, Arizona's oldest home dates to 1848. Charles O. Brown, owner of the Congress Hall Saloon, built an adobe in Tucson more than 160 years ago that is recognized as the state's oldest known home, said Jim Garrison, state historic preservation officer.

PHOENIX a ' Arizona Hispanics need to stand up and be counted in the 2010 census or face losing representation in Congress, a voice in the community and money for social services, a panel of elected officials and activists said last week.