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PHOENIX a ' Arizona is just two steps away from legalizing sparklers. But you won't be able to buy them in time to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July.

A state Senate panel has dealt a major setback to a proposed budget compromise as lawmakers face a midnight deadline to avoid a state government shutdown.

It's no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue's method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia.

Arizonans drive into the July 4 weekend celebrating cheaper gas prices. Triple-A said that statewide, drivers are currently paying an average of $2.64 a gallon, a drop of 2.5 cents from last week.

A Tucson police investigation concludes that pledges attending a University of Arizona fraternity's "history night" were slapped and had to memorize traditions while being yelled at and intimidated.

In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction.

A bill moving through the Arizona Legislature has some bar owners fearful the state is turning back into the Old West.

Motorcycle fatalities are been on the rise. If a loved one has died in a motorcycle accident that was the fault of another driver, you may want to consider pursuing a wrongful death claim against the negligent driver.

Legislators in more than a half-dozen states, their revenues evaporating in the recession, frantically worked to stave off government shutdowns and devastating service cuts.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a partial victory to Arizona officials, ruling that the state is entitled to a fresh legal review that could lift a court order requiring changes in how schools teach children learning English.

A state lawmaker says his proposal to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants in Arizona remains alive as the Legislature tries to wrap up its current session.

PHOENIX a ' The sponsor of a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons without a permit says she is holding the bill until next year.

Voters in Arizona will decide next year whether residents will be subject to mandates in the pending health care reform that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are promoting.

Arizona's budget battle is going down to the wire, with an intraparty struggle between the Republican governor and the GOP-led Legislature creating the possibility of a state government shutdown starting Wednesday.

Arizona is just two steps away from a new law legalizing sparklers. But you won't be able to buy them in time to celebrate the Fourth of July this coming weekend.

Reporting from Phoenix -- In recent years, the onset of summer in Phoenix meant two things -- triple-digit temperatures and a budget battle between the Republican-dominated Legislature, which regularly pushed to cut taxes, and Democratic Gov.

Key Arizona lawmakers are drafting emergency legislation that could be used to keep state government going temporarily even if a new budget isn't approved in time - but not for all of state government nor for very long.

Twin brothers from Illinois have been indicted in a 2004 mail bombing that injured Scottsdale's diversity director in his office.

Arizona Republican legislative leaders have reportedly reached a budget deal with Gov.

The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved two abortion-related bills, including one that would increase requirements for obtaining abortions in the state and one that would increase penalties for performing a certain abortion procedure later in pregnancy, the Arizona Republic reports.