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The Arizona Legislature has ended its special session after approving a package of bills to eliminate about a quarter of the state's $2 billion shortfall.

Even as residents cut back on spending due to the uncertainties of a sagging economy, the Arizona Lottery's sales are holding up, the latest figures show.

Department of Transportation officials arrested and charged the driver, 31-year-old Richard Garfield Coulton, with marijuana trafficking after Thursday's discovery.

Remember when banks were lending money to people that had no means of paying it back and the entire economy came crashing down? The Bank of America apparently has no memory of this because it just approved a $700 million loan to the Arizona state government, which happens to already be about $2 billion in the hole.

The Arizona State Parks Board has approved higher fees for the 30 state parks, beginning next March.

A Tucson man has been sentenced to die in the bludgeoning death of his girlfriend's two children more than 25 years ago.

For the fifth consecutive week, Arizona motorists are spending more to fill their tanks.

Workers remodel an old grocery store into the upscale Hispanic marketplace Mi Pueblo in Mesa in this June 25, 2009, file photo.

The Arizona Technology Council in partnership with the Arizona Department of Commerce today announced the winners of the 2009 Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards.

A lawmaker's unexplained absence has the Arizona Senate in disarray. Republican Sen.

The former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services has been indicted on eight felony charges relating to the misuse of public money during his time as director.

PHOENIX a ' Ignoring a potential lawsuit, state senators voted Wednesday to grab hold of the money from traveler's checks that haven't been used or cashed within three years a ' 12 years less than now allowed.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is laying off 115 employees, mostly Motor Vehicle Division workers.

PHOENIX -- In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.

Advocacy groups for education, social services and state employees urged Arizona legislators Wednesday to discard proposals for midyear spending cuts and instead use borrowing and other alternatives to balance the budget.

Authorities say an Arizona man has been sentenced to two years in prison and lifetime supervised release for attempting to engage in sex with minors.

State lawmakers are once again trying to remove some legal protections homeowners now have from being pursued by banks if they walk away from their mortgages.

A national organization has filed a federal lawsuit to protect domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian Arizona state employees.

Arizona charities that collect donations for private school scholarships say they distribute the majority of those funds to low-income students, according to a self-reported survey presented Monday to a state House committee.

Arizona's first movie production studio won approval Monday to develop a facility in east Mesa that its developer sees as an inexpensive alternative to Hollywood.