Arizona lawmakers give Trump’s first speech to Congress mixed reviews

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump delivered an hourlong speech to Congress Tuesday that, while short on detail, was long on rhetoric that kept Republican lawmakers jumping to their feet and Democrats mostly sitting on their hands.


Lawmakers host kids of deported mom to send message to Trump

WASHINGTON - Angel and Jacqueline Garcia de Rayos could have spent Tuesday celebrating their mother's 36th birthday, but the Mesa teens instead spent it in Washington instead to protest her deportation.


Home baked goods receive limited state regulation

MESA – Arizona residents who buy home baked pastries and goods are buying products with limited state regulations.


Ducey presses governors on need for civics education like Arizona’s

WASHINGTON - Gov. Doug Ducey urged fellow governors this weekend to follow Arizona's lead and implement civics requirements in schools to help improve the nation's civic and political engagement.


Florence prisoners rehabilitate their futures by training wild horses, burros

FLORENCE – It’s almost eight in the morning on an icy cold and windy day in Florence.


Arizona lawmaker wants to allow people to shoot rat and snake shot within city limits

PHOENIX – It’s been illegal to fire a weapon within city limits in Arizona since 2000.

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Childcare program allows refugee parents to focus on much-needed classes

PHOENIX - Refugee mothers and fathers face various barriers when they arrive in the U.S. with their children.


Trump message the same, but Arizona conservatives still like hearing it

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - If President Donald Trump was looking for a welcoming crowd, he found it Friday at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference.


Ducey, other governors hope feds cede power to states under Trump

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - Gov. Doug Ducey joined other Republican governors who told an appreciative crowd of conservatives Thursday that the Trump administration presents a chance for state and local officials to take the reins back from the federal government.


McSally faces tense crowd at town hall near Tucson

SAHUARITA – More than 250 people gathered at a town hall on Thursday to pepper U.S. Rep. Martha McSally with questions about immigration, health care and President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.


Rep. Raúl Grijalva hosts community discussion to ‘interject humanity’ into immigration debate

AVONDALE - Rep. Raúl Grijalva told about 20 residents and community leaders in his district that highlighting their concerns about President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration would help “interject humanity” into the national debate on the issue.


McSally, critics hold dueling town halls, amid claim GOP dodges voters

WASHINGTON - Facing charges that she was dodging constituents, Rep. Martha McSally, R-Tucson, will be at a town hall Thursday - the same day that a group of critics has scheduled a separate town hall that McSally spurned.