Phoenix, ARIZ -- Effective April 19th, campfire and smoking restrictions went into effect across a large portion of southeast Arizona. Thanks to late spring storms, the earliest fire restrictions in Arizonas history were short-lived. However, fire season never went away,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Rick Renzi (AZ-1) called on the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation as gas prices exceed $3 per gallon. The text of Congressman Renzi's letter to the FTC: April 18, 2006 The Honorable Deborah Platt…

Arizona decreases releases to air and water San Francisco, Calif. -- Arizona industries reported a 16 percent decrease in toxic chemicals released into the air and water from 2003 to 2004, according to new data released on April 13, 2006…

(State Capitol, Arizona) Contrary to her rhetoric on border enforcement issues, Governor Napolitano, on April 17, continued to avoid doing anything meaningful to stem the tide of illegal immigration by vetoing the measure that would have made it a state…

(State Capitol, Arizona) After tens of thousands of illegal aliens and their supporters took to the streets of Phoenix and Tucson to protest against border enforcement, the state legislature reinforced the rule of law by making it a state crime…

NOGALES, Ariz A man wanted in Volusia County, Florida on 14 charges of Possession of Sexual Acts by a Child was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers as he was entering the United States at the Nogales port…

$660,000 in Marijuana Hidden Inside NOGALES, Ariz - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility stopped an attempt to smuggle more than 200 pounds of marijuana hidden inside stone vases in a tractor-trailer Friday afternoon,…

Phoenix, ARIZ --- Predictive service experts and other wildfire analysts put out the warning early this spring, that "an abundance of herbaceous fine fuels remain across much of the Southwest from the wet winter of 2004-2005. The significant lack of…

Phoenix, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that victims of an Australian Lottery scam may be eligible for refunds through the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals Office. In 1999, the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals Office secured a judgment against Systems 3 Marketing, Inc.,…

State Capitol, Phoenix) The Legislature filed suit on March 22, 2006 against Gov. Janet Napolitano, challenging her unconstitutional line-item veto of a portion of the employee pay package. The suit, filed with the Arizona Supreme Court, charges Napolitano illegally used…

$1.3 Million in Cocaine at Nogales Port of Entry NACO, Ariz - Gotcha, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Narcotics Detection Dog at the Naco Port of Entry, lived up to her name yesterday morning when she sniffed out…

San Francisco, Calif. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the University of Arizona a $1,750,815 grant to fund a U.S.-Mexico Binational Center for Environmental Science and Toxicology. The state of Arizona is also funding the project with an additional…