Sacramento’s impotence in the face of national e-tailers such as eBay and Amazon, and Washington’s in the face of the Tea Party, is a Tale of Two Cities for the 21st Century. 

With registered voters abandoning the Democratic and Republican parties statewide, the Green Party’s candidates for mayor of Tucson see an opening ahead of their primary election showdown late next month.

More than 80 applications have been filed in Arizona for wind and power plants.

Californians can pursue class-action lawsuits against cities and counties if they were charged an illegal local tax says the state Supreme Court. In Monday's unanimous decision, justices overturned lower-court rulings requiring taxpayers to file individual claims for refunds.

The haboob that hit Phoenix on July 5 was indeed a monster, the largest in decades. It was at least 100 miles long, lasted for two hours, and was several thousand feet high. A second, less powerful haboob hit on July 18.  Such dust storms are relatively common in Arizona.

While discussing the debt ceiling controversy on his MSNBC television program recently, Chris Matthews said to his guest, Pat Buchanan:

Recently, a new Arizona law permitted the state to raise money from private and public sources to build a border fence.