Fitz Blog: Your Weekly Local News Update

The story about the ricin sent to a handful politicians is a pretty gripping crime story. Investigators were looking at an Elvis impersonator with bipolar disorder who was sparring online with a child molesting martial arts master who fronts a blues band. Or as the Pima County Sheriff’s Depa…

Poll: Arizonans back tighter gun checks

Sen. Jeff Flake may have lost significant constituent support for his vote against expanded background checks, one poll suggests.

Poll: Arizonans back tighter gun checks

PHOENIX - The political damage to the state's junior senator because of his vote against background checks on firearms sold at gun shows depends on whom you ask - and when.

McCain: GOP stands to benefit from OK of immigration bill

PHOENIX - Approval of a comprehensive immigration plan with Republican votes would enable the party to once again compete for Latino votes here, Arizona's senior U.S. senator said Thursday.

Sen. Jeff Flake: Guest-worker plan will be a plus

A strong guest-worker program would bolster border security, Sen. Jeff Flake told Hispanic business leaders Monday.

Border tour: McCain calls for better technology, tweets about woman climbing fence

NOGALES, Ariz. — More technology and better coordination among agencies might be what it takes to secure the U.S.-Mexico border enough to offer a path to citizenship to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country, a group of senators said.

Giffords at Tucson shooting site: Expand gun-buyer background checks

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned Wednesday to the northwest side grocery store where she was nearly slain Jan. 8, 2011 to advocate for expanded background checks for gun buyers.

Rally urges Flake to back gun checks

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Rally urges Flake to back gun checks

Survivors of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting and members of anti-gun violence organizations gathered Tuesday in front of Sen. Jeff Flake's Tucson office, a short distance from the grocery store where the shooting happened, to encourage the freshman senator to support proposed mandatory background…

Survivors of Tucson shooting spree push mandatory background checks

Tucson shooting spree survivors push background checks for all gun buyers

Giffords in TV ad urges background checks for all gun purchases

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases in a new television ad that is to begin airing Tuesday in Arizona and Iowa.

300 released from Ariz. immigration detention centers

About 300 people have been released from immigration detention centers in Arizona since Thursday, when the federal government started to review each case in anticipation of widespread budget cuts.

Gov. Brewer wants Obama to tour border

Hours before President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union Address, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer toured the border area Tuesday and concluded that the Arizona-Mexico border remained a “gateway of the drug cartels.”

2 Arizona Dems in Las Vegas for Obama’s immigration speech

PHOENIX — Two leading Democrats in Arizona’s legislature headed to Las Vegas to hear the president’s speech on immigration reform.

Brewer: Residents along border best judges of security

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer can't put a specific definition on what it means to have a secure border.

Arizona’s delegation splits on ‘fiscal cliff’ vote

Arizona’s U.S. House delegation split along party lines late Tuesday night as the House passed the so-called “fiscal cliff agreement.

La fuerza republicana se impuso en el Senado

El candidato demócrata al Senado, Richard Carmona, saluda a sus seguidores en su discurso de reconocimiento de la derrota ante el republicano Jeff Flake, el 6 de noviembre.

La fuerza republicana se impuso en el Senado

El republicano Jeff Flake será el nuevo senador federal por Arizona, después de derrotar al demócrata Richard Carmona por un escaño en el Senado, espacio que sólo se renueva cada seis años.

La fuerza republicana se impuso en el Senado

El senador electo, Jeff Flake, republicano por Arizona, y su esposa Cheryl, agradecen las muestras de apoyo de sus seguidores en la fiesta del triunfo la noche de la elección.