Arizona

Staff Sgt. Chad Wille thought he was doing the right thing three years ago when he went to his supervisor to report a claim that fellow National Guard troops traveling in an Humvee had been seen shooting paintballs at pedestrians in a nearby Phoenix neighborhood. Rather than being rewarded for his integrity, ...

With job creation continuing at a snail's pace, some job seekers are finding that it pays to go where the jobs are. But just as some states were hit harder during the recession than others, the opposite is true in the current rate of economic recovery and job creation. Or to put it another way, some states are ...

By 24/7 Wall St., Introduction by Jake Thiewes The phrase "economic recovery" has been appearing more frequently in news reports. The United States' job market seems to be slowly improving, but unemployment claims currently are hovering above 8 percent. Some cities that were hit hard at the height of ...

By Kim Bhasin Adam Smith, a CFO and treasurer of medical supplies manufacturer Vante, caused quite a stir this week when he put up a video of himself bullying a Chick-fil-A drive-thru employee in Tucson on YouTube. Smith berates the worker about her company in the video, which was initially titled ...

He may have been hired to serve and protect, but a Maricopa, Ariz., police officer appears to have gone too far after he allegedly had sex with the wife of another man late last year. Officer Victor Valenzuela was fired in March for reportedly admitting that he had an affair with the wife of Perry Edwards -- ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some key provisions of Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigration -- while also upholding one other. And while the decision has led both sides to claim victory, what's been lost in the partisan politicking is how the ruling will affect American ...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- America's largest solar panel manufacturer is laying off 2,000 workers and closing factories in response to waning demand and increased competition from China. ...

Some say it's a devil's bargain. Arizona government employees, who have suffered recent pay cuts, could get a 5 percent raise. All they have to do is give up many of their civil service protections, reports Stateline. Gov. Jan Brewer's "personnel reform" proposal, if it becomes law, would strip away much of the ...

"This call is being recorded for quality and training purposes." It's a refrain as familiar to the American people as "for purple mountain majesties." But rarely, when calling up to complain about screwy wireless or a glitchy Android phone, do we think about the people on the other end, who will be listening ...

Unemployment rates fell in roughly two-thirds of large U.S. cities in August, despite zero job growth nationwide. Here are the cities with the highest and lowest rates: 10 Cities With The Highest Unemployment Rates -- August 2011 El Centro, Calif. 32.4 Yuma, Ariz. 29.4 Merced, Calif. ...

There are a lot of things you could buy with $45,000 of stolen cash: a year at a prestigious private university, a pretty nice sailing vessel, a night at the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. But when Spencer Cullen, 23, and Adriano Altiveros, 19, robbed the Arizona Walmart where ...

If there's one thing members of the baby boom generation have proven it's that, when it comes to a career, there's always a second act. A good example is that of 49-year-old Wendy Klarkowski, a police officer in suburban Phoenix who has been named Rookie of the Year at the Surprise Police Department, The ...