PHOENIX — State lawmakers will have to restore at least $150 million in cuts they just made to higher education to keep Arizona from losing more than $800 million in federal education stimulus funds.

Tucson police say they’ve broken up a major crime syndicate accused of carrying out home invasions, armed robberies and drug rip-offs. Police said Saturday that three people were arrested following a home invasion in Pima County on Tuesday.

A 25-year-old Tucson man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his involvement in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler.

A Tucson man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison for an assault on a Saguaro National Park ranger on April 27.

Citing concerns over his handling of Rio Nuevo Downtown redevelopment and a large budget shortfall, the City Council voted 4-3 to fire City Manager Mike Hein Tuesday.

One person in Pima County and another four across the state have been infected with a salmonella strain linked to uncooked tomatoes.

A 25-year-old man was found “down in the street” early Saturday near Roskruge Bilingual Magnet School and was later pronounced dead at University Medical Center.

Police are searching for a man who shot another man at a Diamond Shamrock gas station Thursday afternoon.

The fugitive: James Fred Morrett, 54.

Jurors in Tucson federal court started deliberations Friday morning in a lawsuit brought by illegal immigrants against a southern Arizona rancher who detained them at gunpoint in 2004.