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State awards $1.5 billion mental health contract to Magellan
The Arizona Department of Health Services has awarded a $1.5 billion dollar contract to oversee mental health care in Maricopa County for the next three years to Magellan Health Services.... […]
Bee: Down to 'final stages'
The Senate is on break today to allow its leaders to focus on negotiations with their House counterparts over a state budget. Lawmakers meeting are Senate President Tim Bee, Senate... […]
Chamber, industry group to merge
The Arizona Association of Industries and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry will merge by the end of the year. The groups’ boards unanimously approved the plan last week.... […]
County pledges temporary fire protection for unincorporated areas
Gov. Janet Napolitano allowed a proposal that paves a way for thousands of residents to get fire service to become law without her signature on June 4. But the controversy... […]
Bill criminalizes mortgage fraud
Legislators today approved a measure that establishes the crime of mortgage fraud. The bill, which was passed by the Senate by a vote of 26-0, is now on its way... […]
Trees planted in honor of water lobbyist
A long shadow A southern live oak casts a shadow behind a memorial marker for Michael Brophy, who was instrumental in shaping Arizona water law. Five live oaks were planted... […]
Workers’ comp deal would boost benefit $400 a year
After weeks of intense negotiations, labor and management have reached an accord to increase workers’ compensation by approximately $400 a year for the next two years. The resulting compromise was... […]
It’s not for the birds — Game and Fish volunteers hang out near the Arizona Canal to count bats
Make every bat countGame and Fish bat biologist Nancy Renison (left) trains volunteers Beth Bruno and Steve Riedler to count the bats as they leave the tunnel. Minutes before sunset,... […]
Richardson: Americans need to ‘sacrifice’ for common good
New Mexico’s governor visits Phoenix; touts energy issues
Feds settle with hospital group over nurses’ wages
The federal government has reached a proposed settlement with an Arizona hospital association, which the Justice Department had accused of actions that caused wages for the state’s temporary nurses to... […]
3 decades later — high court rejects appeal in double homicide case
The Arizona Supreme Court on May 30 rejected the appeal of a man sentenced to die for two murders committed more than 30 years ago. Joe Clarence Smith killed two... […]
Rep. Michele Reagan — Political hope: ‘To get into the Senate someday — the state Senate’
The first thing you see when you walk into Michele Reagan’s office in the House of Representatives is a large, black scorpion — dead, thankfully — in a display case... […]
