Recent Articles from The Associated Press
Arizona utility regulators again reject clean energy rules
Arizona's utility regulators have rejected new rules that would have drastically boosted the use of renewable energy for the second time in a year.
Senate panel OKs working poor tax credit Dems, Ducey want
A Democratic proposal to create a new tax credit for working low-income Arizonans that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey also had in his budget proposal was approved by a Senate committee.
Lawyer who quit Legislature rebuked for campaign misconduct
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1643399987419{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Arizona judge who presides over attorney discipline matters has signed a formal reprimand of a lawyer and former state legislator for unprofessional conduct during […]
GOP lawmakers target school boards group
The Arizona School Boards Association, which successfully sued the Legislature to invalidate key parts of the state budget last year, is now being targeted by Republican lawmakers who have long […]
Woman acquitted in protest of border wall
A Tohono O’odham woman was found not guilty Wednesday on federal misdemeanor charges stemming from her protest of border wall construction on her tribe’s ancestral land. The acquittal of Amber […]
Felony charges urged for Charles Ryan, ex-Arizona prisons boss
Police on Wednesday said they are recommending felony charges against former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan in an encounter at his Tempe home nearly two weeks ago in which he […]
MLK III comes to Phoenix, slams Sinema over filibuster
Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change the Senate’s Jim Crow-era filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely […]
Treasury: Arizona risks relief funds over anti-mandate rules
The Biden administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19 relief funds sent to Arizona over state provisions that it says discourage families and school districts from following federal guidance recommending face […]
Police: Ex-Arizona prisons boss Charles Ryan will face charges after pointing gun at officers
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to one of his hands, initially refused calls from police to exit his Tempe home and […]
A year after Jan. 6 GOP Clears Path for 2022, beyond
In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — including well-known Arizona politicians and obscure local bureaucrats — […]
House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
The House voted Wednesday to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword, an extraordinary rebuke that highlighted the political strains testing Washington and the country.
Arpaio running for mayor of Fountain Hills
Beaten in his last three elections, former six-term Sheriff Joe Arpaio is attempting another comeback, this time running for mayor of the affluent Phoenix suburb where he has lived for the past two decades.