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Computers, not humans to scan carry-on bags in TSA test
Federal officials said Tuesday that they are expanding tests to speed up airport lines and improve security.
State Department or Revenue lays off 52 workers
The Arizona Department of Revenue has laid off 52 employees this week, citing budget cuts.
Planned Parenthood seeks repeal of abortion laws in 8 states
Planned Parenthood says it will work with its abortion-rights allies in eight states to repeal laws that may be vulnerable following the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down tough abortion restrictions in Texas.
Blue Cross, Health Net stop offering marketplace plans
Health insurance giants Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Health Net have announced they will stop offering federal marketplace plans in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
Judge questions solidity of Arizona’s vow in execution case
A judge presiding over a lawsuit that protests the way Arizona carries out executions on Wednesday questioned the solidity of the state's promise that it was abandoning the sedative midazolam as one of its lethal-injection drugs.
Judge to mull whether suit over death penalty can continue
A judge presiding over a lawsuit that protests the way Arizona carries out executions is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday over whether death-row prisoners can press forward with their legal challenge now that the state says it doesn't have lethal-injection drugs available for executions.
Advocates: Photos show filthy Border Patrol holding cells
A federal judge has unsealed photographs of several Border Patrol stations in Arizona, where advocates say migrants experience inhumane conditions while being held.
Group wants to appeal decision in lawsuit over death penalty
The First Amendment Coalition of Arizona has asked a judge to clear the way for it to appeal a ruling last month that dismissed the group from a lawsuit protesting the way the state carries out the death penalty.
Last nuclear power plant in California to close by 2025
The rooftop panels and churning turbines of booming solar and wind energy are helping make U.S. nuclear power plants, with all the safety fears and rising costs they bring, obsolete, some experts say. So much so that Californiaai??i??s largest utility and environmental groups struck a deal on June 21 to shutter the last facility in the state.
Forum focuses on energy policies in Democratic platform
A forum in Phoenix aimed at gathering grass-roots voices to help shape the Democratic Party platform drew calls on June 17 for a tax on carbon emissions to curb climate change and for an end to the practice of fracking in natural gas production.
Arizona accused of skirting requirement in prison settlement
Attorneys who brought a class-action lawsuit over the quality of health care in Arizona's prisons said Friday that the state is trying to skirt a requirement in a settlement that mental health professionals see inmates who have recently been taken off psychotropic medications.
Arizona law enforcement revising stance on rape kits
Law enforcement agencies across Arizona are sifting through evidence lockers looking for every last untested sexual assault kit under new efforts driven largely by Gov. Doug Ducey.
