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State geologists face financial crunch with move to UA
The state agency that compiles geologic data faces a financial crunch and potential job cuts after state officials made it part of the University of Arizona without providing any funding.
Legal wrangling begins on Prop. 123
Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan has officially certified the results of a special election on school funding and police and fire pension measures.
Ex-Arizona lawmaker pleads not guilty to murder in Alaska
A former Arizona state legislator has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a man during a hunting trip near Juneau.
Arizona high court to rule on privacy rights of probationers
The justices have agreed to consider a Maricopa County case in which a man on probation for drug convictions sought to suppress evidence obtained during a warrantless search of his residence.
Arizona ruling allows hospital liens in some Medicaid cases
The Arizona Supreme Court says hospitals can go after lawsuit settlements to get additional reimbursement for costs of providing care for some patients covered by the state's Medicaid program.
Charge against ex-Arizona lawmaker caps downward spiral
Nearly a decade before he would be charged with murder in Alaska, Mark Desimone was a well-liked state lawmaker in Arizona for a brief time, a moderate one-term Democrat in a minority caucus filled with left-leaning members, according to lawmakers who worked with him.
Ruling keeps in play a temporary ban on Arizona executions
A ruling by a federal judge Wednesday night kept in play a temporary ban on executions in Arizona, but it also allows condemned prisoners to press forward with a lawsuit protesting the way the state has carried out the death penalty.
Records in Phoenix freeway shooting case to be unsealed
A judge has ordered the public release of sealed records in a dismissed criminal case against a man who had been accused of carrying out shootings last summer on metro Phoenix's freeways.
Ruling: Medical marijuana immunity of doctors is limited
The legal immunity provided physicians by Arizona's medical marijuana law for certifying patients to use pot only applies to the medical certifications, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Lawmakers cast final vote to settle education officials’ legal spat
The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill settling a yearlong fight between the state's top elected school official and the Board of Education and sent it to Gov. Doug Ducey for action. The House approved the proposal on a 53-6 vote Wednesday. The Senate had approved the bill on a 30-0 vote late Tuesday. House and Senate leaders and Gov. Doug Ducey's office helped negotiated the deal betwe[...]
Arizona House rejects stiffer illegal immigration penalties
The Arizona House rejected a bill Wednesday that would stiffen sentences for immigrants in the country illegally, after a fervent effort from Republican supporters who wanted the bill to pass.
Arizona bill would give developers more power to levy taxes
A bill that would give developers more power to issue municipal bonds and levy taxes to pay for public infrastructure in communities they are building has been approved by the Arizona Senate.
