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Recent Articles from Bob Christie, Associated Press
Aetna exit means Pinal County has no marketplace health plan
Pinal County won't have a company offering marketplace health insurance plans next year following the nation's third-largest health insurer's decision to exit public exchanges in all but four states.
Court: Identical cattle brands OK on different location
The Arizona Court of Appeals has weighed in on a topic that's older than the state itself: cattle brands.
Arizona judge won’t require court election oversight
An Arizona judge has rejected an effort to require Maricopa County to have court-approved plans in place for managing upcoming elections.
Arizona broke glass ceiling for women in office, but lags
Arizona voters broke the gender barrier in 1998 when they voted five women into statewide elected office and turned the state into the first in the nation to have an all-female elected line of succession.
Judge orders tribe to produce records on Glendale casino
A federal judge has ordered a southern Arizona tribe to produce records showing what the tribal council and one of its district councils discussed in 2002 and 2003 about plans to open a Phoenix-area casino.
Mediation between solar firm, Arizona utility suspended
An agreement between the nation's largest solar company and Arizona's biggest utility to call off a contentious battle and instead negotiate on how to treat rooftop solar power has hit a major bump, and representatives for both sides said Thursday they've called off the talks.
Small Arizona agencies lax on hate crime reporting
Five police departments across Arizona have failed to file FBI hate crime reports every year since 2009, filings that help the Department of Justice, researchers and journalists track the ebb and flow of hate crimes across the country.
Voters urged to approve lower police, firefighter pension raises
In the May 17 special election, voters are being asked to sign off on a major part of a police and firefighter pension system overhaul that was enacted by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year.
Feds warn states against defunding Planned Parenthood
The director of the federal Medicaid program published a broadside Tuesday over efforts in Arizona and other state legislatures to block funding for Planned Parenthood.
Arizona wants suit challenging presidential primary tossed
The Arizona attorney general's office has asked a judge to throw out a court challenge to the state's presidential primary.
End of House media ban means all eyes on budget
House Speaker David Gowan's decision to lift a ban on journalists covering proceedings from the House floor means all eyes are again focused on stalled negotiations on a nearly $10 billion state budget package.
Group behind 2010 Arizona boycott considers new effort
Latino and civil rights groups behind a 2010 boycott of Arizona designed to pressure the state into stopping anti-immigrant legislation on Wednesday said they are considered a renewed boycott because of a new series of legislative proposals.
