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Republican lawmakers defied a core GOP principle of limited government in 2016 by passing a bill that enlarged the Arizona Supreme Court to seven justices from five.

David Leibowitz sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss storytelling, Arizona and its politics, lame apologies and the mental and physical stature of lawmakers.

Tucson and the Arizona Attorney General are going to court in an unprecedented lawsuit to determine whether the city’s gun destruction policy violates state law.

Various interest groups and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas are making known their education spending priorities.

Rep. Ceci Velasquez, D-Litchfield Park, told a Maricopa County Superior Court judge today she was homeless and trying to support her daughter when she falsely claimed her as a dependent on food stamp applications.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas presented a $680 million wish list of education spending Tuesday.

The Arizona Coyotes want taxpayers to pay for half of planned arena in the East Valley with a public-finance scheme resembling one lawmakers have traditionally loathed.

Tucson’s policy of destroying guns the police seize could end up costing the city millions of dollars.

Voters in Maricopa County decided to keep Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry despite a poor job evaluation from a 32-member commission that rates judges.

Early voter totals show Arizona’s fry cooks, cashiers and other unskilled workers will be making $12 by 2020.