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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.

Incumbent Andrea Dalessandro, D-Green Valley, handily won re-election maintaining a strong lead in the Legislative District 2 Senate race.

Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, has won re-election despite a last-minute flurry of spending against her.

Vance Phillips and Tasya Peterson were impressed with the popularity of a Fox News tweet featuring the indictment of Rep. Ceci Velasquez on charges related to food stamp fraud.