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The state’s top education official wants schools to plan for reopening even as she concedes she doesn’t know how much money they will have — and that it’s virtually impossible to guarantee a risk-free environment. In a 41-page “roadmap” released ...

Arizonans won't be learning which nursing homes have residents who have contracted or died from COVID-19, at least not from the state.

Arizona schools will reopen late this summer, pretty much no matter what is going on with COVID-19, Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday.

A federal magistrate has voided policies of the Social Security Administration that deny benefits to the survivors of some gay marriages. In a precedent-setting decision, Bruce Macdonald said it was wrong for the government to conclude that Michael Ely did ...

With a possible lawsuit looming, Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday finally let go of some of the federal cash he got for local communities. But not all of it.

Customers aren’t exactly filling the places up. But new figures from OpenTable suggest that Arizonans are once again warming to the idea of dining out — and doing so with more exuberance than much of the rest of the country. ...

State senators return to the Capitol on Tuesday with the goal of finally finishing out the on-again off-again session that began in January.

Sen. Eddie Farnsworth is blaming Attorney General Mark Brnovich for the failure of his legislation to preclude prosecutors from seizing property without first getting a criminal conviction.

Arizona’s jobless rate spiked last month to 12.6%, a figure that may be a record. And it’s certain to go higher as the figures reflect the number of people out looking for work in the second week of April. Since ...

Two Arizona cities are among the top gainers in population since the last decennial count. A new report May 21 from the Census Bureau finds that the 28,769 people who moved to or were born in Buckeye since the 2010 ...