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New fed money not for school mask mandate ban
Arizona is getting another $862 million in federal Covid relief dollars to help safely reopen schools.
Senate wants host of Ninja records protected
A judge on Thursday said he's not ready to cite the Arizona Senate and Karen Fann, its president, for contempt of court.
Brnovich asks judge to let him enforce abortion law
Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants a judge to let him start enforcing a law prohibiting certain abortions despite a federal court ruling which found it unconstitutional.
Ducey headed to Texas border event
Republican governors are gathering Wednesday at the border in Texas to criticize the Biden administration's policies.
Feds at odds with Ducey’s use of Covid money
A key federal official is telling Gov. Doug Ducey he cannot use Covid grant dollars to penalize schools that impose mask mandates.
State launches cyber security center
Arizona launched its new cyber command center Monday to deal with threats to state and local government computers.
Attorneys argue over minimum wage penalty in court
A judge questioned attorneys for the state Monday on their claim that lawmakers have the authority to financially penalize local governments that impose their own minimum wages.
Supreme Court to weigh mask mandate ban
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether the ban on mask mandates at public schools was legally enacted.
Ducey fights jobless benefits suit
An attorney for Gov. Doug Ducey is asking a judge to toss a bid by a labor group to order him to immediately seek to recoup extra federal jobless benefits that were denied to them when the governor pulled out of the program.
State’s hospital profits soar
Arizona hospitals overall saw huge increases in their profits last year despite -- or more likely, because of -- Covid.
AG: City workers free to give money to council, mayoral campaigns
Cities can't bar their employees from contributing to races for city council and mayor, Attorney General Mark Brnovich concluded Thursday.
Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards
The state agency responsible for protecting the environment has failed to perform many required tasks in monitoring groundwater for pollution -- in some cases for 29 years.
