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Some local officials aren’t excited about a slate of new laws that limit the ability of governments and schools to take measures to control Covid – or other health issues – going forward.  

Inflation is already taking a toll on local residents' wallets and it’s shaping up to be an important theme in general elections this fall. 

Nearly a year after the Arizona Department of Water Resources said it won’t approve new supply certificates for groundwater use in the Pinal Active Management Area, local groups are pushing back on the agency’s findings and developers have found a way to keep building homes without the need for certificates. 

Contractors and business groups are mounting a defense of Arizona’s workplace safety agency as the federal government considers intervening in local workplace safety regulation.

The U.S. Supreme Court could rewrite the national landscape for abortion access, but it’s up to local officials to enforce any restrictions – and candidates running for key offices in Arizona have different plans if Roe v. Wade is reversed. 

As in most recent election years, Arizonans will probably get the chance to vote on several ballot initiatives this November, but this year’s measures come on the heels of court rulings that have blocked a pair of high-profile proposals. 

Attorney General Mark Brnovich will have to soldier on in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate without Donald Trump's endorsement – and perhaps with the former president actively opposing his candidacy. 

The extraordinary interim report that Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued on his election fraud investigation last week indicated that the probe might take months or even years to finish, which suggests it might not be over by the time Brnovich ...

The Corporation Commission turned down a proposal from Salt River Project to expand its natural gas generating station in Coolidge.

A petition brought by the Arizona Republican Party that sought to end early and mail-in voting isn’t going anywhere at the state’s highest court.