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Gov. Doug Ducey’s university bonding proposal is a vast unknown for Arizona lawmakers.

The governor’s support for extending a sales tax increase to fund education met tepid, tentative support from Democrats and school groups.

If voters approve a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, a new state agency will be created to regulate the substance.

The “Clean Team” was victorious in Tempe’s Legislative District 26 as Democratic Rep. Juan Mendez is leading in the district’s Senate Democratic primary, and his running-mates, political newcomers Isela Blanc and Athena Salman, took the top two spots in the district’s House primary.

Gov. Doug Ducey leveled an unprecedented threat to Arizona cities in his State of the State address: Create a patchwork of laws that conflict with the state’s interest, and you’ll pay for it.

In fiscal year 2015, about one-fourth of people who worked at the Department of Child Safety left their jobs. And most of them quit. Turnover at the beleaguered agency is one of the highest within state government at 24.5 percent.