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The Arizona House on March 9 killed a measure that supporters say is a priority of the governor and a must-have bill for the Department of Transportation.

Democrats tried to get rid of some strings attached to a restoration of cash assistance benefits pushed by Gov. Doug Ducey, but their efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.

Democratic state Sen. Katie Hobbs announced Wednesday morning she’ll challenge Republican Michele Reagan for secretary of state in 2018.

Arizona enacted a law last year allowing the purchase of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription, but access to the drug has been slow.

The decision to close the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-powered plant near Page, Arizona has become the first real test of Trump’s promise to save coal jobs.

A bill that would restore the cash assistance time limit to 24 months narrowly passed the Arizona House of Representatives after Democrats said the measure was overly punitive on poor families.

Housed just two floors from the Secretary of State’s Office and four from the governor, the Arizona Commission on African American Affairs is close to the power structure at the state Capitol.

The Department of Public Safety has completed its look into a stash of guns and ammunition found in the Department of Economic Security building after the dismissal of the agency’s head, Tim Jeffries, in November.

An Arizona lawmaker has proposed legislation requiring the state to cut its vehicle fleet by 20 percent and to launch a program that could use ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft to provide transportation for state workers.

A new member has been chosen to replace a Citizens Clean Elections Commissioner whose term expired.