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Brewer signs campaign finance law
Gov. Jan Brewer on April 1 signed a bill that requires extensive disclosure of campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, which are now permitted to spend as much money as they want on political advertisements because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Bill requiring schools to count undocumented students advances
Schools will be required to identify and count students who are in the country illegally under a bill that the Senate passed on March 31.
Court ruling allows co-pays for AHCCCS patients
A judge's ruling that allows the state's Medicaid system to charge fees to some patients will generate an additional $21 million a year for Arizona's staggering budget deficits.
Maricopa County gives OK to sue over bus purchase
Maricopa County officials voted March 29 to give their lawyers permission to file a lawsuit to determine whether a $456,000 bus that the sheriff's office bought to transport inmates was a legal purchase.
DES: Keep filing unemployment papers
The Department of Economic Security is encouraging Arizonans receiving unemployment benefits to continue checking in and filing paperwork as normal, despite a hold on federal benefits.
State agencies, universities ignore energy-reduction law
Back in 2003, lawmakers passed a law that required state agencies and universities to reduce their energy consumption by 10 percent by the end of 2008. The legislation had overwhelming bipartisan support, but the results were disappointing.
Removing school-performance money raises legal questions
The Arizona Legislature has redirected money away from the education department's school accountability program, a move that potentially guts what a ranking Republican senator called the "spinal cord" of the education system.
Health care law safeguards KidsCare, AHCCCS – budget will be $400 million short
Most Americans won't see any real impact from the new federal health care law for several years, but the effects will be immediate for the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who were about to lose Medicaid coverage.
AHCCCS: Health care bill to cost AZ more than $1B per year
The landmark health care bill passed by Congress is expected to cost Arizona more than $1 billion a year, according to a study by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
Business and education group urges reform of school-finance system
A system for tracking school expenditures and whether money spent on specific programs improves student performance would make schools more efficient and accountable, according to a group of business and education leaders.
AZ’s voter registration dips slightly
The number of voters in Arizona has declined slightly since the beginning of the year, but state officials expect an uptick in that figure as the summer and fall elections approach.
New independent counsel appointed to Thomas probe
A new independent counsel has been appointed to review unethical conduct allegations against Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.
