The number of homeless people fell nearly 30 percent in Arizona in the last six years, outpacing the decrease nationwide in the same period, according to report Thursday from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Read More »Ducey’s confidence in DES director ‘shaken’ 
Gov. Doug Ducey said he’s disappointed in what he’s hearing out of the Department of Economic Security and said his confidence in Director Tim Jeffries has been “shaken,” a marked change in tone regarding the embattled agency head and the controversies that have dogged him in recent weeks.
Read More »Minimum wage hike could reduce care for developmentally disabled
Arizona’s private care providers for individuals with disabilities desperately need an infusion of cash to comply with Proposition 206.
Read More »DES director acknowledges buying alcohol for employees
The assistant director of Arizona's Department of Economic Security says her boss bought employees alcohol during the workday after they agreed to give up their job protections.
Read More »AG says Tucson gun destruction policy may violate state law
Tucson’s policy of destroying guns the police seize could end up costing the city millions of dollars.
Read More »Poll attacks: Experts review what went wrong with presidential polling 
The polls got it wrong. Trump, now the president-elect, claimed throughout his campaign that polls did not reflect the wide support he held among the white working-class Americans who often packed his rallies.
Read More »Ducey says Obamacare needs to be replaced before it’s eliminated
Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday he does not want the new president and Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act unless and until they come up with a replacement that protects Arizonans.
Read More »George Soros sinks $9.6 million in law enforcement races
Liberal hedge-fund tycoon George Soros has poured $9.6 million into local law enforcement races across the country in a bid to remake the criminal justice system.
Read More »For voters on reservations, getting to the poll just the first hurdle
It’s tough to give a poll worker your street address when you don’t live on a traditional street, but that’s just one of the challenges that Native American voters who live on a reservation can face.
Read More »Study: Number of Arizona polling places has fallen sharply since 2012
When Arizona voters go to the polls next week, it will be at 212 fewer polling places than in 2012, with 13 of the state’s 15 counties cutting sites in that time, a new report shows.
Read More »