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Auditor: Admin staffing in child-safety agency reasonable
State auditors are giving a thumbs-up to the amount of administrative staffing in a high-profile social service agency.
State Election Director denies demanding voters be purged
A top staffer at the Arizona Secretary of State staff denied accusations made by county recorders earlier this week that the office ordered voter registrations to be cancelled without proper documentation.
Arizona attorney general seeks expansion of terror laws
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants the Legislature to expand the state's terrorism laws to include more crimes and add a mandatory minimum sentence.
County recorders call relationship with Secretary of State ‘dire’
Arizona’s 15 county recorders this week delivered a letter to Secretary of State Michele Reagan in which they said communication between their offices and hers are “in a dire state” because state Election Director Eric Spencer has been “ineffective and disrespectful.”
Marijuana consumption translates into 58,600 bags of Oreos
Arizona’s more than 114,000 medical marijuana patients smoked, ate or otherwise consumed more than 29 tons of the drug last year.
Rooftop solar group wants net metering decision reversed
A major rooftop solar group wants the state’s utility regulators to redo a decision it made last month to end net metering.
Bill would require blood, alcohol testing in serious crashes
The parents of an 18-year-old who was killed in a crash want legislation passed that requires drug or alcohol testing for drivers involved in collisions where people are seriously injured or killed.
Office babies: Ducey wants to let more parents bring infants to work
Gov. Doug Ducey wants the Infant at Work program, currently in place at Health Services and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, to expand to other state agencies, citing the program as a “win-win-win” for parents, babies and employers.
Jack August, beloved chronicler of the Southwest, dies
Dr. Jack August, historian and biographer of many prominent Arizonans, died Friday at age 63.
$3.5 million allocated for high school substance abuse prevention
The Governor’s Office for Youth, Faith and Family will release about $3.5 million in new funding for substance abuse prevention programs for high school youth — a key demographic to target when tackling Arizona’s opioid epidemic.
Arizona pushing private expansion of state mental hospital
The state health department is asking the Arizona Legislature to pass a law allowing it to lease parts of the state mental hospital and its 93-acre grounds to private providers.
Tobin proposes phone fee to pay for rural internet access
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin wants to increase internet access in rural schools and libraries by adding to a small fee paid by customers on their phone bills.
