The state plans to provide two counties with partial funding for sheriff's deputies to work on Arizona's new border strike force and those counties and two others would also get money to pay for costs stemming from border-related crime.
Read More »$10 million default judgment in case of Arizona prison rape
A federal judge has entered a $10 million default judgment against a convict who raped an Arizona prison teacher more than two years ago. In an order filed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton said Jacob Harvey must pay $5 ...
Read More »Apache County had worst ‘food insecurity’ in U.S.; state fared poorly
Food advocacy groups said Apache County children had the least reliable access to healthy food in the nation in 2014, when 41.5 percent of children in the county were deemed to be “food insecure.”
Read More »Operator of iconic Capitol cafeteria to retire next month 
After 24 years of running cafeterias in government buildings, including eight years at the helm of the Capitol’s No. 1 eatery, Val Luttenberger is hanging up her apron.
Read More »ADOA study calls for putting 10 licensing, regulatory boards under 1 roof 
A study commissioned by the Arizona Department of Administration may provide a glimpse into another phase of Gov. Doug Ducey’s plans to reorganize and reform state government.
Read More »ADOA wants to raise rents for Capitol Mall renovations, demolitions 
The Arizona Department of Administration is proposing a 44 percent increase in rent for all agencies occupying state-owned buildings to help pay for renovations and demolition of aging structures on the Capitol Mall.
Read More »Assistant AG acknowledges destroying casino notes
An assistant attorney general has admitted he deliberately destroyed notes of meetings with representatives of tribes trying to undermine the Tohono O’odham casino in Glendale.
Read More »AG questions town action to permit ‘world’s largest marijuana growing facility’
The town of Snowflake may have violated state laws in charging $800,000 to allow a marijuana grower to set up shop in the community, Attorney General Mark Brnovich said.
Read More »Forese to run for treasurer 
The first candidate running for the 2018 Arizona state treasurer race announced his candidacy today.
Read More »First Things First officials impress auditors, who conclude agency is well run 
The Arizona Auditor General’s Office found a well-run agency that coordinates with other government entities and that’s planning for a future in which tobacco tax revenues, the main source of income that funds the more than $100 million in grants for child development programs issued annually by First Things First, are on the decline.
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