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Ducey suspends firings at Department of Economic Security
Gov. Doug Ducey has suspended the head of the Department of Economic Security's ability to terminate agency employees and installed a personnel monitor in the wake of a large number of dismissals.
Rodney Glassman: A man of multiple careers and political parties
Rodney Glassman has gone from Tucson Democrat to Phoenix Republican in a little more than a decade. Starting out as a city councilman in the Old Pueblo, he’s now in a coalition pushing to make kindergarten a full grade equal to one through 12.
White Cane Day at Capitol challenges assumptions about blind
Tapping white canes and carrying signs reading “white cane = competent traveler,” more than 100 blind people and their advocates stormed the Capitol on October 19 to protest assumptions about, and state practices regarding, the blind.
Former health director urges Arizona to document effects of Medicaid reforms
The state’s former health director has a simple plea to those implementing Arizona’s Medicaid reforms: Track what happens and report it.
Remaining insurers in health market to hike rates 50 percent
The two remaining health insurers in Arizona's federal health marketplace will both be raising rates by more than 50 percent next year.
Court mandates new recovery plan for Mexican gray wolves
Federal wildlife officials are now under a court order to update a decades-old recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, a predator that has struggled to regain a foothold in the American Southwest despite millions of dollars of investment in reintroduction efforts.
Ohio’s plan to renew executions breathes life into Arizona case
Ohio’s ability to acquire a controversial sedative used in lethal injections has come into play in a lawsuit seeking to strip away secrecy surrounding Arizona executions.
State Library offering discarded print materials to public
Arizona's state library is shedding some printed materials, making them available to the public for free, as it increases its digital reach.
Fate of Phoenix historic properties takes on renewed significance
As developments veer toward denser areas, Phoenix officials and community members must find a new solution to an old problem: what to do about historic buildings.
Arizona’s hidden gems
Arizona boasts of little-known gems and beautiful, hidden nooks that add just a touch of “wow” to a state prominent for its wide spaces and panoramic vistas. Here’s a selection of the best as chosen by the staff of the Arizona Capitol Times.
Departments jockey to create the most compelling pleas for money
A new helicopter, more prison beds, money to pay utility bills – state agencies sent the Governor’s Office their annual budget requests detailing big and small priorities they hope the governor will include in his executive budget proposal to lawmakers in January.
Court to hear arguments in appeal by fired state workers
Appellate judges will hear arguments Oct. 20 in an appeal by five former state child welfare employees who contend they were wrongly fired in 2014 amid an agency scandal.
