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2016 state revenue nearly matches projections at $9.45B
The Arizona Legislature's budget staff says tax collections rose by 5 percent in the budget year that ended June 30 and were nearly exactly as forecast.
Corp Comm candidates call for campaign spending disclosure
Three candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission vowed Wednesday to force utilities to disclose the money they spend trying to elect the people who regulate them and the rates they can charge.
Basha to head early childhood health and education board
The board overseeing Arizona's early childhood development program has chosen the woman who championed the 2006 voter initiative creating the agency as board chair.
Arizona casts all 58 convention votes for Trump
All 58 of Arizona's Republican National Convention votes have been cast for Donald Trump. The vote tally came despite vows by some anti-Trump delegates to force a formal count of the delegates or to walk out.
Dr. Peter Mundschenk appointed as new state veterinarian
Arizona has a new state veterinarian.
Arizona set to send first batch of inmates to private prison
Arizona is sending its first group of inmates to a privately operated prison as part of an expansion project meant to alleviate prison crowding.
Archivists working through recently found Symington files
State archivists are going through hundreds of boxes of previously missing files from the administration of former Gov. Fife Symington, who was forced from office in 1997.
GOP Corp Comm candidates defy conventional wisdom
This year, the Republican side of the Arizona Corporation Commission race defies the conventional wisdom of using Clean Elections funds and teaming with other candidates to pool resources.
GCU flexes political muscles with new campaign committee
Following the defeat of a high-priority bill that would have given Grand Canyon University a massive property tax break, the school is looking to wade into the world of electoral politics.
Legislative candidate targeted over Jewish faith
A legislative candidate woke up Friday to an anti-Semitic hate message and a pair of swastikas spray-painted on his driveway and on a campaign sign in his yard.
No charges will be filed in Bouie case
The Attorney General’s Office last month closed a criminal investigation of former Arizona Lottery Director Tony Bouie.
For Jay Shi, path to Olympics proves ‘there’s always a way’
Jay Shi, an application developer at the Arizona Corporation Commission, will be competing in the men’s free pistol and men’s air pistol events at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil as part of Team USA.
