AG won’t investigate Reagan over election manuals
The Attorney General’s Office won’t investigate Secretary of State Michele Reagan for her decision not to issue a new election procedures manual for 2016.
FBI interviews former Corp Comm chairman, Corp Comm staff in 2014 election probe
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation today interviewed former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce and Corporation Commission staffers as part of a probe into the 2014 elections.
Showdown over Clean Elections rules could be delayed
The looming showdown between the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and a regulatory review panel could be postponed.
Gaming director seeks notes from closed-door casino meetings
The state’s gaming director wants a court order allowing him to pry into the decision by the Tohono O’odham Nation to buy land for a casino near Glendale.
State eyes public-private use of mental hospital’s campus
State health officials are interested in using some of the state mental hospital's 93-acre campus in central Phoenix for private psychiatric care services.
New program aims at providing crucial cash for small businesses
Saying small businesses apparently aren’t worth the time of banks, two business groups are working to connect these operations with people with cash to lend -- albeit at a premium.
South of the border, public opinion of U.S. headed north
Make America great again? Mexicans think it is already. Or at least they did in 2014.
State geologists face financial crunch with move to UA
The state agency that compiles geologic data faces a financial crunch and potential job cuts after state officials made it part of the University of Arizona without providing any funding.
Legal wrangling begins on Prop. 123
Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan has officially certified the results of a special election on school funding and police and fire pension measures.
Mr., Ms. Smith to go Washington: Citizens add voices on national issues
Over two days last week, three Arizonans – a teacher, a former student and a immigration case worker – came to Washington to add their voices to the debate over Merrick Garland’s stalled Supreme Court nomination.
Lawmaker and girlfriend leave Plumlee to fend for herself in Tempe
There’s a bitter primary brewing in Tempe’s Legislative District 26, but not the one politicos were expecting.
Jack August: Historian, author is captivated by Arizona lore
Historian Jack August can tell you tons of tales of Arizona’s past, from the story about Fife Symington saving Bill Clinton’s life to August’s own memories of interactions with the state’s heavyweights.