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Fundraising for Proposition 123, a K-12 funding measure that will settle a long-running lawsuit, is off to a good start with nearly a half million dollars in the bank so far.

A Phoenix mother locked herself to doors at the historic Capitol building Tuesday afternoon to protest the Department of Child Safety, which she claims wrongfully took custody of her son.

The four remaining members of the Arizona Corporation Commission on Tuesday chose Doug Little as interim chairman of the panel -- and the likely permanent replacement for Susan Bitter Smith.

Nearly a decade after promising to address the problem, the state's Motor Vehicle Division continues to struggle to get customers in and out in less than half an hour.

The Arizona Corporation Commission has hired a new attorney to deal with ethical issues and handle public records requests.

The Arizona Department of Economic Security is opening a new multi-service center in Flagstaff on Jan. 4.

A fateful business transaction in Iowa set Gordon James on a path that would divert him from an unrewarding career in commercial real estate and turn him into the Arizona point man for the Bush dynasty.

Hidden behind the government district in downtown Phoenix sits a cluster of homeless shelters, food banks and clinics. Of the services offered, few help those participate in one of the most basic civil rights of American citizens — the right to vote.

Just four years after the Arizona Commerce Authority replaced the old Department of Commerce with the goal of revolutionizing the state’s economic development efforts, the quasi-private agency faces another overhaul.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich told the Arizona Capitol Times today that his office will likely ask to withdraw its petition with the Arizona Supreme Court next week.