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Two members of the Industrial Commission of Arizona who were recently outed as having requested excessive amounts of per diem reimbursements have resigned their positions, as has the agency’s executive director.

A former Arizona Department of Environmental Quality business officer accused of stealing more than $34,000 from the state has been sentenced to 60 days in jail.

The chairwoman of the Arizona Corporation Commission is facing two new complaints that her work as a lobbyist poses a conflict of interest that should force her from her elected office.

They have been known to land on rocky “goat fields.” They can haul a bomb robot and move a fully-equipped SWAT team. And best of all, they’re free.

A recent event at a Phoenix Mercury basketball game was a part of a new effort by Secretary of State Michele Reagan to get kids excited about voting. At least for a day, it worked.

A solar advocacy group today filed a motion calling on the Arizona Corporation Commission to reconsider its decision to move forward with a solar fee hearing outside of a rate case.

A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately order state gaming officials to give the go-ahead for the Tohono O’odham Nation to operate a full-scale casino on the edge of Glendale.

Two former Corporation Commissioners and a solar company say Commissioners Tom Forese and Doug Little should have recused themselves from the proceeding on Arizona Public Service’s solar fee increase. In a separate motion, solar company Sunrun says Commissioner Bob Stump should have recused himself from the proceeding because he has prejudged the net metering issue.

Former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket said the commission has the clear authority to subpoena a public service corporation’s spending. Solar advocacy group The Alliance for Solar Choice asked Zlaket to provide a legal opinion on the commission’s subpoena power, and the group filed Zlaket’s letter to the utility electioneering docket Thursday.

A nearly $200 million drop in the value of Arizona's permanent land trust in the past three months highlights the risks of Gov. Doug Ducey's plan to rely on high investment returns to power his school funding plan, state Treasurer Jeff DeWit said this week.