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Judge dismisses Douglas’ lawsuit against education board
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas cannot fire the employees of the State Board of Education, a court ruled today.
Corp Comm obtaining system to automatically copy and save text messages
The Arizona Corporation Commission is obtaining software designed to help ensure the public has a chance from now on of getting access to text messages of state utility regulators.
Arizona Capitol lawn off limits to food trucks
Several Phoenix food truck owners say they have been kicked away from the curb at the state Capitol.
DPS declines to examine Stump’s ACC cell phone, request now with Phoenix police
State police will not examine the cell phone of Bob Stump to determine if it contains deleted text messages that can be retrieved.
2 Corporation commissioners tell utilities: stay out of 2016 campaign
Incessant allegations that Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest utility and one of its largest employers, spent heavily to influence the elections of its regulators last year are weighing heavily on the minds of some of those same regulators.
Montgomery side-steps opposition to same-sex marriage, outsources all adoption cases
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has outsourced adoption services to private law firms, which may be providing help to married same-sex couples that County Attorney Bill Montgomery had previously denied.
Firefighters seek pension reform, but compromise elusive
Faced with the prospect of an insolvent retirement system, the Arizona firefighters union has largely embraced a pension reform proposal offered by the Legislature four years ago and have hunkered down to put their own version of that plan into motion.
Board of Education deputy exec Vazquez leaving for UofA job
The deputy director of the Arizona Board of Education is leaving for a new job at the University of Arizona as state schools chief Diane Douglas seeks a court's authority to fire her.
Navajo utility fined for violating Clean Water Act
A Navajo Nation utility has been fined $25,000 for discharging more pollutants into a waterway than its permit allowed.
Agency: Cameras along freeways are for checking big rigs
The Arizona Department of Transportation says cameras being mounted on poles at several locations along rural freeways are to monitor commercial trucks' compliance with regulations and weight restrictions, not to catch speeders.
Goldwater Institute seeks to end Native American adoption restrictions
The Goldwater Institute is suing the heads of two federal agencies and Arizona Department of Child Safety Director Greg McKay in its challenge to a child welfare law designed to keep Native American tribes intact.
Ducey calls for probe of private prison unrest
Days of unrest at a privately run prison in Arizona became a nightmare scenario as inmates rioted, trashed housing units and injured guards, prompting the governor to order an investigation Monday into the problem at the facility.
