The state of Arizona wants a judge to hold off on her threat to order $1.6 million in additional contempt-of-court fines against the state for failing to adequately follow through on its promises to improve health care for its 33,000 prisoners.
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Ducey’s choice for agency head shuffles Corp Comm
Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday tapped former Republican congressional contender Lea Marquez Peterson to the agency that decides how much utilities can charge their customers.
Read More »Prisoners prepare retired greyhound racers for family life
More than a dozen prisoners at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy spend their days working with former racing greyhounds to understand these commands.
Read More »Doctors call on AHCCCS to add treatment options for opioid addiction 
The Arizona Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee will consider Thursday whether to recommend expanding the number of medications to treat opioid dependency that are available to Medicaid enrollees.
Read More »Arizona prisons ban book on black men in the justice system
The American Civil Liberties Union called on the Arizona Department of Corrections this week to rescind the ban on "Chokehold: Policing Black Men." The book by Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor, examines law enforcement and mass incarceration through its treatment of African American men.
Read More »Bill to broaden AG’s authority over initiatives likely dead
A Republican bill to give Arizona’s attorney general the authority to unilaterally change wording that describes citizen initiatives on ballots is effectively dead.
Read More »Shaandiin Parrish: Pageants, politics and lover of speeches 
Shaandiin Parrish is not your typical beauty queen.
Read More »Bob Broscheid: Outdoorsman takes State Parks helm
Bob Broscheid considers himself to be the typical state parks visitor.
Read More »Arizona picks company to provide health care in prisons 
The Arizona Department of Corrections has picked a new company to provide health care at its 10 state-run prisons.
Read More »Medical marijuana purchases outpace users
The number of pounds of medical marijuana being purchased and consumed in Arizona is increasing twice as fast as the number of people legally entitled to use it.
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