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Another Horne staffer resigns
A staffer at the Attorney General’s Office who has been volunteering on Tom Horne’s reelection campaign resigned today, according a spokeswoman.
A look at allegations of cover-ups at VA hospitals
A team of federal investigators swept into Phoenix last month amid allegations of a disturbing cover-up at the veterans hospital.
As national debate looms, Arizona’s KidsCare freeze puts it in spotlight
Four years after Arizona froze enrollment in KidsCare, the state’s children’s health insurance program, the program is barely registering a pulse.
Overwhelmed child abuse specialists relinquish cases to less-skilled workers
Child welfare investigators specializing in cases of sexual and physical abuse are relinquishing thousands of cases to ordinary caseworkers, who are already overburdened, a practice that is possibly in violation of the law.
State has boosted CPS budget by more than $240 million in six years
Lawmakers anxious about the prospect of spending tens of millions of dollars or more on child safety in an upcoming special session have their doubts — for a reason.
Just following orders: Attorney for fired CPS workers says they were scapegoats
The attorney for five workers fired from Child Protective Services said today that the report which led to their termination was essentially a pre-determined fix.
Years later, not much to show for state Mining and Mineral Museum’s closure
For Sandra Sawyer, the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum was seeing her son’s eyes widen before a large purple amethyst.
Innovative scholarships plagued by antiquated equipment
Arizona’s empowerment scholarship account program is a modern era idea administered in a stone-age fashion.
As neglect reports rise, agency plans to push for more child-care funding
Dana Naimark, the leader of the Children’s Action Alliance, is going to push for increased funding for child-care subsidies in the upcoming special session by trying to dispel the notion that subsidies are a form of welfare.
Child welfare work group poised to pitch ideas for new agency
A small group of lawmakers and Capitol staffers will begin making their pitch for a new child safety organization to the Legislature next week.
2 Arizona congressmen applaud moves at Phoenix VA
Two Arizona congressmen are applauding news that top administrators at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care Center now are on administrative leave amid allegations of gross mismanagement and neglect at the facility.
Staff: Arizona child welfare head knew of problems
Several employees testified that the director who supervised Arizona child welfare workers knew about uninvestigated child abuse cases back in 2011, the Arizona Republic reported Thursday. At least four workers said that Clarence Carter was informed about thousands of reports of child abuse and neglect that had gone without a state-mandated investigation.
