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Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards
The state agency responsible for protecting the environment has failed to perform many required tasks in monitoring groundwater for pollution -- in some cases for 29 years.
Nursing board’s slow pace danger to public
The State Board of Nursing is slow in handling complaints, according to a new state report, a practice it says that could endanger public safety.
ADOT refunds vehicle fees to 200K car owners
Did you just get a check for $32 from the state? It's not a gift from your friends at the Department of Transportation to you and about 200,000 others.
State scraps investments over Ben & Jerry’s Israel policy
State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced Tuesday she is selling off all of the state's notes it holds in loans to Unilever, which follows the announcement that the company will no longer sell its Ben & Jerry's brand ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories.
Ducey taps former surgeon general to increase vax rate
Facing a slowing rate of Arizonans getting vaccinated, Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday tapped former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona to be his new senior health advisor on Covid matters.
Uncertainty in some parts of Arizona as eviction ban ends
The lower courts in Arizona's largest county braced Monday for new filings allowing landlords to remove renters for failure to pay after a national eviction ban expired over the weekend.
Fund helps tribes without sports-betting licenses
The legalization of sports betting means the Arizona’s Indian tribes will lose their monopoly on the state’s gambling industry, but they still stand to gain considerable benefits from the new legislation.
State sets rules for sports betting
Fantasy sports betting in Arizona is going to happen officially in one month and going to a sportsbook to put a wager on a team for the Super Bowl will shortly follow.
Campaign launches range from amateurish to slick
Several political consultants accepted the Arizona Capitol Times’ invitation to critique the campaign kick-offs and comment on how their candidacies stack up.
Regulator scorned for vote on energy rules
Clean energy advocates in Arizona watched four years of work essentially go down the drain as the Arizona Corporation Commission killed its own standards the body had initially approved several months earlier.
Corp Comm starts new plan on power cutoff ban
The Arizona Corporation Commission took an important first step to creating a permanent rule change on utility companies shut-off policies that stemmed from the death of a 72-year-old woman in 2018.
Fed funding for small Arizona cities at risk
Four Arizona communities may lose access to a host of federal funding if the White House changes the definition of “metropolitan statistical areas.”
