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Regulators want answers on APS summer disconnections
Arizona Public Service CEO Don Brandt will be on the hot seat September 4 when utility regulators are expected to probe further into the company’s disconnection practices and the death of a Sun City West woman whose power was cut off.
Arizona Supreme Court agrees to consider frozen embryo case
The state's high court has agreed to wade into the controversial issue of the rights of parties in a divorce to decide what happens to the eggs they previously had fertilized and whether one can be forced to become a parent.
The Breakdown: Runnin’ dirty
Thousands of Arizona women could have to choose between paying more for health care or driving long distances to receive it after Planned Parenthood withdrew from a federal funding program.
Justice Bolick says attendance at political dinner wasn’t improper
An Arizona Supreme Court justice defended himself August 20 from a storm of criticism after being spotted at a conference known to push conservative legislation.
APS chief to step down in November
The head of the state's largest electric company is stepping down, but not before utility regulators get a chance to grill him next month on company practices and policies.
Planned Parenthood withdraws from Title X program
Planned Parenthood’s decision to give up about $60 million in federal family planning funds isn’t likely to result in any closed Arizona clinics but could leave thousands of low-income Arizona women paying more for health care.
The Breakdown: High stakes
Marijuana advocates are launching a new effort to legalize the drug. What’s changed since 2016?
Recreational marijuana initiative written from lessons learned
Nearly three years after a narrow defeat at the polls, a new attempt to legalize recreational marijuana is underway.
Report: Prisons director uninformed about faulty locks
The head of the Department of Corrections remained "surprisingly uninformed'' about nonfunctioning locks at one of the state's largest prisons and the resultant security risks and assaults on guards, according to a new report issued today.
Fired Senate staffer who won $1M verdict wants job back
The former Democratic staffer who won a $1 million discrimination verdict against the Arizona Senate in July wants her job back, but she questioned in court Wednesday whether it will be a welcoming work environment.
Ducey parts ways with Trump on proposed ‘green card’ policy
Gov. Doug Ducey took a slap Tuesday at the new Trump administration policy that seeks to deny "green cards'' to those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Legalized recreational marijuana draws closer to public vote
Backers of legal recreational marijuana took the first steps Friday to putting the issue on the 2020 ballot.
