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Educators reveal how they handle tough times in schools throughout the state
Torunn Randich flew halfway around the world just to attend a job fair for the Phoenix Union High School District. Now an 11th-grade English teacher at Carl Hayden High School, Randich, 38, was teaching in the United Arab Emirates at the time.
School groups call for special session on inflation funding
A throng of education groups urged Gov. Doug Ducey today to call a special session to use a budget surplus to settle a nearly $2 billion lawsuit over inflation funding for public schools.
Brnovich eyes security upgrades for AG’s Office
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is hoping to make the state’s top law enforcement agency a little more secure.
Attorney Ryan files conflict-of-interest complaint against Bitter Smith
Attorney Tom Ryan filed an official complaint today with Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office to remove Corporation Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith from office.
Former AHCCCS official arrested in embezzlement scheme
The former chief procurement officer for the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System was arrested today on allegations he embezzled $1.5 million from the Medicaid program.
DOC seeks 2,500 more prison beds
The Arizona Department of Corrections is asking for another 2,500 private prison beds to address a steadily increasing prison population.
Evangelical lobby equates abortion with slavery
The head of a powerful Evangelical-Christian lobby in Arizona today upped the rhetorical ante against Planned Parenthood by calling abortion a “modern-day slave trade.”
Solar advocacy group to stay out of Corporation Commission elections
The solar advocacy group The Alliance for Solar Choice will voluntarily stay out of Arizona Corporation Commission elections due to a request from regulators last week.
Drive to recall Douglas officially begins
Foes of state schools chief Diane Douglas can now start gathering the more than 366,000 signatures – probably a lot more – that they will need to try to oust her from office.
State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Berch formally retires
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Berch submitted her formal notice of retirement to Gov. Doug Ducey today, ending 17 years on the bench in which she helped decide some of Arizona’s most contentious and controversial political cases.
Based on a lie, late-term abortion leaves hospital staff emotionally scarred
The second trimester abortion at Good Samaritan Hospital in 2010 that left doctors and nurses in tears wasn’t necessary to save the life of Chalice Zeitner, who claimed to have late-term cancer, and her daughter Aryana was born alive and might have been saved.
State refinances debt after improved credit rating, will save $33M
Recent upgrades to Arizona’s credit rating allowed the state to refinance some its debt, saving millions in the process.
