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A judge on Friday refused a request by business interests to immediately block the voter-approved hike in the minimum wage from taking effect as scheduled next year.

Next week, the Arizona Corporation Commission will finally determine the path forward for rooftop solar energy in the state.

The state chamber, joined by several local chambers, and two Arizona taxpayers and restaurant owners, filed a complaint this morning seeking an immediate injunction against Proposition 206.

A council empaneled by Gov. Doug Ducey to reform Arizona’s school funding formula released a set of ambitious recommendations. But exactly how they are to be achieved, how they will be funded and what steps the governor will take in the upcoming legislative session remain to be seen.

Stealing an American flag could soon be a felony in Arizona.

A panel Gov. Doug Ducey charged with examining ways to improve and simplify public education financing issued a report Wednesday that recommends a complete overhaul of K-12 school funding in Arizona while issuing pointed remarks that current state funding is inadequate.

The Arizona Supreme Court will hear former Attorney General Tom Horne’s appeal of a $400,000 fine stemming from his 2010 campaign.

Attorneys for Tucson on Monday asked a judge to void the law that allows Attorney General Mark Brnovich to order the community's revenue sharing withheld if it does not bend to the state's will.

The Department of Economic Security has a $9 million shortfall in its child support division caused by repeated limits to TANF, according to a budget request it sent to the Governor’s Office. Without the backfill of funds, DES says its services, like finding child support scofflaws, could be hobbled.

Arizona regents voted today to tell President-elect Trump how he can legally allow “dreamers” to remain in this country without reaching the whole hot-button question of amnesty.