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Laid off and with a pre-existing medical condition, Tucson resident Sue Voelker said it was a struggle to get health insurance – until the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Lobbyist Gary Husk, who has claimed he was wrongly identified as the architect of the Fiesta Bowl scandal, said Tuesday the false allegations have devastated his business.

Gov. Jan Brewer began the 2014 session with a major shakeup at Child Protective Services, announcing that she signed an executive order to split the troubled division off from the Department of Economic Security.

Gov. Jan Brewer will lay out her Legislative goals for the coming year on Monday when she delivers what is likely her final State of the State address.

Proponents of a voucher-like program are preparing to make them available to every student statewide – more than a million youngsters – now that court challenges to the initial program have been rebuffed.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Cari A. Harrison denied the Arizona Capitol Times’ request that hearings regarding allegations of child abuse against Sen. Rick Murphy be opened to the public.

The team assigned to check on the safety of children associated with abuse calls that went without investigation has found no “significant’’ cases after seeing more than 2,000 children in the first month of work.

The Fiesta Bowl's former top leader is asking for another delay of his sentencing on his federal court conviction in a campaign-finance scheme.

Although the 2015 session is still a long way off, four Republicans are already vying for the speaker’s position. Farnsworth, Gowan, Mesnard and potentially Ugenti are all looking to succeed Tobin after the elections next year, and some have begun counting the votes it would take to put them there.

Attorneys who won a racial profiling lawsuit against Maricopa County Joe Arpaio's office are urging a judge to order the county to pay $7.3 million for legal fees and others costs that they incurred while litigating the case.