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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.

State officials are going to grant driver's licenses to some people not in the country legally even as Arizona continues to deny the same privilege to "dreamers."

In early 2009, Child Protective Services revealed for the first time in its Child Welfare Semi-Annual report that legitimate calls into the Child Abuse Hotline “were not assigned” and “were not investigated.”