Phoenix beats new law’s deadline, destroys guns
Phoenix police officers worked overtime to check nearly 2,000 weapons from a gun-surrender program so they could be destroyed before a new state law required the firearms to instead be sold.
Huppenthal: Arizona should rename Common Core
Arizona's top education official says the state should stick with implementing the Common Core academic standards but rename them and act independently of other states that helped develop them.
Clean Elections appeals campaign finance ruling
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is asking the Arizona Court of Appeals to overturn a Maricopa County judge’s ruling that allowed new campaign contribution limits to go into effect.
Arizona House speaker eyes run for Congress
Republicans are lining up to take on Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona's sprawling 1st Congressional District, but the wild card is House Speaker Andy Tobin.
US House bill aims to stop casino in Glendale area
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would stop the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino in the Glendale area.
ADOT extends Dreamers driver’s license ban to other immigrants
The Arizona Department of Transportation formally banned driver’s licenses for all illegal immigrants who received deferred action from the federal government, potentially heading off a federal court ruling against a similar policy for children who were brought to the country illegally.
After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012
Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said.
Lawmakers hear Tobin plan to pay fire survivors
House Speaker Andy Tobin is urging a legislative committee to quickly come up with a plan to pay full survivor and other benefits to the 13 part-time firefighters who were among 19 killed in the Yarnell Hill wildfire.
Deregulation supporters regrouping after surprise from regulators
The Arizona Corporation Commission’s sudden decision to stop exploring electric deregulation left proponents stunned and pondering their next moves.
Think tank: Arizona’s education funding cuts third-deepest in nation
Only Oklahoma and Alabama made deeper percentage cuts to K-12 education funding than Arizona during the economic downturn, according to a Washington-based think tank.
Three Arizona-run power plants make the list of nation’s 50 dirtiest
Arizona utilities operated three of the 50 dirtiest power plants in the country in 2011, according to a new report by an environmental advocacy group.
Judicial selection law found unconstitutional
A law passed by the Arizona Legislature this year was so obviously unconstitutional that the Arizona Supreme Court skipped oral arguments in a lawsuit against it and struck down the law.