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JLBC: State has an abundance of cash
State government is likely to have lots of extra money to spend in future years – if the national economy doesn't collapse.
Ducey says impeachment effort puts Dems in ‘Catch 22’
Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday evening that President Trump is putting the Democrats into what he called a "Catch 22'' situation by refusing to cooperate in an impeachment probe.
Arizona county assessor charged in adoption fraud case
The assessor of Arizona's most populous county has been indicted in an adoption fraud case, accused of arranging for dozens of pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the U.S. to give their children up for adoption, according to an Arizona court filing.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear case on Arizona rental-car tax
Pima and Maricopa counties are going to get to keep tapping tourists to pay for their sports facilities.
Rebekah Sanders: Organizing for ‘a better place’
Amid a hefty battle with management that involved getting her work phone confiscated, Arizona Republic reporter Rebekah Sanders is confident the newsroom will win its unionization effort with “strong support” when they vote October 10.
Report suggests court strike 2011 law requiring private health care for prisoners
A special expert is recommending to a federal judge that she override a state law that requires the Department of Corrections to farm out health care for inmates to private companies.
Yee backs $5B federal tax credit for school choice
Arizona has long been at the forefront of the school voucher and school choice movement, but State Treasurer Kimberly Yee told a Washington audience October 1 that more needs to be done.
Levels of lead in school water still too high, group says
When bulldozers came to Creighton Elementary School in January 2018, they knocked down years of history – and took with them some new plumbing fixtures.
With statewide manufacturing up, Raytheon announces increase in workers
A top Raytheon executive announced Wednesday the company would add another 1,000 employees in Tucson even as he declined to say how much of the company's Arizona business involves selling missiles to Saudi Arabia.
Tribal leaders: Arizona law makes it hard for Native Americans to vote
Changes to election laws and polling place closures since 2013 have had a disproportionately negative impact on members of federally recognized tribes in Arizona, tribal leaders and voting rights advocates told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday morning.
Food prices up from a year ago
Pork getting expensive? Blame the Chinese. That's not the official position of the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation which on Tuesday reported its quarterly prices of a typical market basket of items.
Ballot proposal would kill cap on interest rates
Calling it a "stand against socialism,'' a proposed constitutional amendment would give banks, finance companies and other lenders free rein to charge whatever interest rates they want to Arizona customers.
