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Forest Service seeks bids to thin AZ forests, avert wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service, faced with the slow pace of forest thinning, is seeking proposals to remove dense stands of trees in a wide swath of Arizona to help prevent wildfires.
Court expansion key to artists’ win in discrimination case
A landmark Arizona Supreme Court decision on September 16 would have been different had the court not expanded from five to seven justices in 2016.
Weak growth leads to increased jobless rate in Arizona
Arizona's seasonally adjusted jobless rate ticked up a tenth of a point last month, to 5.0 percent, driven by weaker than normal growth in the private sector.
Lawmaker in feud with Glendale proposes pay cap for city workers
A state senator at odds with his own city government wants to cap salaries for municipal employees throughout the state, a move city officials say could hobble efforts to attract and retain good government workers.
Candidate field set in search for new Maricopa County Attorney
The next Maricopa County Attorney will come from a pool of eight applicants, all of whom say they will run in 2020 if appointed.
Brnovich asks Supreme Court to allow him to sue regents
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is making a last-ditch effort to get the right to sue the Arizona Board of Regents over what he contends is the unconstitutional tuition at the state's three universities.
Proposed ballot measure seeks stricter conflict-of-interest laws for legislators
A new initiative proposal seeks to block state lawmakers from proposing and voting on measures that could benefit themselves and family members.
Arizona lawmaker sorry for comments about minorities, guns
Arizona state Rep. Jay Lawrence is apologizing for saying that black and Hispanic communities "are better armed than the police officers who are supposed to be controlling them" and that they "have firearms galore."
Speaker says Planned Parenthood, SPI Hoffman trying to sexually radicalize children
The top Republican in the Arizona House of Representatives told a group of parents this weekend that attempts to revise the state’s sex education standards would create more customers for Planned Parenthood and help teachers seduce students.
Garland Shreves: Life, death and politics
As someone who works with both the living and the dead, Garland Shreves has been with people in their times of sorrow and joy.
Lawmakers prepare criminal justice bills for 2020 session
Bills designed to send fewer people to prison, provide rehabilitation opportunities for incarcerated people and help those who’ve served their time reintegrate into society will be back on the Arizona Legislature’s table next year.
Museum drops lawmaker from exhibit over comments on communities of color
The Arizona Science Center removed a video featuring a Republican lawmaker from one of its exhibits because of comments he made at a gun safety forum about black and brown... […]
