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Hospital group to challenge proposed ballot measure for pay hike
The state's hospital industry is gearing up to fight a ballot measure that would require its members give virtually all their employees a 20 percent pay hike over four years.
Board of Education approves money for counselors, cops
The Arizona State Board of Education voted Monday to expedite a process that will award $20 million to schools to hire new counselors and cops.
Hobbs asks court to dismiss challenge to 2014 election law
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is urging a federal judge to throw out a challenge to a law that could make it more difficult for groups to put initiatives on the ballot.
Plethora of new state laws take effect Tuesday
Tuesday is the day when most of the 321 measures approved by the Legislature take effect.
Amy Chan: Her heart is in elections
Amy Chan stumbled upon the intricacies of election law nearly two decades ago as a state Senate staffer.
California union seeks pay raise for Arizona hospital workers
A California union is funding a measure in a bid to convince Arizona voters to force hospitals here to pay their workers more.
Time for change in vacation rental law, Ducey says
Acknowledging it hasn't quite worked as promoted, Gov. Doug Ducey wants to take a new look at legislation he signed three years ago that pretty much stripped cities of their ability to regulate vacation rentals.
Ducey urges Tucson to reject sanctuary city ballot measure
Gov. Doug Ducey has added his voice to those urging Tucson residents to reject a ballot measure to declare the community a ``sanctuary city.''
Panel to study how reports of vulnerable adults are investigated
More than a year after a patient with severe intellectual disabilities was raped at a Phoenix care facility, the task of preventing and investigating abuse of Arizona’s most vulnerable residents is still split among a patchwork of state agencies.
Board recommends mercy for ex-agency boss, man convicted of murder
The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency has recommended a reduced sentence for a man serving a life sentence for a 1969 murder and pardons for a former state agency head convicted of a procurement violation and a man who was part of an armed robbery almost 20 years ago.
Court denies AG’s bid to sue Board of Regents
The state Court of Appeals won't let Attorney General Mark Brnovich sue the university system over what he claims are unconstitutionally high tuition hikes.
Ducey ‘not piling on’ embattled prisons boss
Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants to change the culture at the Department of Corrections, a culture that resulted in the agency chief cut off from what was happening by "yes'' men.
