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Jan 22, 2019

2 doctors for incapacitated patient who gave birth leave

Two doctors who cared for an incapacitated woman who gave birth as a result of a sexual assault are no longer providing medical services at the long-term care center in Phoenix.

The calcium markings on the rock formations in Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir, show the impact of a 18-year drought on water levels. If the level drops below 1,025 feet, a state report says Arizona will lose access to 480,000 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River, or enough water for about a million family households for one year. (Photo by Alexis Kuhbander/Cronkite News)
Jan 21, 2019

Gila River threatens to pull out of drought contingency plan

The Gila River Indian Community is threatening to blow up the drought contingency plan because of efforts it says will undermine its claim to water rights.

Jan 21, 2019

Supreme Court arguments on Phoenix discrimination ordinance set for Tuesday

The Arizona Supreme Court court is poised to decide exactly how far business owners can go in refusing to serve customers because of their sexual orientation.

Jan 18, 2019

Court: Tucson man wrongly jailed cannot collect for years behind bars

A Tucson man who spent 42 years in prison on 28 arson-related murder counts that were later vacated cannot now collect damages for the years he spent behind bars, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

Jan 18, 2019

Governor proposes funding for KidsCare

Gov. Doug Ducey wants the state to start picking up some of the costs of providing health care for more than 32,000 children of the working poor.

The calcium markings on the rock formations in Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir, show the impact of a 18-year drought on water levels. If the level drops below 1,025 feet, a state report says Arizona will lose access to 480,000 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River, or enough water for about a million family households for one year. (Photo by Alexis Kuhbander/Cronkite News)
Jan 18, 2019

Democrats: Water plan missing conservation requirement

House Democrats are balking at ratifying a proposed drought contingency plan over what they see as a key missing element.

Jan 18, 2019

Q&A with Senate President Karen Fann

With every Republican leader in the state Senate from 2018 gone, Karen Fann steps into the void as the next Senate president and the leader of not just the Republican Caucus, but the chamber at large.

Jan 18, 2019

Bales ponders retiring, could open way for Ducey’s 5th justice pick

Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Scott Bales has not hired any clerks for the year, which coupled with the looming end as the court’s leader could spell retirement.

(Deposit Photos/Uros Poteko)
Jan 17, 2019

Proposed law would sweep hashish under definition of marijuana

Rep. Tony Rivero wants to change state law to clarify that cannabis is marijuana and protected for medicinal use.

Jan 17, 2019

Cities, farmers fight over water conservation plan

An organization that represents major Arizona cities is effectively warning Pinal County farmers not to demand more in the proposed drought contingency plan.

Rep. TJ Shope (R-Coolidge) (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)
Jan 17, 2019

Tax-free tampons up for debate in Arizona Legislature

A Coolidge Republican whose office was flooded with tampons for his refusal to hear a bill on free feminine hygiene products last year now proposes to make them tax-free.

Jan 16, 2019

Third party to run center where comatose woman had baby

An Arizona care facility where a woman in a vegetative state was raped and then gave birth must relinquish control to an outside party.

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