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May 30, 2018

Defendants reject plea offers in Corp Comm bribery case

Plea deals offered to a former state utility regulator and a lobbyist suggests that federal prosecutors are not done looking at other possible criminal activities at the Arizona Corporation Commission.

David Gowan
May 30, 2018

Former speaker files election petitions in political comeback attempt

The Sierra Vista Republican filed 846 nominating petitions to run for the state Senate in Legislative District 14, easily eclipsing the 440 petitions required to qualify for the ballot.

May 30, 2018

Leaders: Securing border part of fix for opioid crisis

A holistic approach is needed to battle the opioid crisis that has gripped many parts of the country, fueled in part by the high volume of drugs that come across the southern border, Arizona officials said Wednesday.

May 29, 2018

Deadline to comment on evolution in public schools extended

Arizonans will get a bit more time to weigh in on the proposed new science standards for high schools, including the bid by Diane Douglas, the superintendent of public instruction, to eliminate several reference to "evolution.''

House Speaker J.D. Mesnard (Photo by Katie Campbell/ Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Wrap up with J.D. Mesnard

In his second year at the helm of the House and in his final year in the chamber, Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, navigated uncharted waters when he asked members to expel one of their own.

Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Wrap up with Steve Yarbrough

After 16 years as an Arizona state representative, then senator, Senate President Steve Yarbrough is calling it quits.

House Minority Leader Rebecca Rios (D-Phoenix) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Wrap up with Rebecca Rios

After more than two decades at the Legislature, Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, D-Phoenix, said she thought it was pretty safe to assume how her last session in the House would play out.

Secretary of State-elect Katie Hobbs (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Wrap up with Katie Hobbs

In her last year as a senator, Minority Leader Katie Hobbs experienced the usual highs and lows of session. The Phoenix Democrat now leaves office to run for secretary of state.

Gov. Doug Ducey (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Wrap up with Doug Ducey

Gov. Doug Ducey finished the last session of his first term in office with a bang, overseeing a budget process that he threw a bomb into mid-session, all in an effort to avoid a historic teacher strike.

Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, stands at her desk on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives, before a vote to expel Rep. Don Shooter, R-Yuma. Ugenti-Rita’s allegations of sexual harassment by Shooter led a host of women and one man to air similar allegations against him. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
May 29, 2018

Accuser smeared in wake of lawmaker’s expulsion

Despite having cast a historical vote to expel Yuma Republican Don Shooter on February 1, some lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives tried to put one of his victims — a colleague of theirs — on trial.

May 28, 2018

Ducey says lessons on evolution to remain in public schools

"I believe in God,'' the governor said.

May 25, 2018

AG takes Tempe to court over lease agreements with developers

The Attorney General’s Office wants the Arizona Supreme Court to weigh in on whether property tax incentives in lease agreements that the City of Tempe signed with several developers violate state law.

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