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Lawmakers, advocates blast ‘misguided’ Grand Canyon fee hike plan
Arizona lawmakers and advocates are condemning proposed fee increases at the Grand Canyon and 16 other parks, a move the National Park Service said is badly needed to fund billions of dollars in backlogged maintenance projects.
Yarnell homeowners blocked from suing state
The state’s highest court won’t let homeowners burned out by the Yarnell Hill fire sue the state for negligence. And that, according to an attorney for those affected, has bad implications for others who own property throughout the state.
Paul Bentz: Math major, pollster crunches politics
Paul Bentz, vice president of research and strategy at HighGround, thought he’d be a teacher. But he realized there’s a whole world of people who do nothing else but politics.
Ex-Board of Education president, charter school founder dies
A former president of the Arizona Board of Education who resigned his post last year amid an ongoing battle with state schools chief Diane Douglas has died.
Sierra Vista man in long fight with border crossers, U.S. government
Spencer’s enemies are elusive, wily, and to him, alien. They are Latino border crossers, and whether children fleeing conflict, families seeking a better life, or suspected drug smugglers makes no difference. Spencer believes they constitute a threat large enough to warrant years of his life struggling to combat it.
Democrats condemn proposed fee hikes at national parks
Democratic senators criticized a National Park Service plan to impose steep increases in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Zion, calling the proposed rates “arbitrary and unjustifiable.”
State Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of Medicaid expansion
The fate of health care for 400,000 Arizonans could depend on what seven justices of the state Supreme Court believe voters said they wanted 25 years ago.
Founder of Chandler-based opioid company indicted on federal charges
The criminal case claims billionaire John Kapoor, 74, and others at the company conspired to use bribes and kickbacks to get doctors to issue new prescriptions for Subsys, the company's concentrated form of fentanyl spray, and to get them to increase both the dosage and volume of existing prescriptions.
Ducey refuses to join senators’ criticism of Trump
The governor dodged multiple questions about what he thought of the speeches by John McCain and Jeff Flake, the state's two senators, chiding the president for creating a toxic political atmosphere. Both said Trump was more interested in finding scapegoats than solving problems.
Court: DES in contempt for failure to appeal for benefits
The Arizona Court of Appeals issued the decision Tuesday and found that the Department of Economic Security failed to comply with a prior court order requiring it to file about 100 appeals for unemployment benefits, food stamps and cash welfare assistance by early March.
Ousted DES director, top security aide, claim state libeled them
Tim Jeffries, who was forced to resign from DES in November, and Charles Loftus, who was simultaneously fired as the agency’s chief law enforcement officer, filed the complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Christine Thompson: Fired (up) over Arizona’s education policy
Christine Thompson may be most known for the drama that very publicly unfolded when Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas in 2015. But over the past four years she also experienced a different sort of “whirlwind."
