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Navajo coal plant deal expected soon, nation president says
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has said a proposed deal has been reached to keep an electricity-generating reservation coal plant open until 2020.
UofA rape statistics misleading, crimes adjacent to campus not counted
The number of sexual assaults against University of Arizona women is five times greater than what the university reports to federal authorities as required by law.
Fired child welfare workers lose bid to get back jobs
The case has its roots in the finding in late 2013 that almost one of every 12 child-abuse complaints reported to Child Protective Services that year was not investigated.
Arizona top teachers unload on Legislature
Three current and former teachers of the year lashed out Monday at lawmakers for failing to properly fund schools -- and salaries -- but were more forgiving of local school boards who actually set their pay.
Arizona mining museum set to reopen
A shuttered museum that once housed thousands of minerals, crystals, rocks and fossils will open its doors for the first time in years after backers in the Legislature succeeded in reviving the location.
FBI: McSally threatened, Tucson man arrested
A Tucson school district employee has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaving threatening voicemail messages for U.S. Rep. Martha McSally.
University of Arizona reconsiders plan to hire ‘social justice advocates’
Buffeted by claims it was creating “speech police,” the University of Arizona is backing down from its plan to create “social justice advocates” on campus – at least for the time being.
Sen. Steve Smith announces bid for Congress
Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, is running for Congress in a district Democrats have won in three consecutive elections.
Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley: She’s not a generic Democrat
During her first campaign for office last year, Democratic Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley spurned her party’s usual talking points to hammer on more overlooked issues like equal rights, public banking and getting money out of politics.
Ducey signs $9.8B state budget
Gov. Doug Ducey inked his approval Friday to a nearly $9.82 billion spending plan for the new budget year that begins July 1.
Trump seeks billions for border wall, US still paying for fence
As President Donald Trump tries to persuade a skeptical Congress to fund his proposed multibillion-dollar wall on the Mexican border, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over a border fence approved more than a decade ago. Two settlements were completed just this week.
Ducey approves lower campaign contribution limits for Tempe elections, legal question surfaces
The City of Tempe will have its own, lower campaign contribution limits in place for its 2018 elections now that the governor signed off on the changes after considering them for more than a year.
