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Feb 6, 2017

Ducey’s proposed use of ‘miracle drug’ could be costly

Gov. Doug Ducey calls Vivitrol a “miracle drug,” some worry it is an expensive, understudied quick fix to a much larger problem.

Feb 6, 2017

House members balk at bill to give state senators 4-year terms

Saying it will lead to greater continuity, more stability and less campaigning, the president of the Arizona Senate wants four-year terms for state lawmakers. But not for everyone. Just senators.

Feb 6, 2017

House committee moves to increase Arizona smoking age to 21

Despite one lawmaker’s protests that if age 18 is old enough to go to war, it’s old enough to smoke, a House committee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a measure that would raise the legal smoking age in Arizona to 21.

Feb 6, 2017

Arizona lawmakers split on proposal for new coyotes arena

Republican lawmakers from the east and west sides of metropolitan Phoenix are at odds over a proposal to fund a new arena for the Phoenix Coyotes.

Feb 6, 2017

Bill outlines rules for law enforcers when tracking cellphones

Mia Garcia, spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Office, said the legislation her agency crafted will make it clear in statute that state and local police are required to get a search warrant before they use devices like a “StingRay,” which can hone in on individual cell phones. And she said the “modernization” of existing laws is good for Arizonans.

Feb 3, 2017

State audit: Vocational program for disabled costs more, has less success

A state audit found the state’s Vocational Rehabilitation program spends significantly more per person than similar programs in other states.

Feb 3, 2017

Abortions dropped in Arizona in 2015, continuing four-year decline

Reproductive-rights groups attributed the decline to “more women using better contraceptives in the country.”

Feb 3, 2017

Lawmakers move to fine charities that help refugees

Unable to block the federal government from sending refugees to Arizona, six Republican lawmakers want to penalize the charities that help them resettle here.

Sen. John McCain, left, R-AZ, and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-AZ, hold a news conference to discuss recent reports that dozens of VA hospital patients in Arizona may have died while awaiting medical care in the Phoenix VA Health Care System, adjacent to the VA Hospital on Friday, April 18, 2014, in Phoenix. Last week's disclosures by current and former Department of Veterans Affairs employees is leading to investigations by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and the Inspector General for the VA are looking into not only the deaths, but allegations of falsified record keeping and medical reporting. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Feb 3, 2017

Arizona lawmakers again push for split of 9th Circuit Court

Republican members of Arizona's congressional delegation are again trying to split up the federal appeals court whose nine-state territory includes Arizona.

Feb 3, 2017

Recent class-action lawsuit sheds light on AZ dairy industry

Arizona may be more known for its cattle, citrus and vegetables, but dairies and dairy farmers produce the state’s No. 1 commodity with nearly 200,000 cows producing more than $750 million worth of milk.

Feb 2, 2017

Judge voids $15 million Pima County deal with space company

A judge has revoked a multi-million-dollar contract between Pima County and a balloon spaceflight company, saying Thursday the deal violated state law.

Feb 2, 2017

Arizona child safety unit looking at new regulations

Arizona's Department of Child Safety is putting together a team to explore whether investigators should have to get a court order before removing children from unsafe homes.

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