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Ruling upholds defense in lawsuits involving intoxication
A court ruling upholds an Arizona law providing a defense to lawsuit defendants in cases involving plaintiffs who were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Arizona faces steepest Obamacare hike in U.S.; subsidies could curb pain
Arizona residents can expect to see the largest rate increases in the nation when open enrollment for Obamacare begins next week, but advocates say those increases should be offset by similarly large increases in tax credits for consumers.
Advocates worry rape kit backlog will discourage victims, enable offenders
A state task force said Arizona has thousands more untested rape kits than originally thought, a problem that advocates fear could undermine efforts to get victims to come forward while giving serial offenders a “free pass.”
Arizona sheriff officially charged with criminal contempt
The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has been formally charged with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge's order in a racial-profiling case.
Arizona took more Syrian refugees than most states, U.S. seeks more
At least 800 Syrian refugees were resettled in Arizona over the last year, more refugees than all but three states in the nation, according to the most recent data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center.
Arizona regularly among top states for number of resettled refugees
They come from Somalia and Myanmar, the Congo and Bhutan and Vietnam – and they all end up in Arizona. More than 15,400 refugees from 42 different countries were resettled in Arizona from fiscal 2012 through the just-ended fiscal 2016, according to the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center.
Full-day K coalition seeking Ducey’s support
The hopes and dreams of a coalition of educators, business figures, politicians and others that is advocating for kindergarten to become a full-day grade in Arizona will likely hinge solely on whether they can earn the support of Gov. Doug Ducey.
Ex-NAU postal services manager accused of embezzling $355K
A former postal services manager at Northern Arizona University is accused of embezzling nearly $355,000 from the school over a span of 15 A? years.
Ducey limits Medicaid, state insurance opioid prescriptions
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday ordered the state's employee insurance plan and its Medicaid plan to limit narcotic painkiller prescriptions in an effort to cut future drug addiction.
Rodney Glassman: A man of multiple careers and political parties
Rodney Glassman has gone from Tucson Democrat to Phoenix Republican in a little more than a decade. Starting out as a city councilman in the Old Pueblo, he’s now in a coalition pushing to make kindergarten a full grade equal to one through 12.
White Cane Day at Capitol challenges assumptions about blind
Tapping white canes and carrying signs reading “white cane = competent traveler,” more than 100 blind people and their advocates stormed the Capitol on October 19 to protest assumptions about, and state practices regarding, the blind.
Biggest Arizona county to revamp polling to avoid long lines
Arizona's most populous county has agreed to develop a plan to avoid polling place wait times to settle a lawsuit a civil rights group filed after thousands of people waited for hours to vote in the March presidential primary.
