Lawmaker looking to outlaw processed school lunches
One Arizona lawmaker isn’t waiting for Robert Kennedy Jr. to fulfill his promise to remove artificial ingredients from school lunch programs. Rep. Leo Biasiucci is crafting legislation that would bar […]
NCSL forecasts 2024 trending topics to continue in 2025
Few state governments saw partisan changes after the November election, leading the National Conference of State Legislatures to predict ...
Gov. Hobbs stands by decision to fire expert who reviewed state execution practices
Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday there's a good reason she is ignoring the recommendation of her hand-picked expert who said ...
Grant could help free wrongfully convicted prisoners
$1.5 million grant to the University of Arizona Innocence Project could help some now in prison get ...
Arizona moves one step closer to first execution in 2 years
Attorney General Kris Mayes took the first steps Friday to finally putting convicted murderer Aaron Gunches to death.
Kurt Altman: Conservative in criminal defense, public policy
Altman has prosecuted, defended, lobbied and taken on whatever the moment calls for. In the past year, he represented an indicted Cochise County supervisor for failing to timely certify the election and is currently defending a Trump ally in a pending electors case, all while gearing up to push criminal justice reform in the next legislative session
New Faces: Walt Blackman
He said he wanted to return because he saw too much "stagemanship" instead of policy while watching as an outsider for two years.
New Faces: Brian Garcia
As he heads to the Legislature, Garcia said he wants to keep the focus on ...
Maricopa County Republican say transportation ballot measure fell short of vote threshold to pass
Maricopa County Republicans are asking a judge to kill the county’s latest version of a long-running transportation sales tax, given a failure to reach 60% voter approval.
State gets $34.8M grant to expand charter schools
Arizona is getting $34.8 million in federal funds to help create and expand charter schools in the state.
Prefiled GOP bills look familiar – Hobbs vetoed them
Republicans introduced bills that Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed in previous years as the period for prefiling got underway Monday.
Corp Comm votes to change ratemaking process, allowing utilities to apply for formula-based rates
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted 3-2 to allow formula ratemaking on Tuesday after a marathon hearing that at times got contentious.