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State has boosted CPS budget by more than $240 million in six years
Lawmakers anxious about the prospect of spending tens of millions of dollars or more on child safety in an upcoming special session have their doubts — for a reason. The...
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Just following orders: Attorney for fired CPS workers says they were scapegoats
Probe documents allegations of mistakes, deceptions at CPS
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) A paper trail uncovered by Department of Public Safety investigators indicates that a small group of Child Protective Services managers tried to...
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Capitol Quotes: April 25, 2014
“This organization was sick and was not healthy and needed to be completely overhauled.” — Charles Flanagan, director of the Department of Child Safety and Family Services, on the results...
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Flanagan provides details on CPS breakdown: “This organization was sick”
Brewer signs budget, vetoes several provisions
Gov. Jan Brewer signed the $9.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2015 budget but line-item vetoed several provisions. The governor rejected about $4.7 million in spending, saying she wants to...
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Unfinished business: Despite budget compromise CPS fight continues
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography) Gov. Jan Brewer made Child Protective Services the centerpiece of her legislative agenda this year, but...
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Attention turns back to child welfare reforms
The Capitol community’s attention is turning to the work of a small group of lawmakers and Capitol staffers drafting legislation to create a new child safety and welfare agency,...
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Investigators remove more than 500 children from homes
After nearly five months since the discovery that 6,596 child abuse complaints went without investigation, each one has been assigned to an investigator. Those who plowed through the complaints found...
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Senate committee trims House spending additions
The Arizona Senate wasted no time amending a $9.24 billion budget approved last week by the House, claiming that a consensus had been reached among the two chambers and Gov....
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House budget stalemate continues
House Republicans failed for a second day Tuesday to reach accord on a new budget, even as state senators continued to find new ways to spend money. Dissident Republicans met...
