Hoping to halt its ever-growing backlog of cases, the Department of Child Safety wants to adopt new rules for what constitutes an investigation.

The leader of the state’s new child-welfare agency proclaimed that a new era of openness and accountability has arrived. But the Attorney General’s Office contends a provision preventing it from giving legal advice could only spur more secrecy.

Max Ashton is a senior at Brophy College Preparatory with a 4.0 grade point average. He is also blind.

Mesa police officers will soon start using tiny cameras that are mounted on eyeglasses, hats or shirts and make audio and video recordings of everything from routine calls to life-or-death situations.

Requiring local governments to post records of all financial transactions online would make officials better stewards of the public's money, a state lawmaker contends.