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Ducey pursues damage control in dealing with flawed agency heads
Three agency directors appointed by Gov. Doug Ducey were forced out by the governor in 2016 amid concerns they acted out of line right under the governor’s nose.
Year in Review: 2016 Capitol Spotlight highlights
Many Capitol denizens were movers and shakers in 2016, taking new jobs and making new moves for future offices. Here are the highlights from this year's Capitol Spotlight.
Do you have $1 billion to spare? What Obamacare repeal would look like for Arizona
The financial fallout from repealing Obamacare without replacing it will make everything else Arizona’s policymakers have so far worried about look like small potatoes.
Navajo hope to digitally preserve thousands of hours of oral history
The Navajo National Library is asking the Navajo Nation Council for $230,520 to digitize the five dusty filing cabinets of tapes so the collection can be protected, distributed to schools and made available to others.
Ducey administration, AG at odds over minimum wage lawsuit
Business interests are using arguments supplied by the Ducey administration in their bid to quash the minimum wage hike approved last month by voters.
Studio 48 expected to attract film projects into Arizona
The new Arizona Office of Film and Media is expected to help promote and attract film and media industry projects into the state.
Once a warrior against dark money, Secretary of State Reagan does an about-face
Back when she was a lawmaker and chair of the Senate Elections Committee, Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan made it her top priority to hold political campaigns accountable and shine a light on dark money.
DeWit riding high after Trump win, but says Arizona is home
Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWit spent much of the summer and fall overseeing finances for president-elect Donald Trump's campaign as chief operating officer, an unpaid effort that ended as he watched Trump give a victory speech.
Landmark Clean Power policy likely doomed in Trump presidency
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to get rid of President Barack Obama’s landmark environmental policy, the Clean Power Plan, which calls on states to reduce carbon emissions nationwide by 32 percent by 2030. In Arizona, the plan calls for a 34 percent reduction in emissions.
After firing hundreds, Arizona DES director forced to resign
Department of Economic Security Director Tim Jeffries was forced to resign today amid reports that he's fired hundreds of state workers and used a state plane to fly to Nogales to celebrate with employees who gave up their job protections.
5 states struggle with surging numbers of foster children
The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.
