Recent state inspections of Southwest Key shelters that house migrant children show that some employees did not have adequate background checks on file.

As part of his re-election bid, Ducey sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss numerous issues, including education, Arizona’s economy, his re-election bid and the challenges he faces along the way to a second term.

The question of whether voters get to decide whether to outlaw ``dark money'' could depend on whether a judge voids a law that throws a hurdle in the path of initiative organizers.

Phoenix has become a winner in the school rivalry of more than a century as the city’s core has blossomed from the unusual circumstance in which two major universities have campuses in the same city.

The foundation for the modern student regent in Arizona was laid by the last one who could not vote: Patrick McWhorter.

Anthony Garcia, a veteran signature gatherer, said the lucrative business of circulating petitions helped him stay out of jail.

While self-funders haven’t been very successful at the state and federal level in Arizona, the strategy has paid off for candidates aiming for lower-level offices, such as the Legislature or a city council.

Arizona’s secretary of state contest could be the sleeper race of 2018. The Republican primary contest has gained little attention, but has developed into one of the state’s more contentious races.

In this final episode of our summer series, our team spotlights the hottest races and predicts which candidates will come out on top.

Billionaire Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer criticized the state’s largest electric company and the biggest competitor of his clean energy ballot initiative Friday for using shady tactics to block a public vote of the renewable energy measure in November.