A special expert is recommending to a federal judge that she override a state law that requires the Department of Corrections to farm out health care for inmates to private companies.

Rep. Bob Robson is one of the 32 current lawmakers who won’t be returning to the Capitol in January, more than one-third of the entire Legislature. Some left of their own volition, others, like Robson, lost their re-election bids.

Democrat Mitzi Epstein has snagged a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, flipping a post previously held by Republicans.

The three-way race for LD18’s two House seats will feature the same players as 2014’s election: Democrat Mitzi Epstein is attempting to unseat one of the two Republican representatives, Bob Robson and Jill Norgaard.

House Speaker Pro Tem Bob Robson and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Don Shooter confirmed that a tentative deal was reached on Saturday and a budget should be introduced and approved this week.

Tom Ryan has been called a political hack and an activist lawyer by those unhappy with the legal work he’s done in the political arena.

Prosecutors dropped charges against Republican Rep. Bob Robson of Chandler for allegedly stealing a roadside political sign that was critical of him during the Republican primary, but one of his fellow GOP lawmakers isn’t letting the issue die.

Soon-to-be-freshmen representatives swarmed the halls of the state House on Dec. 8 and 9 for a two-day crash course, cramming in bits and pieces of what they need to know to be successful lawmakers.

Arizona House Republicans who won their elections met this afternoon to select a new leadership team, and chose Republican Rep. David Gowan of Sierra Vista for speaker of the House.

Republicans’ leads have widened in Legislative District 18, where they are poised to keep control of the Senate seat and the two House seats.