Interior Department official with key role in Colorado River talks is stepping down
A senior Interior Department official who has had a key role in negotiations over the shrinking Colorado River plans to step down from the job next week.
9th Circuit dismisses suit seeking more days to vote
Residents of the Navajo Nation won't get extra time to cast their ballots and be sure they are counted.
9th Circuit Court halts voter registration
Arizonans who want to vote this election now have only through Thursday to get signed up.
9th Circuit hears plea to extend voting deadline for Navajo residents
An attorney representing several Navajo Nation residents asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to give reservation dwellers more time to submit their ballots and have them counted.
Judges question legality of voter-registration deadline extension
Two appellate judges on Monday questioned whether it was legal for a trial judge to give Arizonans an extra 2 1/2 weeks to register to vote.
State claims Election Day deadline not illegal
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is asking a federal judge to declare there's nothing unconstitutional about requiring people to get their early ballots to county offices by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Bill proposes extended deadline to file state income taxes
A proposal from Sen. J.D. Mesnard would extend the deadline to file taxes with the Arizona Department of Revenue by two months, from April 15 to June 15.
Dead bills: Once-promising measures get nowhere
Last week’s deadline to hear bills in chamber-of-origin committees was the single biggest hurdle for the 1,138 bills introduced in the Legislature this year.
‘Fired’ employees back at work, but Douglas imposes new conditions
State schools Superintendent Diane Douglas acquiesced to the Board of Education’s demand that she allow two of its employees back to work after she attempted to fire them, but imposed a set of conditions that could quickly reignite the conflict.
Arizona schools chief faces deadline for board worker access
Arizona schools chief Diane Douglas faces a deadline to allow two Board of Education executives she tried to fire back in their offices.
100s of bills die after first legislative deadline
Hundreds of bills were left for dead in the House and Senate in February as some lawmakers failed to meet a crucial deadline to advance their legislative priorities in a timely manner.