The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has approved the immediate transfer of $5 million to the county's flood control district to deal with monsoonal flooding problems.

State legislators are working on an emergency law to clarify how many signatures candidates need to get on the ballot in this year’s elections. The initiative comes after Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sent a letter to lawmakers last Thursday ...

The Senate government committee on party-line vote Monday moved forward a bill to create state holidays on primary and general election day and would also repeal Arizona counties’ authority to establish early voting operations.  According to SB1474, sponsored by Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, ...

Arizona Republicans are looking to curtail the government’s emergency powers, which they say were abused by elected officials from the governor on down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Their ideas range from eliminating the power to shutter businesses or ...

Arizona lawmakers could take it upon themselves to end a governor’s emergency declaration with a concurrent resolution, which doesn’t require the governor’s signature, but the governor could issue another emergency declaration immediately after termination, says Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

A company that franchises out fitness studios wants a federal judge to rule that there are limits on the unilateral authority of the governor to close them down, even during an emergency. Alex Weingarten who represents Xponential Fitness told Judge ...

The next time you see someone in distress and pull out your phone to record it rather than calling 911, you could risk going to jail.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s office is pushing for a spate of changes aimed at altering water laws, from groundwater rules to audits of another public body.

More than 1.1 million Arizonans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – better known as food stamps – will see their benefits reduced Friday in a long-planned national cut.

Palo Verde is one place where no one can afford to make mistakes. “Put these on,” the security officer, whose bullet magazines protruded and glistened against his black uniform, told me.