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Supreme Court agrees to hear San Carlos Apache appeal on health care funding
The Supreme Court said this week it will consider a claim by the San Carlos Apache tribe that the federal government is shortchanging it on funds it needs to operate tribal health services.
Horne files suit to get court to rule schools not using ‘structured English immersion’ violating law
Hoping to force the issue, state schools chief Tom Horne filed suit late Wednesday to get a court to rule that any school that doesn't use "structured English immersion'' to teach students who are not proficient is violating the law.
Feds donate leftover border wall materials to Texas
The federal government has donated at least $6 million worth of leftover border wall materials to Texas, which will use them for the state’s plan to build its own wall. ... […]
Official steers relief money to constituents
Some full-time residents of Mohave County in northwestern Arizona will be eligible to apply for $165 checks, each household’s share of one county supervisor’s allotment of federal pandemic relief money. ... […]
Holiday status may be on tap for election days
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... […]
Ducey summer camp program preps plans
Gov. Doug Ducey’s office is gearing up to release an application form for schools or other community organizations that’s aimed at helping kids catch-up from Covid impacts.
Funds sought to handle spike in border prosecutions
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is looking for a little help for its southern Arizona unit, which is swamped with cases from the Arizona Border Strike Force.
House preparing to move own budget as Tobin expresses concern about Senate plan
The House is taking its first steps toward introducing its own budget proposal as a counter to the proposal the Senate introduced late Monday.
Border fence: Once again, the $264,000 question goes unanswered
A legislative panel that is looking into border security skirted a nagging question at a meeting this morning – what to do with roughly $260,000 that was raised to build a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Extracting funds for K-12
Crandell’s overhaul of school finance plan attracts skepticism and support
It’s a puzzle that has vexed policymakers, education leaders and business groups for decades, but it’s one that Sen. Chester Crandell hopes to solve: How can the state revamp education funding to be both fair and simple?
Officials: Valley agencies close to eliminating chronic homelessness among vets
By Jan. 1, housing agencies will have found homes for the last 56 chronically homeless veterans in the Valley, making it the first metropolitan area in the country to accomplish this, advocates say.
Empowerment Scholarship Account program generates controversy
Max Ashton is a senior at Brophy College Preparatory with a 4.0 grade point average. He is also blind.
