State’s hospital profits soar
Arizona hospitals overall saw huge increases in their profits last year despite -- or more likely, because of -- Covid.
Groups challenge proposed ballot measures in court
Business groups are trying to keep Arizonans from voting on proposals to hike taxes on the most wealthy and give hospital workers a pay hike.
Ducey might allow elective surgeries under certain conditions
Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he's looking to restore the ability of financially struggling Arizona hospitals to once again do elective surgeries.
Proposed law protects unconscious women from non-consensual pelvic exams
A state lawmaker wants to prevent doctors in Arizona from using unconscious women to help train interns in how to perform pelvic exams.
ACC to vote on taking over water company
The Arizona Corporation Commission will proceed with a vote today to install an interim manager at Johnson Utilities after the water company’s failed attempts in court to halt the appointment.
Sedona man gets new chance to prove regulators withheld information on smart meters
A Sedona resident is going to get his chance to prove state utility regulators illegally withheld information about a study of the health effects of "smart'' meters.
Budget process brings more discord among utility regulators
The idea of budgeting additional money for newly created committees, which the commission did not have before, led Commissioner Bob Burns to dissent from the commission’s budget request, a rare move meant to register his discontent with the program.
State health director urges judge to throw out challenge to new abortion law
State Health Director Cara Christ wants a federal judge to throw out a challenge to a controversial new abortion law because no doctor has yet been disciplined for breaking it.