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Gov. Jan Brewer calls for new business incentives
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she wants lawmakers to pass a package of business incentives and has called on lawmakers to eliminate a tax on electricity used by manufacturers.
Jan Brewer calls for new human trafficking laws
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has called on lawmakers to pass legislation making it easier for police and prosecutors to target human traffickers.
Education funding fight begins to heat
A fight is brewing at the Capitol over how much new money – if any – to give to the state university system.
Most AHCCCS enrollees under expansion were already qualified
The biggest beneficiaries so far of Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan have been people who are qualified for AHCCCS but couldn’t enroll due to funding cuts made during Arizona’s massive budget crisis.
Brewer to set goals in State of the State address
Gov. Jan Brewer will lay out her Legislative goals for the coming year on Monday when she delivers what is likely her final State of the State address.
State agrees to historic settlement in decades-old mental health case
Ending 33 years of litigation, Gov. Jan Brewer announced today that the state has reached a historic settlement in a lawsuit that sought to force the state to provide treatment to the seriously mentally ill.
Brewer asks US Supreme Court to lift SB1070 injunction
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the nation's high court to let it enforce a 2010 law making it a crime to knowingly transport or harbor those in the country illegally.
Team poring over uninvestigated CPS cases finds most are routine
The team assigned to check on the safety of children associated with abuse calls that went without investigation has found no “significant’’ cases after seeing more than 2,000 children in the first month of work.
Wounds from Medicaid battle to haunt 2014 session
A simmering ideological divide among Republicans surged to the surface this year, when Gov. Jan Brewer pushed unexpectedly for the expansion of Medicaid against the wishes of her party.
Who’s hot & who’s not: 2013 edition
Among the most politically contentious in recent years, 2013 inevitably produced its set of diminished stars and short-lived meteorites — individuals and groups that made a strong impression, all for the right or wrong reasons.
Democrats work to raise number of female governors
NEW YORK (AP) ai??i?? The Democratic Party claims to be the natural home for women. The numbers tell another story when it comes to the nation's governors.
CPS reports detailed rise in uninvestigated cases
The rapidly rising number of uninvestigated abuse and neglect reports at Child Protective Services was documented in years of reports to the governor and Legislature, Department of Economic Services Director Clarence Carter confirmed Monday.
