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Prison system will boost spending, medical staffing but puts more strain on state budget
Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge's orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.
Audit finds vulnerable adult care lacking
After a state-funded audit found significant gaps in the care that elderly people and vulnerable adults receive at care facilities, members of the Legislature are hoping to establish a working group in conjunction with the Governor’s Office to fill gaps in the care system.
State voters could decide next year whether to enshrine abortion rights into constitution
Arizona voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
Ex-Rep. Trent Franks, who offered aide $5 million to have his child, is running for Congress again
Former Arizona Congressman Trent Franks, who resigned in 2017 after two female staffers said he offered them money in exchange for carrying his child, announced Wednesday he is running for his old congressional seat, according to multiple media reports.
Leaders like Hobbs and Mayes needed to steer state amid outlandish claims, election denialism
We need leaders like Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes who will proactively solve Arizona’s most pressing issues, rather than fixating on the outcome of the last election.
Lawmakers plan to tackle diverse health-related issues next year
Members of the House and Senate Health and Human Services committees are hoping to address a myriad of issues in 2024.
Navarrete maintains innocence, family testifies in trial
Former state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete is currently on trial for a series of sexual crimes against children, which his attorney maintains he did not commit.
Navarrete sexual crimes against children trial starts, jury selected
The highly anticipated trial of former Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete went forward on Thursday morning with jury selection, and still no plea deal.
Kari Lake begins Senate campaign as she keeps fighting her loss in last election
Lake launched a U.S. Senate campaign for an Arizona seat in a splashy Scottsdale rally on Tuesday, having never conceded that she lost last year's race for Arizona governor.
Likely Lake entry into Arizona Senate race sets up ‘Super Bowl’ of elections
Kari Lake’s expected entrance today into the already-crowded field seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., sets the stage for what one analyst said has the potential to be “the greatest race in United States Senate history.”
Former legislator fired as CEO of Humane Society of Southern Arizona over missing animals
A former Arizona lawmaker has been fired as CEO of an animal welfare group after dozens of small animals ended up unaccounted for.
Lake will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona
Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year's race for Arizona governor, will soon launch her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, a senior adviser said Thursday.
