435,000 reasons to pay attention to the judges on your ballot
The nearly half a million voters who wanted a chance to vote for increased funding for public education were overruled by one judge.
Ruling sets up renewable energy fight between Corp Comm, lawmakers
The Arizona Supreme Court may have opened the door to allowing the legislature to overrule the Corporation Commission on renewable energy standards, a longtime goal of some conservative lawmakers who dislike the mandates imposed on electrical utilities.
Maricopa County has spent only 2.5% of its coronavirus aid money
Maricopa County received more from the federal government’s Coronavirus Relief Fund than any other local government in Arizona but has spent the least, according to a Department of Treasury Inspector General interim report.
Ducey lays out how Arizona gyms and bars will reopen
Businesses that Gov. Doug Ducey ordered closed in response to the worsening COVID-19 crisis now have a light at the end of the tunnel after the state set out public health benchmarks that would allow them to reopen.
Trump’s $400 a week jobless aid could be just $300. It depends on where...
Governors, lawmakers and state unemployment agencies on Monday wrestled with confusion created by President Donald Trump’s executive action extending unemployment benefits, and it appeared some states could settle for $300 a week in benefits instead of the $400 that the president touted.
Trump issues sweeping executive orders after coronavirus aid talks break down
President Donald Trump on Saturday circumvented Congress and took action into his own hands after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations over another coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill.
Trump is willing to risk our children’s lives, as long as he gets re-elected
Now he’s risking the lives of our children.
For months, President Trump has been telling us COVID-19 will magically disappear.
Recommendations, but no mandates, on when schools can reopen
The Arizona Department of Health Services released its eagerly anticipated criteria for when schools can safely reopen for in-person learning amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis, though the benchmarks won’t be mandatory and it will be up to school districts to decide whether it’s safe to bring students back to campus.
As Arizona schools plan how to reopen, what about the buses?
How best to safely open Arizona classrooms has been the primary focus of parents, teachers and school administrators for weeks, but a different challenge is receiving little public consideration: how best to get kids safely to school.
Rogers trounces Allen in battleground race, Barto widens lead over Carter
One of the biggest battlegrounds in this year’s legislative races saw a major shakeup in Tuesday’s primary election as retired Air Force pilot Wendy Rogers ousted longtime incumbent Sen. Sylvia Allen.
Rogers trounced Allen, a...
Judge says Ducey must give gyms opportunity to apply for reopening
A Maricopa County judge handed Mountainside Fitness a partial victory in its challenge to Gov. Doug Ducey’s order closing gyms, ruling that the governor must give them an opportunity to apply for reopening within a week but leaving the order in place.
Experts: Latino youth ‘invisible’ in juvenile justice data
Today, the Latino and Hispanic population is the largest ethnic or racial minority group in the country, according to the U.S. Census. Yet, experts say their presence in the juvenile justice system is severely underreported.