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Kari Lake wants to avoid a defamation trial. Stephen Richer says that proves she lied
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is asking a court to swiftly determine what damages she owes in a defamation suit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer rather than take the case to trial.
The Arizona House gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would ban public schools from allowing students to use a group shower that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth.
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The legislative session is about to enter its fourth month, but Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs still are not close to agreeing on a state budget.
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The Arizona Legislature passed a bill that would allow people to challenge models used by the Arizona Department of Water Resources to determine whether new developments can be built.
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A state Senate Committee has passed a bill on a party line vote that would create a new $55 million Homeless Shelter and Services Fund.
Phoenix will require contractors with employees working outside to follow measures intended to prevent heat injury and illness following a City Council vote Tuesday. Officials estimate the move will affect about 10,000 workers.
Last week, a Democratic state lawmaker told her colleagues on the Senate floor that she planned to get an abortion in the coming days and she hopes her story will aid efforts to put abortion access on the ballot in November.
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Democratic lawmakers call on DHS to reform CBP One asylum process
Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and other House Democrats are asking the Biden administration to make reforms to CBP One — the government-run app for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Arizona Board of Regents recently chose an interim executive director to serve while his predecessor is on temporary assignment at the University of Arizona. The appointment came with a yearly raise of $45,000.
The San Carlos Apache said Monday that the federal government owes it $3 million for health-care services, one of two tribes arguing before the Supreme Court for more support from the Indian Health Service.
GOP lawmakers at the state Capitol are advancing a measure that would let businesses pay employees who work for tips less than the minimum wage. It’s a ballot referral that, if passed, would let voters decide the issue.
George Alan Kelly is a 75-year-old rancher who's accused of second degree murder in the death of a Mexican national whose body was found on Kelly's property, just a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Kelly led officials to the body.
A man who threatened Arizona’s then-secretary of state over the 2020 election results has been sentenced to more than two years in prison, the Department of Justice announced Monday. U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Gary Restaino expects threats against election officials to continue.
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma asked an appeals court to declare the EPA action unlawful.
The Arizona Board of Education opted not to adopt new rules for the state’s school voucher program meant to promote compliance with state law following blowback from parents and Republican lawmakers.
Hannah Bassett with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting spoke with The Show about breaking the story of how state leaders misled the public about the scope of the Medicaid billing fraud scandal.
The Arizona Republic's Phil Boas and Elvia Díaz joined The Show to remember one of Arizona's own political minds who was always at least cordial: Jeff Flake.
Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services joined The Show to talk about what's happening at the Arizona Legislature this week.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated more than 11% of the country’s population was at or below the poverty line. Matt Desmond, though, says there are things all of us can do to try to reduce that number.
A bill that aims to better regulate memory care and nursing home facilities is working its way through the Arizona Senate.
A bill that would’ve banned city-based photo radar died in the state House Transportation Committee on Friday.