Gov. Katie Hobbs said Thursday she remains convinced she has the power to strip the state's 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute anyone for violating state abortion laws.
House Republican leaders used procedural maneuvers -- twice -- on Wednesday to block members from even deciding and debating whether to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortions except to save the life of the mother.
Arizona's territorial-era law outlawing abortion except to save the life of the mother is enforceable, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed sweeping legislation Monday designed to give state health officials more authority to monitor, fine -- and put out of business -- assisted living facilities that endanger patients.
In Arizona, the ability to make a right turn at a red light is considered all but a sacred right. And now state lawmakers want to make sure it isn't taken away unless there's a darn good reason.
Arizonans won't be going to jail for intentionally blocking a stretch of freeway.
A Southern Arizona lawmaker wants to turn school board elections into the same sort of often contentious partisan affairs as races for the Legisla
Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t say whether she believes Pluto is a full-fledged planet or something less.
In a sudden shift, Kari Lake is now admitting she defamed Stephen Richer.
Republican House Speaker Ben Toma has formed a special panel to look into the practices of state elected officials -- starting with Democrat Kris Mayes.
Fake elector Anthony Kern is accusing Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs of seeking to send him to jail.
More than two thirds of the school districts in Arizona spent a smaller percentage of their available dollars in classroom instruction in the last school year than the year before, according to a new report.
Gov. Katie Hobbs is claiming credit for the state's rate of inflation dropping from 13% before she took office to 2.7% now.
House and Senate Republicans used their rules Wednesday to block a vote -- or even a debate -- on a proposal to enshrine the right to contraceptives in Arizona law.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressuring a reluctant Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign legislation they believe will lead to more affordable housing in Arizona.
The program announced earlier this month to retire medical debt was promoted as providing anonymous relief to thousands of Arizonans.
State schools chief Tom Horne has no legal authority to sue to force all Arizona schools to use only "structured English immersion'' to teach the language to students who are not proficient, a judge has ruled.
A judge has rebuffed yet another attempt by two special interest groups to hide the names of their donors from the public despite a 2022 voter-approved law requiring their publication.
A multiple fatality caused by a new driver in Mohave County is going to lead to a new requirement being added to what it takes for future Arizona teens to get a driver's license.
Three former employees of the Department of Education have been indicted for cheating the voucher program of tax dollars to send children to private and parochial schools out of more than $600,000.
Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to making it more difficult for those who have crossed the border illegally to get public benefits.
The way Justine Wadsack sees it, some people looking for new homes may want to be in a legislative district where they are represented by someone who shares their political views.
A year after exempting themselves from public records laws, state lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to formally repeal requirements that they obey the same open meeting laws that exist for everyone else.
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club is asking a judge to void proposed rules that say its members have no right to photograph, approach, question and even seek "documentation'' of voters who are using drop boxes.
Arizona schools could soon be providing lessons that have an animated video of Christopher Columbus saying that "being taken as a slave is better than being killed.''
A new lawsuit against Secretary of State Adrian Fontes could end up affecting whether Arizonans will actually get a voice in the November presidential election.
Saying thieves pay attention, a state lawmaker and a prosecutor are moving to enhance the penalty against those who engage in multiple incidents of organized retail theft.
The flying cars that The Jetsons made us believe we would all have by now haven't quite materialized.
Gov. Katie Hobbs insists that her plan to take 8.9% out of the state land trust every year to pay for her plan to boost education funding won't harm the account.
It's not quite like taxing Arizona's abundant sun.
A Republican state senator has introduced legislation dealing with illegal immigrants that could conflict with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which said Arizona has no right to enforce federal immigration laws.
State lawmakers are moving to make it illegal to use computer "bots'' to scoop up tickets for concerts and sporting events and then reselling them to Arizonans at sharply inflated prices.
Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her call for lawmakers to impose caps on prescription drug price hikes despite a lack of specifics.
measure designed to finally legalize the already common practice of people selling home-made tamales and similar goods cleared its first hurdle Wednesday.
Pluto may not be a planet according to the guidelines uses by astronomers. But as far as Rep. Justin Wilmeth is concerned, it should still be Arizona's planet.
A Mohave County supervisor wants a judge to bar Attorney General Kris Mayes from subjecting him to "threats and intimidation'' for pushing for a hand count of elections.
An Arizona lawmaker wants to be sure that the next time you buy something called "meat'' it actually came from from something that had at least two legs, if not more. And another one wants to keep any that didn't come from a live animal off the shelves of Arizona grocers.
Stung by a veto last year, Rep. Travis Grantham has introduced a new version of his proposal to expand what kinds of home-cooked foods can be sold to the public.
Unable to get the Republican-controlled Legislature to roll back a universal voucher program, Gov. Katie Hobbs now wants the lawmakers who approved the expansion to now impose some new restrictions on the private and parochial schools that accept them.
If the current population trends continue, Arizona will have a bit more influence in Washington after the 2030 census.
So where have all the Jessicas gone?
Arizona voters have an absolute right to enact laws requiring disclosure of "dark money'' political donations -- even if Republican lawmakers don't like it, a judge ruled Friday.
Rebuffed in prior legal attempts to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh now is trying to get a judge to declare that Kris Mayes is holding office illegally.
Kari Lake is now going to have to prove the charges she leveled against Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer are true if she wants to avoid being found guilty of defaming him.
A veteran state lawmaker says he wants more oversight of the Department of Child Safety, saying the agency is taking far too many children from their homes and then losing track of some of them.
A state legislator who is a lawyer has been placed on probation for 18 months for his role in three lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election and in filing suit against a Democratic state lawmaker for urging the FBI to investigate the activities of Republican lawmakers in and around the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Gov. Katie Hobbs said she's willing to have members of the Arizona National Guard on the border to help deal with migrants -- and even reopen the Lukeville port of entry -- but not on her dime.
Scottsdale police did nothing wrong in arresting the owner of a restaurant for violating one of Gov. Doug Ducey's executive orders on COVID, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Gov. Katie Hobbs has found at least one issue in which she disagrees with the last Democrat who was governor of Arizona.
The state grand jury has indicted two of the three Cochise County supervisors on charges of conspiracy relating to the 2022 general election.