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State leaders look at different fuel options

10/17/2023

An Arizona Weights and Measures Services Division administrator told a special legislative committee Tuesday that the state would not be granted a waiver to use another fuel type because of pricing. …

Republican leaders face first Arizona budget crunch in …

10/16/2023

PHOENIX — Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature are facing their first budget crunch in nearly a decade and minority Democrats are pointing the finger right at the GOP, saying the pain that will be felt by state residents is a self-inflicted wound.

Federal appeals court tosses out Lake, Finchem voting …

10/16/2023

PHOENIX — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out claims by losing 2022 candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem that machines used to tabulate votes are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

Arizona agrees to pay for gender-affirming surgery for …

10/9/2023

Arizona legislators said they are “disappointed” that the state has agreed to pay for gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that settles years of class action litigation by a University of Arizona professor.

Arizona Commerce Authority approved incentives without …

10/7/2023

PHOENIX — A new report reveals that the Arizona Commerce Authority could not show that it confirmed that companies that received nearly $11 million in incentives proved that they invested the money or hired the workers they promised at the agreed-to wages.

Economic impact of Super Bowl was $1.3B, study shows

10/4/2023

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending the decision to spend more than $2 million in tax dollars to entertain business executives during the Super Bowl. And Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, said she believes the expenditure will survive a review of its legality by Attorney General Kris Mayes. Their comments Wednesday came as a study of the impact of the February event commissioned by the host committee says it created $1.3 billion in total economic impact for the state.

Hobbs signs Executive Order, proclamation for Domestic …

10/3/2023

Social worker and Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday was joined by law enforcement leaders and community advocates to recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Hobbs strips Saudi company of right to lease state …

10/3/2023

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday defended the decision to strip a Saudi company of its right to lease state land to farm alfalfa for export — and get the water underneath it free — but had no answers to what will become of the nearly 3,500 acres after that.