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The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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The House Judiciary Committee chair has repeatedly blocked legislation to narrow Arizona’s clergy-penitent privilege. The post Nguyen vows to protect Arizona confessional confidentiality first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add controversial new criteria for federal grants. The agreement — which Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, and...
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The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether Proposition 145 returns to the November ballot after a trial judge found it violated the Separate Amendment Rule, a ruling that could determine if voters see two dueling ESA measures this fall.
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Billions for rural health are on the table. Miss August and October deadlines, and Arizona's share can be clawed back. North Dakota is sprinting. Is Arizona even stretching? Show the plan now.
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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the U.S. suicide and crisis lifeline, or access online chat at 988lifeline.org. For months, Marie’s 11-year-old daughter wasn’t acting like herself. The fifth grader was often fatigued, sleeping more. She wasn’t eating enough, and spent more...
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It’s crunch time for states seeking to take advantage of a once-in-a-generation federal rural health grant program, state health officials and rural health experts said here last week. The post States scramble to secure rural health fund allocations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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ANALYSIS | A performance review of the promises made to Arizona and the record she’s asking voters to renew for another four years.
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After Rep. Ralph Heap ousted Nick Myers in the GOP primary for Arizona's utility regulator, Myers blasted Turning Point Action and urged Republicans to "single-shot" Kevin Thompson, a public rift with pocketbook stakes as Democrats eye an opening.
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Kaylie Ray came to a Senate Education Committee hearing to describe forfeiting a match. Sen. Catherine Miranda opened her response by assessing Ray's build, then questioned her competitiveness. The exchange went national within a day, and Miranda's office has never commented.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs says she will not debate GOP challenger Andy Biggs, repeating her 2022 tactic and shifting the contest to parallel events and documents. Voters lose a side-by-side test, so both tickets now owe Arizona detailed plans and unscreened Q and A.
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Oscar De Los Santos skipped his House ethics hearing. A bipartisan panel — Republicans and Democrats — still found him guilty of breaking three chamber rules. Then his caucus made him minority leader.
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Opinion | Jeremiah Cota, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member, Laveen, Arizona
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Reclamation's framework threatens to strip up to 77% of Arizona's Colorado River allocation. Unity, a firm Lower Basin offer, and strict oversight are Arizona's best leverage before the Record of Decision lands.
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Federal regulators will drastically reduce Colorado River allocations to Lower Basin states, including Arizona, leaving Upper Basin states relatively unscathed. The post Arizona facing deep Colorado River cuts under ‘unacceptable’ federal plan first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The auditors trying to learn how a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana had spent nearly $1.2 million ultimately could not figure it out. Despite a new law, the state had failed to establish a process for the centers or to track how they spent taxpayer dollars. That was surprising enough, auditors said. But...
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Congressman Andy Biggs has selected former state Sen. Sine Kerr to serve as his running mate and potentially Arizona’s first lieutenant governor. The post Biggs taps former Sen. Kerr as his running mate in gubernatorial race first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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More than 475,000 Arizonans have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as a result of federal budget cuts last year. The post Arizona’s push to lower SNAP errors reaches people’s daily lives first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Rift reflects greater GOP, Dem approaches to AZ’s data center boom
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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.” Kennedy testified that when he worked as a lawyer he “learned that human health and environmental health are intertwined and...
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WASHINGTON — A group of Diné allotment shareholders and community leaders called Wednesday for the Bureau of Land Management to continue enforcing oil and gas restrictions near New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The delegation, gathered in front of the U.S. Department of the Interior headquarters...
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Arizona's childcare assistance waitlist has swelled to more than 13,500 children, highlighting a growing affordability crisis. The post Arizona childcare assistance waitlist jumps to 13,500 first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Gov. Katie Hobbs and Rep. Andy Biggs have yet to name their running mates — the first time Arizona gubernatorial candidates must choose a lieutenant governor — but they’re already telling voters exactly what they’re thinking. The frenzy over who each will choose to be first in the line of succession isn’t just...
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Arizona voters ask: Should elected utility regulators maintain private consulting businesses with clients whose interests intersect with the Commission’s work?
