K-12 education funding reaped some slight wins in the Arizona budget this fiscal year, but a growing threat of federal funding cuts could still leave state schools in dire straits.

Another legislative session wrought no extension or novel proposal to fill the void left by the lapse of Proposition 123, an education funding model drawing dollars from the state land trust fund. It instead brought a new, although familiar, divide.

The Director Nominations Committee battle between Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sen. Jake Hoffman continued in earnest in 2025, but with arguably better results than the first round in 2023.

State schools chief Tom Horne has no legal power to force school districts to use only “structured English immersion” to teach the language to students who are not proficient, the Court of Appeals has decided.

Owe a lot of money in medical debt? If you’re eligible, it could be wiped out. And you won’t even know about it until after it’s done.

Members of the Arizona Democratic Party voted to oust Chair Robert Branscomb during a chaotic special meeting tonight. Members cited a lack of confidence in Branscomb's ability to lead Democrats to victory in 2026.

Adelita Grijalva beat out four other Democrats in the special primary election to replace her father in Congress, according to the latest election results for Congressional District 7.

Schools aren’t responsible for keeping students safe when they’re en route to school — or even just outside the school boundaries — the Arizona Supreme Court ruled July 15.

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday imposed an immediate 17.09% tariff on tomatoes imported into this country from Mexico. And given most of the tomatoes sold in Arizona come from Mexico, estimates are the new charge could add 10% to prices.

The newly enacted so-called Big Beautiful Bill could blow a not-so-beautiful hole in the just-enacted $17.6 billion state budget.

Arizonans are free to run for any office they want under the No Labels banner — even if party officials don’t give permission.

As secretary of state, Katie Hobbs blasted then-Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022 when he spent about $100 million erecting a “wall” of storage containers along the border, calling it a “publicity stunt.”.

Arizona is finally ready to roll out its new “Turquoise Alert” system designed to seek the public’s help when some people go missing.

Dana Allmond is going to get another $170,000-a-year contract in a job created by the Hobbs administration after the governor replaced her as head of the Department of Veterans’ Services.

The top two Republican state legislators contend there’s nothing unconstitutional about making a woman wait 24 hours before having an abortion.

A federal judge has run out of patience over what he said is an “unreasonable delay” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a plan to protect the habitat of the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel.

Come Sept. 26, it’s finally going to be a crime in Arizona to fail to get proper medical attention for a pet.

The way Gov. Katie Hobbs sees it, the recently completed legislative session was the best that could be hoped for in a divided government.

A proposal Sen. Jake Hoffman got colleagues to include on the 2026 ballot would remove one option lawmakers have to ensure that electric vehicle owners in Arizona pay their fair share in taxes for road construction and repair.

Sarah Porter saw an opportunity to transition from her career as a lawyer working in complex commercial litigation to serving with the National Audubon Society, she stepped into a role that reconnected her with one of her passions.