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Capitol

School districts grapple with higher fuel costs

A month into the school year, districts across the nation are straining over the high cost of diesel used to keep hundreds of thousands of buses on the road. The post School districts grapple with higher fuel costs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

Capitol

Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority

In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 years. But those who wanted the Hyde Amendment included won the battle in the end. Three […]

Capitol

Peoria Unified Officials Served New Notice of Claim

Courts

Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-29: Eight Illegal Voters, Scottsdale Axon Opponents File Appeal, Treasurer’s Race Gets Dirty, and More

Elections

Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland...

Capitol

Push builds to hold AI developers legally liable for their models’ harms

Advocates for artificial intelligence safety are urging state lawmakers to pass laws in 2027 that hold AI developers liable for a broad variety of harms. The post Push builds to hold AI developers legally liable for their models’ harms first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .