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The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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Health insurance premiums are likely to grow more expensive next year for those who buy Marketplace plans, after increases this year. Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, which would be a double-digit hike for the second year in a row, according to a new...
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This year, at least six states enacted laws trying to reduce the number of students chronically absent from school. The measures include requiring monitoring of absences and publicly releasing data, developing new guidance on the best ways to address the problem and increasing punishments for parents and guardians...
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A year after President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to cut taxes and slash spending on healthcare and other programs aimed at helping lower income Americans, Democrats in Arizona are sounding the alarm over its impacts on families in the Grand Canyon State. And the ability of people to...
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Aaron Saucedo was arrested in 2017 and charged with nine murders and other crimes for a shooting spree that police and press called the Serial Street Shooter. If he is ever found guilty of those crimes, he will be among the state’s most prolific serial killers. And he faces nine possible death sentences. But first, […]
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Introduction, committees, caucus math, the governor's desk, and the veto pen. The press conference is optional. The process is not.
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WASHINGTON — Republicans celebrated last year when they barred Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for one year, predicting the financial impact would hollow out the organization. A year later, with that section of the “big, beautiful” law set to expire July 4, GOP lawmakers are trying to find a way...
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The new No. 2 is not a ribbon-cutting intern. Succession, assigned duties, and ticket politics make the office consequential from day one.
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Arizona ratepayers already know what it feels like to watch their electric bills climb. In just the last few years, rates have increased by 27% across Arizona, all while environmentalists and Democrats in Washington claimed that trillions of dollars in subsidies for “renewables” would drive down costs....
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After months of vetoes and walking away from the table, Hobbs has finally signed a budget. A budget that looks pretty much the same as the one Legislative Republicans sent up to her desk at the beginning of May. A budget she vetoed, and that she and her colleagues in the Legislature bashed repeatedly. So, what...
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For generations, Arizona’s wide-open land has supported ranchers, farmers and the communities that helped build our great state. Then, the climate activists came along. Armed with nothing more than junk science from climate “experts” like Al Gore and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, they got busy imposing costly green...
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Assessed values, tax rates, exemptions, and the overlapping jurisdictions on your bill. The total is local even when the anger is statewide.
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A recent op-ed in the Arizona Republic by the Arizona Center for Economic Progress argued that the legislature’s budget “doesn’t add up” and that Arizona needs a “reality check.” We agree a reality check is in order, but definitely not the kind being offered. The argument, which has become the standard refrain from...
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This November, Tucson voters are being asked (again) to approve a 25-year franchise agreement between Tucson and Tucson Electric Power (TEP). Franchise agreements are generally standard arrangements that allow utilities to use public rights-of-way for poles, wires, and infrastructure. But there is nothing standard...
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How much are Phoenix public schools paying activist speaker Calvin Terrell to teach students to “decolonize,” claim ICE is the “slave patrol,” and encourage students to “risk it all for justice”?
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Less than an hour had passed from when Republicans delivered a budget to Katie Hobbs desk yesterday to when she stamped it with a ‘veto.’ No one is surprised, since from the moment she walked out of negotiations six weeks ago and “challenged” Republicans to show their budget hand, she had already made up her mind...
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Baseline, one-time money, structural balance, and the difference between a signing ceremony and a sustainable ledger.
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Hearing exposes racial disparities, foster care failures, and structural dysfunction inside child welfare system
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Mark Stewart retains counsel, Debbie Lesko steps back, and Arizona GOP Chair Strikes Measured Tone
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Four candidates. Floor motions lurking. Rumors of Trump-world involvement.
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State 48 News’ reporting on Centennial High School, our interview with Tiffany Benson, and why this story carries into the New Year
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A 168-page Peoria police report outlines parent warnings, administrative notice, explicit digital evidence, and multiple investigations now under review by prosecutors
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Deaths of Zariah Finley Dodd and Sarabeth Sokolsky renew scrutiny of Sunshine Residential Homes, state oversight failures, and political ties to Governor Katie Hobbs
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Pulling Back the Curtain on How State Government Really Functions
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Arizona Sounds the Alarm: Top Experts Rush In to Chart the Future of AI
