Politics
Utility regulators denied a request by Tucson Electric Power’s sister company to exempt a proposed 200-megawatt power plant expansion from environmental review.
April 30, 2024
David Grabowski, a professor of health-care policy at Harvard Medical School, talks about the rule and what it means in practice for the nursing homes.
April 30, 2024
Students at the University of Arizona have set up a protest encampment on campus calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies tied to Israel — the latest in a string of similar university encampments across the country.
April 29, 2024
The proposed deal will require cities who have long opposed the Legislature’s efforts to preempt their authority over zoning rules to allow the smaller, cheaper homes on lots within a mile of the central business districts of larger cities.
April 30, 2024
The Arizona Republican Party this weekend elected a recently indicted state senator and an expelled former lawmaker as their new national committee members.
April 29, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs exempted the Department of Public Safety from a statewide employment cap at government agencies meant to address a projected state budget deficit..
April 29, 2024
The issue of abortion — specifically the fate of Arizona’s 1864 near-total ban on the procedure — will once again be front and center at the state Capitol on Wednesday; lawmakers are continuing their one-day-a-week schedule, coming in on Wednesdays. The state House last week voted to repeal the law, and this week, all eyes will be on the Senate to see if it follows suit.
April 29, 2024
After the federal government gave San Diego $40 million, advocates want to see a collaborative approach between all levels of government and local service providers to come up with a lasting migrant welcome program.
April 29, 2024
Arizona Republic columnist Abe Kwok recently wrote that giving voters more options on the ballot is the only way to ensure constituents are represented on the issue of abortion.
April 29, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs recently announced that she would limit the number of hires for various government positions. Some started calling it a hiring freeze. But Hobbs says that’s not the case.
→ Department of Public Safety exempt from governor's hiring cap
→ Department of Public Safety exempt from governor's hiring cap
April 28, 2024
The state Supreme Court on Friday responded to the 32-page motion from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes with a one-sentence decision to deny it.
April 27, 2024
On Saturday, ASU police arrested 69 people after they set up an unauthorized encampment in support of Palestinians at the Tempe Campus. In a statement, police say encampments are prohibited on ASU property.
April 26, 2024
A judge ruled that Arturo Hernandez, a candidate running for U.S. Senate in Arizona’s Green Party primary, can stay on the ballot.
April 26, 2024
Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives filed ethics complaints against Democrats who engaged in a protest on the House floor two weeks ago after GOP lawmakers blocked a vote to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.
April 26, 2024
A former state senator was sentenced to a year in prison Friday for sexually abusing a young relative.
April 26, 2024
Earlier this week, Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a series of bills, including one that would have required schools to have separate showers for transgender students.
April 26, 2024
A Yavapai County judge has blocked efforts from a group seeking to make the use of early-ballot drop boxes illegal.
April 26, 2024
A Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Republican Senate president to remove Sens. Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) and Jake Hoffman (R-Gilbert) from committee leadership positions after they were indicted by a state grand jury.
April 26, 2024
Earlier this week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that a receiver has been appointed for the Heritage Village assisted living facility in Mesa.
April 26, 2024
To break down the indictment of 11 so-called “fake electors” in Arizona, the state House repealing the 1864 abortion law and more, The Show sat down with former state lawmaker Regina Cobb and attorney and former Congressional staffer Roy Herrera.
April 26, 2024
