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Key Points: Judge orders five-year prison healthcare receivership, appoints candidate Receiver gains broad healthcare authority; department plans immediate appeal Court aims to quell unconstitutional care af...
Arizona's voting sites will have plenty of eyes on them this election season, including poll monitors from political parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, congressional monitors and perhaps more.
For Ben Henderson, the state budget process is like a game of chess — that is, if you replace the board with a pile of spreadsheets and the pieces with lawmakers, state agency directors and the governor.
Key Points: Prison legal mail policy sparks court access concerns statewide Advocates worry that the policy will lead to delays, missed deadlines, and inmate litigation.
Key Points: Judge considers ballot qualification challenge to anti-DEI ballot measure Plaintiffs claim measure illegally combines disjointed constitutional provisions Supporters claim stronger anti-discrimin...
On July 1, the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board was quietly erased from state statute, 61 years after the Legislature established it.
Two Republican gubernatorial hopefuls, trailing in the polls, are spending nearly all the money they have in hopes of winning the Tuesday primary.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted this week to adopt a policy prohibiting county employees from using insider government information in prediction markets.
Two Arizona Corporation Commissioners seeking reelection have said they aren’t influenced by the utility companies they regulate.
The National Conference of State Legislatures’ Annual Legislative Summit kicks off July 27 in Chicago, opening the nation’s largest public policy conference
Tom Horne said this week that improving student discipline could increase teachers’ job satisfaction and make them less likely to leave the profession.
PHOENIX — Firefighters denied insurance coverage for potentially deadly illnesses because of grammatical confusion in the state’s workers' compensation package are finding relief in a new state law. Prio...
Change is in the air in our Arizona newsroom. As Arizona prepares for another high-stakes election cycle, we’re investing in the future of Arizona Capitol Times by welcoming two accomplished journalists wh...
Key Points Negotiations on Empowerment Scholarship Account collapsed Competing measures headed to voters Ballot measures face legal, language and campaign battles in runup to election Legislators twice tried...
Lawmakers across both sides of the aisle opened the 2026 legislative session with affordability top of mind – and closed it claiming credit for making Arizona cheaper to live in.
Gov. Katie Hobbs sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times on June 30 to discuss the 2026 session’s highs and lows.
House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos, D-Laveen, spent his second year as minority leader navigating a divided government at the Arizona Legislature.
In his second year as Arizona’s House speaker, Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Goodyear, helped lead a bipartisan budget deal that includes President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and passed the Legislature with a su...
Key Points: Proposition 123 renewal failed for third consecutive legislative session Republicans, Democrats remained divided over education funding priorities 2026 elections likely determine Prop.
Key Points Prison oversight funding failed despite court pressure Bipartisan reforms eased court fees, modified probation Advocates plan renewed prison oversight, confinement reforms next session Despite fac...
For Gov. Katie Hobbs, the fourth and final legislative session of her first term in office serves as a model for how Arizona’s divided government forces state leaders to work across the aisle and compromise.
An attorney is dropping her challenge against an Arizona law prohibiting the participation of transgender girls in girls’ sports.
Western states and the federal government are preparing supplies and emergency repair kits ahead of what is expected to be an unusually strong El Niño weather system.
Key Points: Arizona's history reflects American history beyond date of statehood Historians urge reflection beyond the nation's 250th celebration Individual stories shape and inform state and nation history...