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Scottsdale’s new library director shares vision

4/15/2024
As long as he can remember, Michael Beck has always had a love of books. It’s a good trait to have for a librarian, but as the new director of Scottsdale’s Library System, Beck wants …

Peoria public safety pensions now in healthy category

3/21/2024
PSPRS: Important landmarks July 1, 1968: PSPRS established to provide a uniform, consistent and equitable statewide retirement program for Arizona’s public safety personnel. 2000s: PSPRS hit …

Lake, Finchem want U.S. Supreme Court to look at …

3/15/2024
PHOENIX — Kari Lake and Mark Finchem want the U.S. Supreme Court to give them a do-over of their losing claim that machines used to tabulate votes in some Arizona counties are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

Arizona to use COVID relief funds to pay off medical …

3/4/2024
PHOENIX — Arizona will use up to $30 million in federal COVID relief funds to pay off up to $2 billion in medical bills owed by state residents.

The evolution of Leap Day

2/29/2024
What do Pope Paul III, Tony Robbins and Ja Rule have in common? All three were born on Feb. 29, a day that only comes around every four years. Given its rarity and historical significance, Leap …

Phoenix affordable housing project gets $500K in …

1/24/2024
The Home Matters Arizona Fund, a funding resource formed by healthcare leaders across the state and Home Matters to Arizona to increase attainable housing, has announced new funding.

Hobbs proposes $16.2B spending plan with cuts to …

1/12/2024
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed a $16.2 billion spending plan built on cuts to vouchers that are unlikely to survive the Republican-controlled Legislature.

State prison panel tells Hobbs they need time, staff, …

12/26/2023
PHOENIX — Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can’t do the job she asked them to do: provide actual — and meaningful — oversight of the $1.1 billion operation where about 35,000 people are locked up.

Chandler: $2M for utility billing software

12/4/2023
The city of Chandler is set to spend more than $2 million this week on new software for its utility billing. One of the items on Monday night’s Chandler City Council study session consent …

Gilbert Town Council mulls first step toward utility …

11/28/2023
Gilbert Town Council will vote to set in motion utility-rate increases at its Nov. 28 meeting. The question is by how much?   Council’s agenda at its 6:30 p.m. meeting includes voting …

Arizona prison system to boost spending for health …

11/12/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge’s orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.

Hobbs strips Saudi company of right to lease state …

10/3/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday defended the decision to strip a Saudi company of its right to lease state land to farm alfalfa for export — and get the water underneath it free — but had no answers to what will become of the nearly 3,500 acres after that.