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Peoria Unified board mum on selection of president

1/24/2024
Newcomer Rebecca Proudfit will take over as Peoria Unified governing board president at the Jan. 25 meeting, but the discussion behind her selection is a mystery.

Attorney argues senators have no legal right to demand …

1/23/2024
PHOENIX — State senators have no legal right to demand that Gov. Katie Hobbs immediately send them her nominations for directors to head more than a dozen state agencies, an attorney for the …

Enrollment loss will lead Higley USD to revise budget …

1/23/2024
A decline in enrollment this school year is leading Higley Unified School District to anticipate revising its fiscal year 2023-24 maintenance and operations budget downward.   The district …

House panel votes to make ‘lab-grown’ meats …

1/22/2024
PHOENIX — Saying they want to prevent consumer confusion, members of a House panel voted Monday to make it illegal to call anything grown in a laboratory as meat or poultry.

Leading social conservative trying to end bid by …

1/22/2024
PHOENIX — The national war over who is a true Republican is playing out in Southern Arizona, with a leading social conservative trying to kill the bid by a former senator to get his seat back.

Legislation introduced to make mulch out of deceased …

1/20/2024
PHOENIX — It’s not quite ashes to ashes. But there’s an element of dust to dust in some new legislation to allow Arizonans to make garden mulch out of the dearly departed.

Chandler to spend $5.2M on IT infrastructure, …

1/19/2024
By unanimously approving its consent agenda at its Jan. 11 meeting, the Chandler City Council greenlighted $5.2 million in spending on a contract for technology infrastructure and consulting. …

Peoria City Council elects vice mayor, mayor pro tem

1/17/2024
The Peoria City Council has elected new officers for the board.

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.

Arizona lawmakers crafting ‘lab-grown meat’ bills

1/10/2024
PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker wants to be sure that the next time you buy something called “meat” it actually came from something that had at least two legs, if not more. And another one wants to keep any that didn’t come from a live animal off the shelves of Arizona grocers.

Court refuses to hear Lake arguments she didn’t …

1/10/2024
PHOENIX — Kari Lake can’t escape having to convince a jury she didn’t defame Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

Chandler Council recognizes retiring police chief

1/10/2024
A large portion of Monday night’s one-hour Chandler City Council study session was devoted to the retirement of one employee. That was Sean Duggan, the city’s police chief, who is …