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Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shortfall.
A Democratic legislative leader criticized Republican Gov. Jan Brewer for being out of state while efforts to close out a special legislative session focused on Arizona's budget crisis faltered.
The Arizona Senate has delayed a special session focused on the state's budget troubles that was set to resume on Monday morning.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced her candidacy for a full term in next year's elections, saying she'll be the strong leader the state needs to tackle its budget crisis.
Arizona legislators are planning a mid-November special session to chip away at the state's estimated $2 billion budget shortfall and keep agencies' doors open by reviving spending cuts and other provisions vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Gambling that Arizona lawmakers will approve its funding in time, the state tax collection agency is shelving plans to lay off more than half its staff early this month.
Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public records law, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a groundbreaking ruling that attracted interest from media and government organizations.
Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation would lay off at least half its staff and close all remaining rest areas and nearly all Motor Vehicle Division field offices if spending cuts are chosen to close a big budget gap, the department said in a new report.
Previous funding cuts in public health programs mean that a new reduction in state Department of Health Services funding to close a midyear budget shortfall would largely fall on services for the mentally ill and put Arizona in violation of court orders, officials said Monday
A state judge on Tuesday blocked implementation of several key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortions, while allowing a few provisions to take effect.
Judges considering newly filed lawsuits face tight deadlines to decide whether parts of a new Arizona law that imposes restrictions on abortions will take effect next week as scheduled.
Faced with a state budget crisis that won't quit, Arizona lawmakers are offering to sell legislative buildings, prisons and other facilities that the state would then lease back, effectively taking out a mortgage on paid-for state property.
Since retiring as a Supreme Court justice in 2006, Sandra Day O'Connor has championed such causes as judicial independence, civics education and Alzheimer's research. Now add improving Arizona's nearly century-old state government.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday set a new course from her Democratic predecessor on the issue of abortion, signing a measure imposing new mandates and restrictions.
Arizona's budget battle is going down to the wire, with an intraparty struggle between the Republican governor and the GOP-led Legislature creating the possibility of a state government shutdown starting Wednesday.
The Arizona Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a bill to impose an array of new restrictions on abortion, including a mandatory waiting period and a requirement for state-scripted disclosures by doctors.
Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer sued the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday, asking the state Supreme Court to order top leaders to immediately send her budget bills that lawmakers approved nearly two weeks ago.
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that two school voucher programs violate the state's constitution.
Arizona needs to resort to rare short-term borrowing to bridge an expected April cash shortfall as the recession continues to hammer state tax collections after a January midyear budget fix, Treasurer Dean Martin said Wednesday.
Arizona's new governor on Wednesday called for lawmakers to tackle the state's budget crisis, saying the state had an "overdue obligation" to live within its means.
State lawmakers have proposed legislation to scuttle Arizona's groundbreaking new program of using speed enforcement cameras on state highways.
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for homeland security chief blames budget problems and the difficulty coordinating agencies in Arizona, where she has been governor, for failing to complete key provisions of a detailed security plan for her own state.
President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet picks Monday are sweet political gifts for the Republican who'll become governor of Arizona and the yet-to-be-named Democrat who'll assume Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat.
An Arizona appeals court panel ruled Friday that the Havasupai Indian tribe can proceed with a lawsuit that claims university researchers misused blood samples taken from tribal members.
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