Arizona voters will get to decide if they want to allow restaurants to pay their tipped workers even less than they do now.

PHOENIX — Arizona can't refuse to amend the sex on someone's birth certificate just because the person seeking the change has not submitted to transgender surgery, a federal judge has ruled.

PHOENIX – Citing the need for teachers to be able to fully manage their classroom with minimal distractions, emphasize academic performance and create a safer campus environment, state schools’ chief Tom Horne says he will push legislation for a statewide school cell phone ban.

Somerton High School received the top “safety committee” award of $10,000 on Wednesday, Aug. 14, during Yuma Union High School District’s monthly Governing Board meeting.

U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) Technical Director Larry Bracamonte passed away on Saturday, August 17 after a battle with cancer. Serving as YPG’s highest ranking civilian since 2018, he had worked at the proving ground since 1987.

Arizonans will be able to vote whether they want to put a right to abortion in the state constitution.In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by Arizona Right to Life that a description of the key provisions in Proposition 139 which was attached to petitions misled people into signing it. The group argued that it was legally flawed because it failed to detail the impact that its approval would have on all existing abortion laws or regulations.

Saying its too late to comply now, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants a judge to delay her order immediately blocking election officials from enforcing some rules about what people can do in and around polling places.

Arizona generated $429 million in economic impact from hosting the Men's Final Four in April according to a new report released Tuesday. But Gov. Katie Hobbs said she is "really concerned'' that it will be the last time Arizona gets to host a national sporting event of this caliber if voters approve what Republicans put on the ballot as the "Border Security Act.''

Climate change and steady demand have brought Lake Powell water levels to record lows, putting once-submerged reaches of the canyon above water for the first time in decades.

Citing danger to endangered jaguars, environmental groups are going to court to block the U.S. Forest Service from constructing new roads in the Chiricahua National Forest.