Bob Christie

Three years after an obscure Arizona agency was charged with finding new water supplies for the state it has received six proposals from groups who hope to tap more than $375 million in state money to develop new water sources.

A small town fight over a plan to overhaul a downtown area that made its way all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court has led to a new ruling making it much easier for residents across the state to block locally approved projects at the ballot box.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Greg Como said he doesn't believe that top Republican lawmakers who are defending the laws challenged by the doctors missed a deadline for filing paperwork. And the judge said that even if they did, it did not harm the challengers.

The Democratic governor formally asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for the money in a letter sent Thursday.

Just what Centerville, Utah, based Management & Training Corp. has planned for the shuttered 500-bed prison in Marana is still not known, even though the company paid Arizona $15 million for the facility.

Legislation designed to save huge amounts of water by allowing farmers across central Arizona to sell their land and associated groundwater rights to developers who must limit future pumping was signed into law Monday by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs.

A special fund set up by the Arizona Legislature and former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022 to provide $1 billion to secure new water supplies in the desert state is once again being raided to help balance the state budget.

Republicans who control the Arizona Senate said Monday they have reached a deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs for the upcoming state budget year that includes $300 million more in spending than the stand-alone plan passed by GOP House members last week.

Arizona won’t ban the People's Republic of China from buying property here after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-backed measure that would have added to the growing list of states banning the communist nation from making land purchases over national security concerns.

The Arizona Legislature violated the state constitution's Gift Clause in 2023 when it earmarked $15.3 million for the non-profit foundation that runs the Prescott Frontier Days rodeo, a judge has ruled.