Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters on June 1, 2026. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Mayes declines to prosecute Hobbs for Sunshine Residential bribery accusations
Attorney General Kris Mayes says there’s no evidence that Gov. Katie Hobbs broke the law when her administration awarded a pay increase to a foster care provider that donated more than $400,000 to her political campaign.
Two years ago, an Arizona Republic investigation found that Sunshine Residential Homes received a nearly 60% increase in the rate it charges to house foster children. The company made hundreds of thousands in campaign contributions…
The Central Arizona Project canal runs past homes in Peoria on June 8, 2023. The project carries diverted Colorado River water through a 336-mile long system to help serve 80 percent of the population of Arizona. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Arizona to bear the brunt of Colorado River cuts for two years as long-term talks continue
Arizona and the other Lower Basin states will bear the brunt of cuts to Colorado River water over the next two years, while they continue to negotiate a longer-term agreement with the Upper Basin, the federal government announced Friday morning.
But for now, Arizona will avoid the massive cuts…
A sign held by a teacher at a rally at the Arizona Capitol on June 5, 2024, to advocate for restrictions on the state’s school voucher system, known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
School voucher regulation measure Prop. 212 is pushed off the ballot
A ballot measure that would ask voters to institute sweeping regulations to Arizona’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program is effectively dead.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the backers of Proposition 212, upholding a lower court’s decision that disqualified…
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