Shope’s “ag-to-urban” legislation is designed to address the lack of housing in communities where there’s also shortage of ...

The overall goal is to reduce groundwater overdraft, a condition in which more water is drawn from a well or aquifer than is ...

The "Rural Groundwater Management Act" would create new agencies to conserve water, Hobbs said during a news conference.

This year's legislative housing battles kicked off as a bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step toward passing a ...

Katie Hobbs has called on the Legislature to pass a bill to create a Rural Groundwater Management Act to protect five basins ...

Photo: Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz celebrates her appointment to the Supreme Court on Jan. 29, 2025.

Tax cuts for the working class, porn access restrictions, and a ban on weather mortification are some of the things lawmakers worked on this week in the Arizona Legislature.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is renewing a push to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state.

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the Rural Groundwater Management Act of 2025 to prevent out-of-state corporations from depleting ...

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena Cruz has ...

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural ...

Arizona Secretary of State staffers identified driver's license computer miscoding that allowed noncitizens to register to ...