In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…

Uninsured Republicans may be willing to pay the Obamacare fine instead of buying health insurance just because they’re Republicans, a Gallup poll indicates.If true, it makes a lot of sense why a state like Arizona, which has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in the nation, but also…

There’s only one county in the nation that had a larger population growth last year than Maricopa County.Maricopa County’s population grew by nearly 69,000 people last year, second only to Harris County, Texas, which is home to Houston…

Supporters of the pro-immigrant group Puente plan to make the 60-mile walk from Phoenix to Eloy in their latest stunt to protest deportations.The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which is behind the national “Not One More Deportation” project, is having a day of action on April 5 to demand the…

The number of Arizonans who had to spend at least one night in the hospital as a result of dog bites has more than doubled over the last five years.As the story of Mickey, the pit bull who mauled 4-year-old Kevin Vicente, grabbed headlines around Phoenix, the state health department…

Although Mickey the pit bull mauled 4-year-old Kevin Vicente, a judge decided this week to spare Mickey’s life, amid outcry from many people who wanted to have the dog killed.Many of the people who called for Mickey’s head are misinformed or just plain wrong about the situation surrounding Mickey. Read…

It’s not difficult to imagine that Bronson Arroyo lives life like a rock star. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ new pitcher has long blond hair, makes millions of dollars, likes to party, and actually has a rock album that reached Billboard charts. The reality is quite different. In the clubhouse at the…

Arizona lawmakers love to fight the federal government — to an extent.By one measure, there are only nine states that are more dependent on the federal government than Arizona…

The Arizona Department of Corrections will be using a new mix of drugs to carry out its lethal injections — a mixture of drugs first used to execute an inmate in this country just two months ago.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that two drugs, medazolam and hydromorphone, will…

Arizona spends the fewest dollars per student on education than any other state in the country, according to an estimate.People often mention that Arizona’s per-pupil spending rate is the third- or fourth-lowest in the nation, based on census information that is usually about two years old by the time it’s…

Carmen Fischer, a criminal-defense attorney in Phoenix, has been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes related to helping her husband, a leader of the New Mexican Mafia prison gang.Fischer was arrested last year and charged in Pinal County, accused of helping her husband Angel Garcia, also known as…

A 14-year-old girl was killed in an apartment fire in Phoenix over the weekend, and police believe someone set fire to the apartment.However, Phoenix detectives’ “person of interest” since has been released from custody…

The Southern Poverty Law Center has updated its register of hate groups, and also provided maps of the locations for said hate groups.This year, Arizona clocked in with 20 such groups; not much has changed since 19 were identified back in 2009…

Twenty-three years after the first official discussions of a straight, interstate-quality path for vehicles from Phoenix to Las Vegas, there finally is physical evidence of progress: some signs.There’s no construction date, no funding, and the studies aren’t even done, but the Arizona Department of Transportation has put up four “Future…

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington pleaded guilty this morning to aggravated assault.Washington, 27, was arrested in May after getting into a fight with the mother of his child. Washington was accused of choking the woman and breaking her collarbone after an argument at the woman’s apartment in Phoenix…

More than 2,800 charges of workplace discrimination were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year by Arizona workers.Although Arizona is home to about 2 percent of the country’s population, 3 percent of the employment discrimination charges in 2013 came from here…