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“Tim and I came up with this idea, boy, three or four years ago,” Chuck Warren, a conservative political consultant, said of their initiative to put pension reform on the Phoenix ballot.

The crosswalk raises questions about safe street and lighting design as Phoenix confronts the highest pedestrian fatality rate in large U.S. cities.

Chief Justice Scott Bales’ resignation closely follows the departure of Justice John Pelander, who resigned from the court on March 1.

From behind the scenes, the legislator has worked on a bill to weaken Arizona’s system of disclosing the names of officers on the so-called Brady list.

Even after voters and two governors rejected previous measures, Representative Mark Finchem is trying again.

Worst city in the Valley? “That’s a loaded question. But everyone knows it’s Apache Junction.”

“I know a lot of people who don’t like lemonade,” Representative Athena Salman, a Democrat from Tempe, said on the House floor. “So, I vote no.”

“Dearest friends and people of Arizona, it seems we are prepared to give up our liberty, the very sovereignty of our body, because of measles.”