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  Parents of transgender youth who receive gender-affirming care from Tucson's El Rio clinic were told it will no longer offer hormone prescriptions for anyone under 19 in order to adhere to a Trump administration order.

  A Pima County commission is asking for public comments on eight candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge James E. Marner.

  Attorney David Miller, who has worked as both prosecutor and defense attorney in juvenile justice in recent years, was appointed Tuesday to a vacant seat in Pima County Justice Court.

  The Arizona Department of Transportation will host an open house this week to share details of a plan to rebuild Interstate 10 from Kino Boulevard to Country Club Road.

  Two years after Arizona officials revealed a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recovered just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud.

  After Vail School District voted to allow an LDS seminary on district property, questions arose about how it’s even allowed, though religious conservatives have pushed to expand release-time programs nationwide, arguing there is no need to separate religion from daily education.

  New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other state attorneys general  - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - announced they are suing the Trump administration and its Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for gutting the agency’s manpower.

  Carmen Heredia, the director of Arizona’s embattled Medicaid agency resigned this week, just as she was expected to face questions from lawmakers about her handling of a massive fraud scheme that largely targeted Native Americans.

  The trial to determine whether Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby conspired to interfere in the duties of the Secretary of State’s Office when he refused to certify the results of the 2022 election has been pushed back from May to September.

  Gov. Katie Hobbs once again thwarted Republican efforts to facilitate mass deportations in Arizona, vetoing legislation that would have made it easier for federal immigration agents to arrest people while at the same time blocking elected officials from preventing discriminatory actions.

  A 24-year-old Guatemalan woman and her newborn baby were released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Saturday afternoon after public outcry over her detention by federal officials at Tucson Medical Center.

  The decision to punt on next week’s markup comes after some Republicans in swing districts, including Southern Arizona's Juan Ciscomani, warned leadership that they were opposed to significant Medicaid cuts.