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  There is a stalemate between the Department of Corrections, provider NaphCare and Arizona courts. The court battle has raged for more than a decade, and in the eyes of the courts, only marginal improvements have been made.

  State elections officials have identified another 120,000 Arizona voters who are improperly registered to vote because of a glitch in the state’s driver’s license database, bringing the total number of affected voters to 218,000 — a number that may grow.

  Without market competition, grocers face no incentive to keep prices affordable for consumers, argued Colorado’s assistant attorney general on Monday before a Denver judge tasked with deciding whether to allow supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons to merge.

  Over the last year, 54 people have faced federal charges for crimes involving guns as part of a partnership between Tucson police and the Justice Department, officials said Monday.

  A federal judge has blocked an Arizona rule aimed at enforcing timely finalizing of election results, ruling that the state can’t simply exclude a county’s results if local officials there refuse to certify them, and noting the various legal alternatives that should make the rule unnecessary.

  Tucson Water and the Tucson Fire Department are collaborating on their annual slow-burn at the wetlands on the Northwest Side, set to begin Tuesday. The controlled blaze will address mosquito and invasive vegetation problems in the area, as well as provide training for wildland firefighters.

  "Prop. 137 would gut Arizona's reviews of judges. It would eliminate fixed terms for all merit-selected judges, virtually abolish all retention elections, and replace the voice of the people with legislative influence and oversight." — 20 former Arizona jurists

  Representatives from four Arizona tribes – the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute and the Navajo Nation – said water rights settlements, once approved by Congress, will secure their long-standing claims and provide more accessible water for their people.

  A group formed by anti-Trump Republicans is spending big in the closing weeks of the election to convince Republicans in the Grand Canyon State to support Vice President Kamala Harris.

  The Gila River Indian Community has been a leader in Colorado River conservation efforts in Arizona, and their efforts are growing as funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will help the tribe launch new water conservation projects in October.

  About 10,000 votes would have tipped the last presidential contest in Arizona. The state has about 133,000 union members so, like other slivers of the electorate, these and their issues could be decisive.

  The saga surrounding Prop. 140 has now extended more than a month past the ballot-printing deadline, and now both sides await a ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court on the fate of open primaries ballot measure.