Alexandra Olgin

In 2014, an Arizona court ordered the state legislature to pay schools back for lost money. Lawmakers have since proposed a compromise to give them more than 80 percent of what they are owed. But that won’t happen unless voters approve Proposition 123 in May.

The bighorn sheep is one of the few prized animals for hunters. In Arizona, getting chosen for a chance to hunt one is rare.

Each year auditors evaluate how much money is spent in Arizona classrooms. That annual report is scheduled to be released Tuesday.

An emergency center for children removed from their homes in central Phoenix is officially closed. The placement center run by Arizona’s child welfare agency and a nonprofit was open less than a year and served more than 2,000 kids.

The Arizona House passed a bill that would narrow what reports of child abuse and neglect would require a full investigation.

The Arizona House has passed a bill allowing residents to sue state and local governments for not properly enforcing federal immigration laws.

The Department of Child Safety violated Arizona law by interviewing a child without parental consent. That’s according to a report from the state’s ombudsman. But this legal issue isn’t expected to have much of a practical effect.

Arizona’s child welfare system says it needs money for staff to lighten crushing caseloads. But legislators at Tuesday’s committee hearing questioned the agency’s turnover rate.

Lawmakers are scheduled to consider how much money to direct to Arizona’s child welfare system at a budget hearing Tuesday. The Department of Child Safety is dealing with growing numbers of kids in out-of-home care.

Several Democratic lawmakers want to raise the qualifications necessary to run Arizona’s child welfare agency.