Arizona Consumer Office Credited With $321 Million in Utility Bill Savings
Governor Hobbs said the state's Residential Utility Consumer Office helped save Arizonans more than $321 million on utility bills over three years.
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Governor Hobbs said the state's Residential Utility Consumer Office helped save Arizonans more than $321 million on utility bills over three years.
Arizona's attorney general joined 18 other states in formal comments urging the EPA not to withdraw federal limits on four PFAS chemicals in public drinking water.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and bipartisan state leaders criticized the federal government’s denial of FEMA disaster relief for Gila and Mohave counties in a July 16 announcement.
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Scottsdale led Arizona at No. 48 in the 2026 ACSM American Fitness Index, and East Valley neighbors Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert all made the top 100 of the nation's largest cities.
Arizona is among 42 states splitting an $18 million settlement with 23andMe over the 2023 breach that exposed 6.9 million customers' genetic data. The state's share is about $612,000, and the deal adds new data-security requirements.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 18 other attorneys general in moving to intervene against the U.S. Defense Department over a freeze on reviews of land-based wind-energy projects, including one in Apache County.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 48 other attorneys general in pressing the Federal Communications Commission to tighten rules cutting off scammers' access to phone numbers.
Arizona will receive more than $761,000 from a $45 million multistate settlement with Block, Inc., the operator of the Cash App payments platform, over allegations the company failed to protect users from fraud.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Wednesday announced a multistate settlement with Deere & Company that requires the farm-equipment maker to make diagnostic and repair tools available to farmers and independent repair shops on fair and reasonable terms. Arizona joined the Federal Trad
Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order barring Arizona state executive-branch employees from using nonpublic government information to profit on prediction markets.
The U.S. Postal Service plans to increase mailing rates this summer.
Gov. Hobbs signs an executive order prohibiting executive-branch employees from profiting on prediction markets using nonpublic state information.
Attorney General Kris Mayes said a multistate coalition is challenging a federal move that could leave tens of thousands of people in subsidized housing without support.
A U.S. Justice Department letter warns Arizona election officials they could face prosecution over noncitizen voters, drawing a sharp rebuke from Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.
As the Supreme Court declines to block Texas's app store age-verification law, Arizona lawmakers are considering HB 2920, their own version aimed at minors and parental consent.