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A nominating commission on Sept. 30 picked a slate of two appellate judges and a small town judge for Gov. Jan Brewer to choose from to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she believes the state can balance its budget next session without another tax hike, but she didn’t rule out the possibility. “I am hoping that we do not,” Brewer said at a Sept. 30 press conference on the steps of the Executive Tower.

The treasurer for the LD8 Republican Party has resigned his position and may face criminal charges over what one GOP official termed “substantial inconsistencies” with the party’s finances.

A state nominating commission is spending the day interviewing nine semifinalists for an Arizona Supreme Court vacancy.

The U.S. Department of Justice is sending a little over $12 million to the Tucson Police Department.

A vote on settling the Navajo Nation’s water rights in the lower Colorado River basin will have to wait for another day. The Tribal Council on Wednesday tabled a bill that would have given the tribe 31,000 acre-feet of water a year from the Colorado River, the unappropriated surface flows from the Little Colorado River [...]

Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley is raising concerns about Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office.

The Department of Public Safety on Wednesday said it had a more limited role in investigating the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy than has been suggested by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.

Forecast information released Sept. 29 by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff has the state’s current $8.5 billion budget facing a potential shortfall of up to $825 million. That’s up from the previous forecast for a midyear shortfall of up to $700 million.

Forests in New Mexico and Arizona will benefit from nearly $7 million in recently awarded federal funds.