PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is asking a judge to stop an audit of the county’s election system after it was authorized by the Board of Supervisors. It’s the latest twist in an ...

Financial risk has spiked in Arizona school districts, with nine now in the "highest risk" category compared to only two last ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was handcuffed in its budgeting. Its spending growth each year was constrained by a formula outlined in the Arizona Constitution. But any expenses tied to ...

PHOENIX – In a ruling issued Thursday, an Arizona judge rejected Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s request to stop an election system audit authorized by the Board of Supervisors (BOS). Heap, a ...

This story was published Oct. 8 and updated Oct. 9 to include a statement from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. For months, prominent Republicans in Arizona have decried the mounting costs of ...

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. What happened? A Maricopa County ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A court-ordered audit finds that Maricopa County has overstated its claims of federal oversight of its sheriff’s office, which the county claimed has cost taxpayers $350 million.

An audit found the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office misattributed $163 million in expenses to a racial profiling lawsuit. The report concluded that 72% of the $226 million claimed for lawsuit ...

An audit found Maricopa County and its Sheriff's Office overstated compliance costs for a racial profiling lawsuit by $163 million. The misattributed expenses represent 72% of the total costs assigned ...

A voter casts their ballot at a secure ballot drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt York) PHOENIX (CN) — Maricopa County ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The community received an update on court-ordered reforms at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars during a meeting held at ...