Kathy Hoffman concedes race for schools chief to Tom Horne

With just weeks to go, state House lawmakers agreed Tuesday to allow Arizona school districts to spend more money this academic year than they already have. The measure passed despite criticism from GOP members who questioned how schools are spending money now. The Senate now needs to approve the same language before a March 1 deadline.

Multiple female inmates at an Arizona prison complex in Goodyear say corrections staff induced their labor against their will. Advocates say the practice is a human rights violation and a medical risk. The women say medical providers at the Perryville state prison told them it was a policy of the...