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Fann blocks bill for special tuition rate for ‘dreamers’
After voting for a bill that would ensure immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program can affordably attend Arizona community colleges and universities, Senate President Karen Fann is blocking the measure.
Senate sours on lemonade as official state drink
Bill to make lemonade Arizona's state drink fails.
Ward: State GOP backs tax hike for education
The state Republican Party has staked out a rare policy position by backing a tax hike – as long as GOP lawmakers don’t have to do it alone.
100 days of session and no end in sight
Senate President Karen Fann is pursuing what a fellow Republican lawmaker calls “the impossible dream” – a truly bipartisan budget with spending priorities that reflect Republican and Democratic priorities.
Bill to require Secretary of State to issue elections manual goes to Ducey
It’s been over four years since Arizona updated its election procedures manual, a comprehensive guide for how local officials must conduct elections.
Ducey signs ‘no promo homo’ repeal
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill repealing Arizona’s “no promo homo law” shortly after a Senate vote in favor of the measure Thursday morning.
House approves bill to require affidavits for emergency ballots
House Republicans approved a measure that will require voters to declare under penalty of perjury that they’ve actually experienced an emergency before casting an emergency ballot days before an election.
Bill to create special tuition for ‘dreamers’ stalls in Senate
A bill that would allow DACA recipients to attend Arizona universities for less than the cost of out-of-state tuition stalled over Republican objections that the measure violates the will of the voters.
Bill requires lawmakers to live in districts they serve
Rep. Bob Thorpe wants to ensure candidates for the Arizona Legislature are established residents of the districts they hope to serve.
Ducey signs bill designed to fix discrepancies with early ballots
Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation to give Arizona voters a chance to fix problems with the early ballots in the days after an election.
No deal on tax conformity as deadline to file tax returns looms
With two weeks until the deadline for Arizonans to file individual income tax returns, Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey have yet to strike a deal that will finalize the state’s tax laws for 2018.
Senate committee passes ‘dreamer’ tuition rate
A measure to create a new tuition rate for Arizona high school graduates, including DACA recipients, was revived in a Senate committee Thursday afternoon after failing to receive a hearing in the House of Representatives.
