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House-approved Axon bill sparks heated debate
The Arizona House on Thursday passed a contentious bill that will allow Axon, a manufacturer of Taser stun guns, to build a massive apartment complex in Scottsdale despite opposition in... […]
Republican lawmakers pushing to free $15.3 million to Prescott rodeo held up in court
Republican lawmakers are working to sidestep a court challenge that has kept $15.3 million earmarked for improvements at the rodeo grounds in Prescott locked up for more than two years.... […]
Legislators now considering 2 bills to increase their own pay
Arizona lawmakers gave approval Monday to two different ways to raise their own pay, adding a plan to give a major increase in daily expense payments to legislators who live... […]
Wildfire regulation bill to be stripped of most contentious elements in Senate
A sweeping measure passed by the Arizona House giving utilities like Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power major protections from lawsuits for wildfires sparked by their equipment will be... […]
Hobbs disapproves of automatic income tax cut passed in Senate
Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature are looking to enact more tax cuts just four years after the largest tax cut in state history turned state finances on their head... […]
Some Arizona Republicans support Harris despite backlash
Doug Coleman agonized about whether to put a “Republicans for Harris” sign in the front yard of his home in the eastern Phoenix suburb of Apache Junction, concerned about backlash,... […]
Limited growth and increased spending needs pose tough choices for Hobbs
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t have much room for new spending on education, water or just about anything else in the remaining two years of her initial term as Arizona’s... […]
Hobbs demotes three officials but doesn’t cut their salaries
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs demoted three officials running state agencies to deputy director posts after a judge ruled that her move to name them and other agency heads as “deputy... […]
Prop 311 seeks to make convicted criminals pay families of slain first responders
The families of state or local police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians killed on the job as the result of a criminal act will get an extra $250,000 payment... […]
Prison system will boost spending, medical staffing but puts more strain on state budget
Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge's orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.
Hobbs rejects Republicans’ request to extend bar hours during World Series
Sports fans who want to celebrate an Arizona Diamondbacks World Series win – or drown their sorrows after a loss to the Texas Rangers – won’t have an extra hour to do so in bars across the state.
Planned Parenthood Arizona asks judge to disqualify himself from hearing abortion case
Planned Parenthood Arizona is formally asking state Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery to disqualify himself from sitting on an upcoming case brought by the abortion provider where the state’s high court will decide whether the procedure remains legal here.
