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A House committee voted 6-4 on January 18 along party lines to make teaching about racism illegal if it is done in certain ways.  Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, said her proposal is not an effort to block students from being ...

A Senate panel voted Wednesday to allow dental patients to get their lips puffed up, cheeks filled out and brow wrinkles smoothed at the same place they now get their cavities filled.  And at least part of the reason for ...

IN THIS ARTICLE: Why she’s running out of home district, appearance at Trump rally, election security and navigating Republican challengers An Apache Junction lawmaker who continues to question the outcome of the 2020 presidential race now wants to represent southeast ...

The way David Cook sees it, once you’ve been elected to office you shouldn’t have to be bothered gathering signatures on nominating petitions for your reelection.   The Republican state representative from Globe is proposing that incumbents have an alternate option ...

Problems in the system for candidates to qualify for the ballot with online signatures may leave some of them out of the 2022 race. And the people most at risk of failing to qualify could be those who don’t have ...

Rep. John Kavanagh is in a turf war. Over turf. The Fountain Hills Republican has proposed a state law to override any rules of a homeowner association that require lawns to be seeded with real grass. Instead, it would permit ...

Some Republican lawmakers want to revisit — and repeal — the 2016 measure which stripped local governments of their ability to regulate short-term and vacation rentals.  Rep, Walt Blackman of Snowflake said the legislation pushed by Airbnb and its other ...

Lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday with a full agenda of things they want, ranging from reenacting what the Supreme Court voided to deciding what to do about previously approved tax cuts that are subject to voter repeal.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday issued a broad ruling that will change forever how state budgets are adopted. 

Gov. Doug Ducey is doubling down in his fight with public schools over their virus policies, offering cash to parents to send their kids to private or parochial schools if a school - or even a classroom - has to shut down.