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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
GOP lawmakers’ feud ends with dead election bills
State senators voted Tuesday to kill a host of changes in state election laws as a long-simmering dispute between two Republicans spilled out into the open.
House scraps override of Ducey veto
It looks like Bruce Babbitt is going to remain the last Arizona governor to have a veto overridden, at least for the time being.
House approves easier access to birth control for women
Women in Arizona may soon find it a lot easier to get to get birth control.
Supreme Court to rule on Arizona voting laws as term comes to close
It's not just the future of whether Arizona gets to keep its ban on "ballot harvesting'' that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide this week.
GOP candidate who lost in ’18 to run for governor
Republicans just got a fifth choice for governor. Steve Gaynor, who lost a race for secretary of state four years ago to Katie Hobbs, announced Friday he is now going after the top slot on the ballot.
Lawmakers move to limit emergency powers of governor
With some verbal slaps at how Doug Ducey has handled the current emergency, Republican lawmakers voted Friday to ask Arizona voters to give them the right to quash future declarations.
House GOP bill requires lessons on evils of communism
Republican lawmakers voted Friday to require that students be exposed to the stories of people who have fled communism as part of a curriculum to prepare them to be "civically responsible and knowledgeable adults.''
House Republicans pass massive tax cuts, measure goes to Ducey
House Republicans pushed through the plan to sharply cut taxes on the rich Thursday -- but only after changing the rules to limit debate and objections by Democrats.
Ducey agrees to forgo emergency powers to get vote on budget
Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to give up the emergency powers he granted himself 15 months ago to get the last vote necessary for his tax cut plan for the wealthiest in the state.
House Dems torpedo GOP efforts to pass budget
Efforts to enact a new $12.8 billion budget and tax cuts sputtered Tuesday as House Democrats refused to come to the floor, leaving the Republican-controlled chamber short of a quorum.... […]
Brnovich seeks Supreme Court decision on Trump-era immigration rule
Shut down by appellate judges, Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let him defend a Trump-era rule designed to deny "green cards'' to those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Senate says lawmakers not subject to public record laws
Senate President Karen Fann is taking the position that Arizona courts cannot force her or any other member of the Arizona Legislature to comply with the state's Public Records Act.
