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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
GOP-controlled Legislature passes bill to speed up elections to Hobbs – veto likely
Republican lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a plan to scrap the ability of voters to drop off their early ballots at polling places on Election Day.
Slimmed-down version of ‘weapons of war’ measure advances
Arizonans who want to possess everything from pipe bombs to hand grenades will have to instead settle for automatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns and silencers.
Republican Karrin Taylor Robson announces run for governor
The field of who wants to take on Katie Hobbs in 2026 just doubled in size.
Lawmaker introduces legislation to counter winning abortion ballot measure
A Tucson lawmaker wants voters to revisit – and at least partly reverse – their decision to enshrine the right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution.
Arizona’s next execution set
The state is set to conduct its first execution in two years next month.
GOP lawmaker wants to cap university president salaries
The head of the Senate Education Committee thinks the salaries of the presidents of state's the three universities is "obscenely high.''
Democrats introduce bill to counter GOP immigration enforcement proposals
State lawmakers are proposing two diametrically opposed requirements on what state and local officials should be doing about illegal immigration.
Lawmaker proposes change to legislative immunity provision
A Prescott Valley legislator wants to ask Arizonans if they are fed up with providing a form of immunity to colleagues who break traffic laws.
GOP bill advances banning AG from charging county supervisors
Republican lawmakers are moving to hobble the ability of the attorney general to force county supervisors to do what courts have said is their job – certify election results.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Calling birthright citizenship "an unequivocal constitutional right,'' a federal judge on Feb. 6 blocked the Trump administration from implementing its plan to deny citizenship to children born to people who are not here legally.
Trump bans transgender girls from female sports – legal questions remain
President Trump signed an order Feb. 5 designed to keep transgender girls and women out of sports designated for females.
Proposal would slash jobless benefits in good times
State lawmakers are trying to cut the amount of time you can collect unemployment benefits while you look for another job.
