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Senate approves 2 bills related to gender identity in schools
State senators voted Monday to force teachers to "out'' students who want to be identified by a different gender to their parents.
Audit says state leased land to Saudi company at rates below market
State Auditor General Lindsey Perry is blasting the State Land Department for leasing land to a Saudi-owned company in western Arizona for below-market rates and not requiring it to pay for – or even report – the amount of groundwater it has been using.
Spokesman: Hobbs won’t sign bill allowing cops to arrest illegal border crossers
Saying the federal government has failed Arizona, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to let police here start arresting people who have entered the country illegally.
Judge recuses himself from elections case over brother’s tweets
A judge whose brother made comments about a case that wound up before him has agreed to step away following a motion to have him disqualified.
10,000 more kids to qualify for health care insurance
Nearly 10,000 Arizona children of the working poor will soon be eligible for subsidized health care.
General warns lawmakers legislation could decimate AZ National Guard
Saying they're "our'' National Guard soldiers, Republican state lawmakers are picking a fight with Washington over who controls them.
Proposed law nixes public benefits for illegal border crossers
Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to making it more difficult for those who have crossed the border illegally to get public benefits.
Petersen, Toma want judge in elections case disqualified over brother’s tweets
When it comes to being a fair judge, does it matter what your brother thinks of the parties and their claim?
House committee passes bill making secret recordings a felony
A proposal to make felons out of those who secretly record phone conversations is causing some alarm among a group that sometimes uses the tactic: journalists.
Cities, towns oppose bill to ban police budget cuts
Saying he wants to short-circuit "defund the police'' movements here, a first-term state lawmaker is pushing legislation designed to bar cities from cutting public safety funding.
GOP lawmakers make Christmas tree of ADOT continuation
Republican lawmakers are moving to forever quash the idea of intercity rail. And they're doing it in a way that could force Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs to go along.
Legislative leaders sue Biden over ‘land grab’
Top legislative Republicans filed suit Monday against President Biden over his decision last year to designate nearly 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument.
