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GOP lawmakers block vote on whether state should ratify ERA
Republican lawmakers have once again blocked a vote on whether Arizona should ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
Senate committee approves some egg sales beyond 30 days in stores
If some state lawmakers get their way, those AA-labeled eggs you find at the store later this year -- and pay a premium for -- may not be as fresh and tasty as they are now.
Senators vote to require new elections when voters claim disenfranchisement
State senators voted Tuesday to require new elections any time a certain number of voters claim they were "disenfranchised.''
Measure to outlaw diversity, equity, inclusion programs in governments, universities advances
Saying he was doing what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted, a Queen Creek senator got Republican colleagues to vote to outlaw diversity, equity and inclusion programs in state and local governments and the university system.
Senators approve Department of Education developing banned book list
State senators agreed to have the state Department of Education come up with a list of books that cannot be used in public schools.
Bill would strip voters’ ability to drop off early ballots on Election Day
It's being billed as a method to get more rapid election results. But a measure awaiting Senate debate would strip people who get early ballots in the mail of the option to hang on to them until the last minute and then simply drop them off at a polling place on Election Day.
Mesnard aims to reaffirm state’s debt limit, end ‘creative financing’
The way Sen. J.D. Mesnard sees it, when the people who crafted the Arizona Constitution put in a $350,000 debt limit they weren't kidding.
Republican senators approve measures aimed at shielding children from ‘drag shows’
Over the objections of Democrats, all 16 Republican state senators approved two measures Thursday that proponents say are designed to outlaw "drag shows'' that can be seen by children -- even as neither measure actually uses those words.
Kern’s bill would target judges who sanction attorneys
A Glendale state senator who calls reports of a riot on Jan. 6, 2021, "a sham'' is now going after judges who sanction attorneys for filing what he believes are "good faith'' claims on behalf of clients.
Senate votes to exempt new businesses from having to pay state taxes
Starting a new business? Arizona lawmakers apparently want to help you succeed.
Two bills attacking so-called ‘culture war’ issues await final votes
Two measures dealing with what could be considered "culture war'' issues await a final vote in the state Senate.
Attorneys urge Supreme Court to dismiss Lake’s elections claims
Attorneys for Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes and Maricopa County are urging the justices of the Arizona Supreme Court to send Kari Lake packing in her latest -- and possibly last -- bid to overturn the results of the 2022 gubernatorial race.
