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House panel Oks school-funding rewrite
Republican lawmakers are pushing ahead with the first major revamp in four decades of how schools are funded despite the package was assembled without input from traditional public schools.
Ban of vax mandate for kids advances
State lawmakers are moving to permanently bar health officials from requiring students to be vaccinated against Covid to attend public schools.
Senate subpoena angers Maricopa County BOS chairman
The chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors lashed out at the decision by Sen. Kelly Townsend to issue a subpoena ordering them to produce some information by March 28.
Senate committee subpoenas Maricopa County BOS
The head of the Senate Government Committee said Monday she is ordering Maricopa County officials to show up next week to explain why they aren't providing documents demanded by Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
Dead election bill to get hearing in Senate
A Republican lawmaker is finally going to get a chance to try to sell colleagues on his idea of killing early voting and requiring all ballots to be hand counted.
Ducey, lawmakers work on flat-tax proposal
Key Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey are moving to undermine the scheduled public vote on last year's $1.9 billion tax cut.
Senate nixes bill to give AG’s office more power over elections
State senators on Monday quashed a bid to give Attorney General Mark Brnovich more power to investigate elections. Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, voted with Democrats against Senate Bill 1475. That... […]
Townsend ends 2022 pursuit of U.S. House seat
State Sen. Kelly Townsend is folding her congressional bid, a move that could pave the way for her to take on — and possibly unseat — the recently censured... […]
Ducey opens door to camp for kids to catch up learning
Parents who think their kids need a bit of an academic boost can begin signing up this coming week to send them to summer camp. But, for the most part,... […]
House panel OKs read-out loud change to initiative petitions
A House panel approved legislation Wednesday that could give foes of voter-proposed initiatives a new legal tool to keep them from ever getting to the ballot. Senate Bill 1094 would... […]
Auditor: Not all teachers got 20% raise
Arizona schools have not lived up to the 2018 school year promise to increase teacher pay by 20% by this past year. A new report by the state Auditor General’s... […]
Legislature considers forcing employers to pay employees who refuse vaccinations
Arizonans fired from their jobs for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID could end up with the company having to continue to pay them for a year. The state House... […]
