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LD15 GOP Senate primary pits purists vs. pragmatists
A win on August 4 would let Nancy Barto reclaim the Senate seat she gave up two years ago, but Barto and her allies have their eyes set on a... […]
Ugenti-Rita defends seat against spectrum of detractors
Bright yellow signs blasting Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita as “ethically compromised” litter roads in Scottsdale, where the 10-year incumbent seeks to fend off a primary challenge from a well-funded opponent. It’s... […]
2020 Arizona law school grads want OK to skip bar exam
Recent law school graduates have until July 10 to decide whether they’ll risk COVID-19 by sitting for the bar exam later this month or jeopardize their chosen careers by delaying... […]
Ducey grants $9 million of federal aid for elections safety
Gov. Doug Ducey on July 2 announced plans to spend $9 million in federal coronavirus relief funds on election security, alleviating concerns that Arizona election officials could lose funding because... […]
GOP lawmaker calls for 10-year punishment for memorial vandals
The next time someone pours paint on, tars-and-feathers or tries to topple a monument somewhere in Arizona, one state lawmaker wants the vandal to face a prison sentence equivalent to... […]
Democrats, Republicans adopt divergent campaign strategies amid pandemic
Democratic legislative candidate Felicia French, who just returned from volunteering as a nurse on the Navajo Nation for a month, went back to a campaign that couldn’t look more different... […]
GOP lawmakers bypass Democrat Hobbs to disburse elections money
Legislative Republicans voted without warning Wednesday to yank $500,000 that Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs planned to use for voter outreach and redistribute it to counties in a move... […]
Q&A with Senate Minority Leader David Bradley
Senate Minority Leader David Bradley will end a 16-year career as a lawmaker this year with a rare accomplishment: having voted for a bipartisan budget. It only took a global... […]
Q&A with Senate President Karen Fann
Senate President Karen Fann is always searching for silver linings. And while she can only describe the 2020 legislative session as “chaotic,” the Prescott Republican found a silver lining mixed... […]
Senate, House make 2020 legislative session disjointed
The House and Senate spent the session in a state of disjunction, with the Senate usually — though not always — a step or two ahead. A disconnect between the... […]
Senate, House have differing styles in legislating
On the last day of substantive business in the Senate, President Karen Fann, a Republican, ceded her seat and gavel to Sen. Rebecca Rios, a Democrat. It was a symbol... […]
Passage of pre-existing conditions law shows change in thinking
One of the 90 bills Gov. Doug Ducey signed this year enshrines in state statute a key tenet of the Obama administration’s signature health care law — that insurers provide... […]
