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Dem lawyers say election audit could violate laws
A group of Arizona lawyers sent Senate president Karen Fann and her team of election auditors a warning that their plans to knock on voters’ doors violate a bevy of state and federal laws — including one passed because of the Ku Klux Klan.
Dissension over masks returns in Senate, House
“Unfortunately, now it’s every man for themselves. People will have to stay masked up and avoid people who refuse to wear masks.” - Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Rios.
Cocktails to go for restaurants may be back
Lawmakers say they’re close to reaching an agreement that would let restaurants resume selling cocktails to go without costing bar owners who paid dearly for the privilege to sell alcohol to go.
Bill to require clergy to report child sex abuse dies in Senate
Her daughter wouldn’t have spent the first 30 months of her life enduring violent abuse if a bill a panel of Arizona senators voted to kill under religious pressure today had been law six years ago, a mother told the Senate committee.
Lawmakers assert power grab over state offices
For every headache another branch of government causes a legislator, there’s a simple solution – introduce a bill.
Bipartisan ‘political science experiment’ plays in Legislature
Usually, legislative Democrats are lucky if it takes two hands to count the number of bills they get signed into law.
Ethics panel dismisses complaint against Rogers
A Senate panel voted along party lines Tuesday to dismiss an ethics complaint against a freshman Republican senator accused of mistreating her former assistant.
Senate changes rules to allow votes cast remotely
The Senate changed its rules to allow people who have tested positive for Covid to vote from home, setting aside constitutional concerns after a Republican contracted the disease.
Report on Rogers’ alleged ethics violations draws no conclusions
A Senate panel could decide as early as tomorrow whether a vocal freshman senator violated ethics rules by mistreating her former assistant.
Push to change election laws triggers GOP infighting
The showdown illustrated a point of contention among Republicans this year. Ugenti-Rita has for years led her caucus on election policy, pushing bills that earned the ire of voting rights advocates but that still pale in comparison to legislation introduced this year by others.
GOP senators take revenge on Boyer
A small group of Senate Republicans on Tuesday sought to punish one of their GOP colleagues for killing their legislation by voting to claw back one of his bills from the House.
Boyer’s vote triggers threats of violence, retribution
Silence lingered as everyone in the room watched Boyer, then scanning through text messages to save the most overt threats for police. Boyer looked up and shook his head. The vote was over. His hellish week was just beginning.
