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Rep. Mark Finchem wants the State Board of Education to craft an educator code of ethics explicitly prohibiting politicking in the classroom - an activity already banned under state law.

The Arizona Corporation Commission has restarted talks of electric retail competition five years after a similar effort fell flat.

You probably know Raquel Terán’s name by now. But she’s more than a name on a frivolous lawsuit.

For the second year in a row, the House hovers on the edge of moral turmoil and the potential ouster of a member.

House Speaker-elect Rusty Bowers has dissolved the House Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee that Rep. David Stringer was slated to chair.

Republicans still hold the majority at the Legislature and significant posts at the state level, and they're not afraid to exercise that power.

Rep. David Stringer on Friday was stripped of his chairmanship of the House Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee after again making inflammatory comments about race and immigration.

He’s determined to represent all of his constituents, including Gov. Doug Ducey himself, who Lieberman described as a neighbor.

No election cycle would be complete without a cadre of candidates preaching about the importance of working across the aisle. But that line will really be put to the test in the Arizona House of Representatives in 2019.

While all eyes were on the state Senate in anticipation of a potentially momentous Democratic power shift, it was the House of Representatives that saw a big step away from Republican dominance.