Recent Articles from Nathan Brown and Kyra Haas Arizona Capitol Times
Vacancies mean new legislative look in 2022
Bids for higher office, a criminal indictment, and personal reasons have brought an unusual number of legislative resignations this year.
In their court
Republican lawmakers will likely use results of the partisan Senate audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County as a blueprint for changes to voting procedures and administration.
‘General nastiness’ takes hold at Capitol
Even though threats of harm, inflammatory messages and acts of intimidation can be part of heated public policy debates, colleagues of Michelle Ugenti-Rita on both sides of the aisle agree that the atmosphere today is more toxic than it used to be.
Constituents press lawmakers to ban CRT
More than 100 constituents pressured Republican lawmakers for months to crack down on “critical race theory” in schools, calling it Marxist or urging them not to negotiate with Democrats on the budget, according to emails.
Blackman prisoner release bill fails – again
There were plenty of issues taken up during the 171-day legislative session that ended June 30 that everyone knew would be contentious, even in January.