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Arizona voters will decide in November 2022 whether immigrants in this country illegally who are Arizona residents should be allowed to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.

A ballot measure that could let Arizona “Dreamers” pay in-state tuition to attend universities and community colleges was unexpectedly revived in the House of Representatives on May 5 and could pass on May 10.

Police in Arizona will soon need a criminal conviction before they can seize their in connection with a crime.

As the Legislature enters what are likely the waning weeks of the 2021 session, a few bills meant to make Arizona's system of criminal sentencing more lenient have already been signed into law, while more ambitious measures have stalled.

While House Republican leaders are optimistic that a major tax overhaul that would shift Arizona to a flat income tax will get 31 votes in that chamber, it may need changes before it becomes something that can pass the Senate.

After more than two hours of impassioned and at times acrimonious debate, the House voted 31-29 along party lines Thursday to advance a bill that would put several new restrictions on abortion in Arizona.

Long-simmering tensions boiled over in the House Wednesday, as Democratic lawmakers and opponents of GOP-sponsored bills to tighten voting rules and let businesses avoid Proposition 208’s surcharge accused Republican committee chairman of trying to silence them.

They have a tough road ahead – only one legislator has been successfully recalled in Arizona history. What’s more, the Finchem recall movement needs 24,775 valid signatures of registered voters by July 8 to get the recall on the ballot and they have to find a competitive candidate to run against Finchem, who has held office since 2015.

Although several measures aimed at cutting prison sentences and making other major changes to Arizona’s criminal justice system have passed the House this year, the big question is whether these bills will make it through the Senate or even get a hearing there.

With most headline-grabbing election measures dead, numerous others that pit arguments of voter integrity against voter suppression are working their way through the Legislature.