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Democrats want voters to know that Republican gains in the midterms could mean an end to legal abortion in Arizona, and possibly nationwide. 

Arizona is facing the possibility of a total ban on abortions this year if states get back the power to enforce their own abortion regulations. 

Ten former lawmakers, many of whom have personal or political baggage, are on the ballot for legislative seats this year.

While some state Senate candidates can relax – nine are unopposed both in the August primary and the general, and a few others are facing only token opposition in districts that are safe for their parties – other would-be legislators have tough races ahead of them. 

Ukranian consul general Dmytro Kushneruk asked a joint session of the House and Senate to send weapons and funds to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion.  

Election reform bills have fallen en masse in the Senate, but Republicans say the legislation is not being abandoned and makes a point to voters. 

While both the House and Senate have passed bills to walk back a legal change made earlier this month and allow for precinct committeeman elections, neither has enough support now to take effect in time. 

Lawmakers spent much of March 8 trying to fix a bill passed last week that ended precinct committeemen elections for this year and replaced them with appointments by county party officials. 

House Speaker Rusty Bowers filed a statement of interest today to run for a seat in the Arizona Senate.  Bowers, R-Mesa, is term limited and cannot seek re-election to the Arizona House of Representatives. He filed to run for Senate ...

House Speaker Rusty Bowers still wants a hearing for a bill he is co-sponsoring to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people, even if he has to handpick the committee to get it done.  On Thursday, Bowers joined with the Democrats to ...