For most of this session, lawmakers have been working with stakeholders of various interests to cobble together legislation that addresses Arizona’s water woes, but concerns over conservation and money have slowed progress.
Read More »Money, conservation slows water authority bill
Bill makes illegal voting practice illegal – again 
Republican lawmakers are asking Gov. Doug Ducey to sign a bill they concede has no practical effect.
Read More »Senate approves vaccine, masks bans 
State senators voted Tuesday to forever bar the state Department of Health Services from requiring students to be vaccinated against Covid to attend school.
Read More »Rogers faces ethics probe over social media posts 
Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, will be under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee after posting comments on social media about the massacre in Buffalo, New York on Saturday.
Read More »State, feds at odds over minimum wage 
The Biden administration says state Attorney General Mark Brnovich has no right to second guess - and sue - over the president's decision to set a $15 minimum wage for employees of federal contractors.
Read More »Dems to make abortion a campaign issue 
Democrats want voters to know that Republican gains in the midterms could mean an end to legal abortion in Arizona, and possibly nationwide.
Read More »Contractors oppose federal OSHA take-over 
Contractors and business groups are mounting a defense of Arizona’s workplace safety agency as the federal government considers intervening in local workplace safety regulation.
Read More »State executes 1st prisoner in 7 years 
A man convicted of murdering 21-year-old Deana Bowdoin in 1978 was executed Wednesday morning -- the first time Arizona has put someone to death in nearly eight years.
Read More »Supreme Court to decide Senate audit records challenge 
The Senate claimed legislative privilege Tuesday at the Arizona Supreme Court in its bid to withhold or redact more than 1,000 documents related to the review of the 2020 general election in Maricopa County.
Read More »Lawyers for Prop 208 foes seek $1M in legal fees 
Groups that killed a voter-approved tax to fund education in court now want nearly $1 million in legal fees from initiative organizers and the state.
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