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The House Ethics Committee denied Rep. David Stringer’s request that he be allowed to present documents in the investigation against him in private.

The leaders of Colorado River basin states are asking Congress to approve the newly adopted drought contingency plan that they admit is not a long-term solution to a dryer future and less water in the river.

It didn’t go well when Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives met on February 27.

The Arizona State Bar has dismissed its investigation into Rep. David Stringer.

A bill that removes inactive voters from the state’s early ballot mailing list could affect hundreds of thousands of Arizonans, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Republican state senators today rejected an effort by the chamber’s Democrats to vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Gov. Doug Ducey gets to choose from among five candidates to be the next justice on Arizona’s Supreme Court.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has won three consecutive elections as the county’s chief prosecutor, but he couldn’t get the few votes needed to make it on the shortlist of Arizona Supreme Court nominees.

The Capitol shouldn’t hold its collective breath for a House Ethics Committee hearing on Rep. David Stringer as Ethics Chairman T.J. Shope wants to avoid that kind of “circus” and thinks he’s legally justified in doing so.

Chief Justice Scott Bales informed Governor Doug Ducey today he plans to retire this summer once his term as chief justice is up.