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Ducey signs abortion, transgender bills
Gov. Doug Ducey on March 30 signed legislation to outlaw virtually all abortions after 15 weeks, preclude transgender girls from participating in women's sports, and make it illegal for doctors to perform "irreversible gender reassignment surgery'' on minors.
CRT ban gets Senate panel’s nod
A resolution to stop schools from adopting, endorsing, or adhering to ideas known as “critical race theory” passed a Senate panel today on party lines.
House panel Oks school-funding rewrite
Republican lawmakers are pushing ahead with the first major revamp in four decades of how schools are funded despite the package was assembled without input from traditional public schools.
Proposed school funding revamp underway
A new education funding plan proposed at the Arizona Legislature would revamp the state’s funding formula for public districts and charter schools – but critics argue the proposal would not... […]
Tax hike to aid fire districts advances
Arizona voters might be deciding in November whether to bump up sales taxes to patch up fire districts’ budgets, if a measure working its way through the House passes.
House sends transgender sports, abortion bills to Ducey
Bills to ban many abortions and restrict transgender youth from getting reassignment surgery or playing on some sports teams are headed to Gov. Ducey’s desk.
Independent experts find no foul play in 2020 election
A new report from an independent review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election equipment supports what the county has said all along: the voting machines weren’t connected to the internet, and the county didn’t try to obstruct the state Senate’s audit or delete data.
Ban of vax mandate for kids advances
State lawmakers are moving to permanently bar health officials from requiring students to be vaccinated against Covid to attend public schools.
Court solves PC problem, finds provision unconstitutional
A Yavapai County Superior Court judge struck down a new law that would have eliminated 2022 elections for precinct committeemen, declaring it unconstitutional.
Senate subpoena angers Maricopa County BOS chairman
The chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors lashed out at the decision by Sen. Kelly Townsend to issue a subpoena ordering them to produce some information by March 28.
Senate committee subpoenas Maricopa County BOS
The head of the Senate Government Committee said Monday she is ordering Maricopa County officials to show up next week to explain why they aren't providing documents demanded by Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
After political and legal wrangling, SOS begins E-Qual updating process
After months of misfires and threats that spilled into the courts, the Secretary of State’s online signature-gathering system removed some functionality to begin updates on Thursday night, a minute before midnight.
