Homelessness finds bipartisan shelter in Senate committee
Republicans are showing a new interest in addressing homelessness this session by supporting legislation previously championed by Democrats as five bills passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday, including one... […]
Senate OKs raise to AEL
The Senate mustered enough votes today to sidestep massive cuts to public school funding. After several weeks of inaction, the Senate passed legislation 23-6 to raise a spending cap on... […]
Former Senate Minority Leader David Bradley dies
Former state Senate Minority Leader David Bradley died Saturday. Bradley, a Democrat, was first elected to the state House in 2002. He made an unsuccessful bid for Arizona Corporation in... […]
Hobbs seeks clarity, Senate GOP bemoans 2022 signature snafu
State legislators are working on an emergency law to clarify how many signatures candidates need to get on the ballot in this year’s elections. The initiative comes after Secretary of... […]
House OKs school spending limit, Senate wavers
After the House voted to suspend a cap on spending for public schools earlier this week, eyes turn to the Senate, which is still stalled. Sen. President Karen Fann,... […]
TV spending begins in Republican governor’s primary
GOP gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson’s campaign is in the middle of a multi-million-dollar TV ad buy and a pair of outside groups have placed TV ads attacking fellow Republican... […]
ASBA pulls out of national school boards association
The Arizona School Boards Association is leaving the National School Boards Association, ASBA Executive Director Sheila Harrison-Williams wrote Wednesday in a letter to NSBA Executive Director John Heim. “While we... […]
GOP-led Arizona Senate OKs huge school voucher expansion
Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a massive expansion of the state’s school voucher system on Wednesday, a contentious proposal the sponsor says is aimed at low-income students but that also adds... […]
Finchem subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Commission
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed six more... […]
AEL approved by House
The Legislature took a big step closer Tuesday to helping schools avoid a potential fiscal cliff on March 1 and fund their operations through the end of the year. The... […]
House panel looks to blunt ‘defund the police’
A House panel voted Monday to ask voters to bar cities from cutting funding for police and sheriffs or risk losing state aid. Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, said the move... […]
Arizona Birthday Moments: Supercentenarian edition
In the 110 years since it became the country’s 48th state, Arizona has been the site of countless historic moments – from the discovery of Pluto at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory... […]