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State, police crack down on packed nightclubs
Scottsdale police cited one nightclub in the city for not complying with the state’s reopening guidelines and the state is also cracking down on three establishments owned by the family of Gov. Doug Ducey’s top health advisor.
Ducey’s office: No conflict for aide with ties to Scottsdale bars
Maskless partiers lined the streets of Old Town Scottsdale hoping to get into their favorite nightclub on Memorial Day weekend, days after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey allowed his extended stay-at-home order to expire.
GOP lawmakers bypass Democrat Hobbs to disburse elections money
Legislative Republicans voted without warning Wednesday to yank $500,000 that Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs planned to use for voter outreach and redistribute it to counties in a move... […]
Public schools to get infusion of cash for classes to resume
Arizona schools will divide up $270 million in federal cash to help them get started when classes resume.
Travelers from Arizona to 3 Northeastern states told to quarantine
Planning on a trip to the Big Apple? Be prepared to spend two weeks locked away somewhere as a new directive from the governors of three Northeast states proves that... […]
Trump credits new border wall with stopping migrants, virus
President Donald Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday to celebrate construction of more than 200 miles of wall, hoping it will remind voters of progress he’s made toward one his... […]
AG: Supreme Court case binding on sex discrimination in workplace in Arizona
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is going to begin enforcing Arizona's civil rights laws against private employers who discriminate based on someone's sexual orientation.
Even amid COVID, scandals set the tone at the Legislature
The 2020 session was, in some ways, the story of two scandals: one that rocked the Capitol and continued reverberating weeks after the Legislature adjourned, and one that quickly fizzled... […]
Progressive organizers continue winning streak in truncated session
Six months ago – or an eternity, depending on how you count – before the coronavirus, before the most recent wave of public demonstration against police violence, before the David... […]
Groups settle lawsuit over ballot counting
In a deal reached Thursday, two groups who challenged the law will not pursue their claim that it is unconstitutional to refuse to count ballots that have not arrived in the mail by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Senate, House have differing styles in legislating
On the last day of substantive business in the Senate, President Karen Fann, a Republican, ceded her seat and gavel to Sen. Rebecca Rios, a Democrat. It was a symbol... […]
Governor gives cities, counties power to require masks in public
Arizona cities and counties are getting the power to require people there to wear masks. The permission from Gov. Doug Ducey comes less than a week after he specifically rejected... […]
