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The state Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that eliminates the possibility you could be arrested if you drive faster than 85 miles per hour.

State senators on Tuesday rejected the one tax break sought by Gov. Doug Ducey in his State of the State speech.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s attempt to pass a law allowing a judge to order people deemed a potential threat to themselves or others to forfeit their weapons and submit to mental health evaluations is effectively dead in the Legislature.

House and Senate committees on February 20 narrowly approved two bills designed to roll back a 2016 state law that barred cities from restricting short-term rentals and created what critics describe as a “multi-headed monster.”

A Republican lawmaker is filing a pair of ethics complaints against two Democrats after conflict erupted in a committee Tuesday night between lawmakers and activists there to protest proposed legislation that would overhaul the state’s ballot initiative system.

Long-awaited legislation that would create an early release program for people convicted of non-violent crimes passed through the House Judiciary committee Wednesday, offering relief to lawmakers who have fought for broad changes to sentencing laws to no avail for the better part of two years.

State lawmakers decided Tuesday that Arizona needs to remember the victims of Communism.

Protesters escorted out of a Senate hearing last week announced on Tuesday they will be filing an ethics complaint against the committee chair who ordered their removal.

A Gilbert Republican lawmaker wants to limit the number of unmarked cars that police can use for traffic stops.

Saying the state has more money than it needs, Republicans on a House panel voted Wednesday to cut state taxes to the tune of by nearly $162 million this coming budget year and an undetermined amount years down the road.