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Teachers set for days of rallies at Capitol
Arizona Educators United have permission to rally at the Capitol all day Friday and most of next week.
Arizona Senate moves to change rules for replacing McCain
The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature is moving to ensure that ailing Sen. John McCain's seat isn't on the November ballot if he leaves office, but Democrats plan to block the effort.
Don Shooter alleges conspiracy in claim notice
Expelled lawmaker Don Shooter alleges that the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and staff members in Gov. Doug Ducey’s office conspired to remove him from office.
Ducey proposes spending sweeps, reductions and rosy revenues to fund teacher raise
Gov. Doug Ducey plans on funding a 20 percent teacher raise over the next three years with rosy revenue projections and a mix of funding sweeps, lottery revenues and spending reductions.
Cities and towns willing to exempt certain digital items from taxation
The League of Arizona Cities and Towns has offered a compromise over the taxation of digital goods and services in the state.
Hearing on Ducey gun violence bill cancelled
Lawmakers hope to take another look at the governor’s proposed school safety plan before the legislation is debated in committee.
House leaders offer teacher pay raise plan
Republican House leadership is backing a plan to give teachers a 6-percent pay bump next year at the expense of Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to restore cuts to K-12 school capital funding.
Gov. Ducey signs bill creating minimum Arizona marriage age
Arizona has become the latest state to prohibit some child marriages under a bill signed by Gov. Doug Ducey, preventing anyone younger than 16 from getting hitched.
House kills bill to allow eye tests for pot impairment
Unwilling to trust untested technology, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to block employers from firing workers based on their eye movements.
Ducey’s violence prevention proposal begins Senate process
With a little tweaking, the Arizona Senate is poised to debate Gov. Doug Ducey’s school safety plan, but the bill’s fate in the House remains uncertain.
Abortion questionnaire bill on Ducey’s desk
On a largely party-line vote the state Senate voted 17-13 Wednesday to approve a list of questions about the reasons for deciding to terminate a pregnancy.
House approves abortion questionnaire bill
Saying they're protecting women's health, the state House voted Monday along party lines to require hospitals and clinics to ask patients the reason they are seeking an abortion.
