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Senate panel passes bill to stop furtherance of ‘Marxist ideologies’
Members of a Senate panel voted Wednesday to allow any Arizonan to file suit against any level of government who they believe is "furthering Marxist ideologies.''
GOP bill would strike ‘gender’ from state law, limit sex to male, female
GOP senators want to rewrite state law to define sex as only male and female and not “a person’s subjective sense of self,” a move they said will protect women and girls from “unwanted intrusions” by transgender women.
House debates bill to keep student fees from antisemitic groups
Saying students should not have to fund antisemitism, the state House gave preliminary approval Monday to legislation allowing students to keep their mandated fees from going to certain organizations.
LD5 Democrats nominate 3 candidates for House seat vacancy
With two vacancies in the state House of Representatives, Democratic precinct committeemen in Legislative District 5 nominated three candidates Monday to vie for one spot, but they stalled in finding enough candidates for a second vacancy.
DEI prohibitions get Senate approval
Two bills introduced by the Arizona Freedom Caucus leader sparked a heated floor debate relating to the definition of discrimination and its implications for the functioning of state agencies and businesses.
Some lawmakers skeptical about proposal to legalize flying cars
The flying cars that The Jetsons made us believe we would all have by now haven't quite materialized. But a veteran state lawmaker wants to be sure Arizona is ready for them when they finally do arrive.
House Ethics Committee finds Sun committed disorderly behavior
A House ethics panel determined Tuesday that a Democratic representative accused of making a death threat to a city of Tolleson employee engaged in disorderly behavior.
Cities oppose GOP housing plan
Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature are trying again to address the state’s housing affordability crisis by limiting the ability of cities and towns to set minimum standards for single-family homes.
GOP lawmaker wants to require schools to teach about communist regimes
The way Ben Toma sees it, perhaps communism is a good idea - but only on paper.
Ethics panel probes Sun’s alleged death threats
Two witnesses testified Jan. 25 to a House ethics panel alleging they directly heard a Democratic representative threaten the life of a Tolleson city employee.
Longdon announces resignation from state House
The Democratic caucus in the state House of Representatives will soon be down another member after a Phoenix representative submitted her letter of resignation on Thursday.
GOP lawmaker brings new immigration proposal despite SB1070 case law
A Republican state senator has introduced legislation dealing with illegal immigrants that could conflict with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which said Arizona has no right to enforce federal immigration laws.
