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Dec 18, 2023

Kolodin files Bar complaint against Cochise County attorney

An attorney involved in the legal dispute over whether Cochise County could do a full hand count of ballots now is seeking to have the State Bar of Arizona sanction the county attorney who had told the supervisors the move would be illegal.

Dec 15, 2023

Kolodin agrees to Bar discipline in connection with election challenges

A state legislator who is a lawyer has been placed on probation for 18 months for his role in three lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election and in filing suit against a Democratic state lawmaker for urging the FBI to investigate the activities of Republican lawmakers in and around the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Dec 13, 2023

Republicans pitch proposal to lower cost of gasoline

Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation intended to lower prices by as much as a dollar per gallon coming off a summer where Arizona drivers saw gas prices rise above $5 per gallon.  

Dec 7, 2023

Bills trickle in – water, teacher pay among top issues

With just about a month until the start of Arizona’s next legislative session, lawmakers are already proposing bills to prepare for the 2024 session after their measures from the previous session just took effect at the end of October. 

Sun, ethics complaint, House, Mayes
Dec 6, 2023

House ethics panel to review complaint against Sun

A House ethics panel is set to hold an evidentiary hearing to review a complaint against a Democratic lawmaker accused of harassing and threatening employees with the city of Tolleson and interfering in a child custody dispute. 

hand counts, Mohave County, Mayes
Nov 27, 2023

Court rejects Toma and Petersen’s claims of legislative privilege tied to how past legislation became law

The state's top Republican lawmakers can't avoid having to answer questions about their backing of legislation making it more difficult to register to vote.

psilocybin whole mushrooms , Payne, Arizona Department of Health Services
Nov 27, 2023

State taking initial steps to explore possibly legalizing use of certain mushrooms

It won't make Arizona into Colorado or Oregon. And whatever happens will take years. But the state is taking the first steps to what could be legalizing the use of certain mushrooms -- and, specifically psiolocybin -- for use, at least for some people.

Grand Canyon National Park, Biden, national monument, Hobbs, Stanton, Grijalva, Sinema
Nov 6, 2023

Top GOP legislative lawmakers prepare to fight Biden administration, trying to help Utah

Preparing for their own fight with the Biden administration over a new national monument in Arizona, the top legislative Republicans now are attempting to help the state of Utah in its own battle against two other monuments.

LDS, Paul Adams, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lawsuit
Nov 1, 2023

Travers pushing for exception to state laws that allow clergy to hide abuse confessed

A first-term Democratic lawmaker wants to enact an exception to state laws that allow clergy to refuse to disclose what was told to them in confession or similar confidential communication.

House, Senate, health, lawmakers, Medicaid fraud
Oct 27, 2023

Lawmakers plan to tackle diverse health-related issues next year 

Members of the House and Senate Health and Human Services committees are hoping to address a myriad of issues in 2024.  

Oct 25, 2023

Gress wants to extend alcohol sales an extra hour for Diamondbacks fans

A Phoenix lawmaker wants to give Arizona Diamondbacks fans an extra hour of alcohol-fueled revelry to celebrate their reaching the World Series.

groundwater, Rio Verde, Scottsdale, House, Senate, Kolodin, Kavanagh
Oct 20, 2023

Borrelli slams Griffin claiming she misrepresented his and Biasiucci’s water legislation

Upset with what he said are lies being told about his efforts to protect groundwater, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate is lashing out at a veteran House Republican who has for years bottled up various efforts to deal with the problem.

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