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A measure to let the Arizona Office of Tourism sell goods and services to raise money is drawing opposition from some Republican lawmakers who see it as "a scandal in the making.''

Arizona doesn’t have a shortage of people who want to be nurses, but there is a critical shortage of active nurses able to train them. 

Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation to tighten up voter registration requirements in a way that may not be legal. 

Gov. Doug Ducey on March 30 signed legislation to outlaw virtually all abortions after 15 weeks, preclude transgender girls from participating in women's sports, and make it illegal for doctors to perform "irreversible gender reassignment surgery'' on minors. 

The Arizona Coyotes want to change a new state law that legalizes sports betting to allow them to keep running their mobile sports gambling operation when they move from Glendale to Arizona State University's hockey arena next season. 

A Senate panel unanimously approved plans Tuesday to set up a special division within the Department of Public Safety to investigate police use of force despite concerns by some that it does not go far enough to ensure a true independent review.

A bill to ban discrimination against LGBTQ and transgender people got a lengthy hearing earlier this month but will not be going any further this year. 

A Senate panel gave a new, temporary life Monday to a bill that would restrict early voting and mandate hand counts of ballots.

A Republican lawmaker is finally going to get a chance to try to sell colleagues on his idea of killing early voting and requiring all ballots to be hand counted.

Supporters and opponents of a bill to extend anti-discrimination protections to gay and transgender Arizonans packed into a House committee room for several hours of testimony Thursday afternoon.