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Election reform bills have fallen en masse in the Senate, but Republicans say the legislation is not being abandoned and makes a point to voters. 

While both the House and Senate have passed bills to walk back a legal change made earlier this month and allow for precinct committeeman elections, neither has enough support now to take effect in time. 

A bill asking voters to extend a half-cent transportation sales tax in Maricopa County passed the Senate on Wednesday with an emergency clause.  The final vote was 21-9 with all Democrats and several Republicans supporting the bill.  If Senate Bill ...

A Senate panel on Tuesday passed Republican-sponsored bills increasing parents’ power to veto school materials and get access to more information on the lives of their children.

A total of 14 Republican bills died on the Senate floor on Monday, the most bills struck down in one session in recent memory.  Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, voted against 12 of the dead bills along with the entire Democratic ...

Republicans have introduced several bills this year to expand the places where people can carry a concealed handgun.

It turned out to be a frustrating few days for the Republican Senators who’ve talked for months about using the 2022 legislative session to make substantial changes to Arizona election laws in the wake of the 2020 election audit. 

An abortion ban modeled on a Mississippi law being challenged in court right now took a step closer to becoming law in Arizona today. 

State senators on Monday quashed a bid to give Attorney General Mark Brnovich more power to investigate elections.  Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, voted with Democrats against Senate Bill 1475. That left the measure without the necessary 16 votes for approval.  ...

A bill clarifying the signature thresholds for candidates’ nominating petitions has become law after being rushed through the Legislature Thursday.  The House suspended its rules this morning to pass House Bill 2839 on a 58-0 vote. The Senate took action ...