A House panel approved legislation Wednesday that could give foes of voter-proposed initiatives a new legal tool to keep them from ever getting to the ballot. Senate Bill 1094 would spell out that petition circulators have to read, out loud, ...
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Legislature considers forcing employers to pay employees who refuse vaccinations 
Arizonans fired from their jobs for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID could end up with the company having to continue to pay them for a year. The state House gave preliminary approval Monday to legislation that makes such payments ...
Read More »Senate moves mail-in voting ID bill to House 
A bill to require ID for early mail-in voting passed the Senate Thursday with only Republican support. Although voting in-person at the polls requires voters to present ID, early mail-in voting does not. A concurrent resolution to change this passed ...
Read More »House panel OKs revised ban on videotaping police 
An Arizona House committee on Monday approved a proposed law that would make it illegal to make video recordings of police in many circumstances after the Republican sponsor made changes he said were designed to address constitutional concerns. The original ...
Read More »House kicks nixing algebra as requisite to Senate 
When was the last time you had to deal with logarithmic expressions? Worked with polynomials and radical expressions? Had to work out probability? They’re all part of what is generally considered algebra 2, one of the courses that Arizona high ...
Read More »Arizona House OKs critical race theory ban in constitution 
Republicans in the Arizona House approved a measure Thursday that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the teaching of so-called “critical race theory” in schools and bar any preferential treatment based on race. A ban on ...
Read More »GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills 
House Speaker Rusty Bowers still wants a hearing for a bill he is co-sponsoring to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people, even if he has to handpick the committee to get it done. On Thursday, Bowers joined with the Democrats to ...
Read More »GOP push to slice up Maricopa County advances 
A bill to break Maricopa County into four took its first step to the full House. The House Government and Elections Committee voted 7-6 along party lines Wednesday to advance House Bill 2787, which would reduce Maricopa County to a ...
Read More »Senate panel moves bill to create Lt. Governor 
A Senate committee voted Thursday to approve bipartisan legislation that will let voters decide if they want to establish a Lieutenant Governor in Arizona.
Read More »Senate panel OKs far-reaching election bill 
The Senate’s most comprehensive bill to revamp election laws passed through Senate Government Committee Thursday with overwhelming Republican support.
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