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State senator among arrested protestors at Sinema’s office
State Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, was arrested with two nationally known civil rights leaders and 36 others July 26 at an anti-filibuster sit-in at the Phoenix office of U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Fann demands records on audit from Hobbs
In a sign the Senate audit, which was supposed to be only about the 2020 election results, is now expanding in scope, Senate President Karen Fann now wants documents from Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
Audit Twitter accounts suspended, Bennett frozen out
When the Arizona audit began, the public had two avenues to receive information – former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and the Arizona Audit Twitter account – three months later, it has neither.
Audit stirs dissension among GOP senators
In letting the Senate’s audit drag on as auditors demand more subpoenaed materials, Senate President Karen Fann has managed to delay a fight within her caucus over how to handle the eventual results.
Records to reveal Senate audit finances
The public may soon get some answers about funding and other mysteries that supporters of the Arizona Senate’s audit of the 2020 election have been trying to keep hidden.
Senate closes doors on transparency
Months after the Senate lifted other Covid restrictions, doing away with requirements to wear masks or keep distance at meetings, the building remained locked and historically public caucus meetings continued being held behind closed doors.
School choice groups call session a win
While efforts to broadly expand Empowerment Scholarship Account, or vouchers, eligibility failed this year, school choice advocates found other reasons to celebrate the legislative session.
COMMENTARY: A tale of 2 GOP-controlled legislatures
I quickly noticed some obvious parallels between the politics of my old home and my new one.
Q&A with Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Rios
The 2021 budget was the worst that Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Rios can remember from the three decades she spent in and out of the Legislature.
Q&A with Senate President Karen Fann
In her second term as Senate president, Karen Fann controlled a one-vote Senate majority and oversaw a side audit of 2020 election results that drew national headlines and derision from late-night comedians.
Q&A with House Speaker Rusty Bowers
In a recent interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, discussed the highlights and disappointments of the 2021 session.
Q&A with House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding
The Legislature actually took voter suppression and voter restriction laws to a whole ‘nother level.
