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House Speaker Rusty Bowers is throwing his weight behind a bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender people.  “It is the doctrine of my faith that we are all brothers and sisters, and we belong to the family of ...

Arizona made national headlines last year when it became the first state to eliminate peremptory strikes of potential jurors. But most of the Arizona Supreme Court’s rule change, which took effect in January, would be short-lived if HB2413 becomes law.  ...

Two controversial education bills, one banning “critical race theory” in Arizona schools and one that, supporters say, would keep sexually explicit materials out of schools, passed the House on party-line votes Thursday.  Gov. Doug Ducey called for a critical race ...

A bipartisan pair of representatives hope a bill to streamline zoning regulations, improve housing supply and affordability and pour more money into the Arizona Department of Housing Trust Fund in order to curb the state’s rising housing costs and help ...

Arizona Republicans are looking to curtail the government’s emergency powers, which they say were abused by elected officials from the governor on down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Their ideas range from eliminating the power to shutter businesses or ...

A House panel voted Tuesday to give Arizonans fewer choices for who gets to set the rates they are charged by their utilities.  The measure crafted by Rep. Gail Griffin, R-Hereford, would require candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission to ...

Saying the lawyer discipline process has been “weaponized” as a political tool, a veteran Republican lawmaker is moving to give people second thoughts before filing complaints against their attorneys.  And it all comes as Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and ...

State senators took the first steps Monday that would erect new hurdles in the path of Arizonans to propose their own laws and constitutional amendments.  On a 4-3 party-line vote, Republicans on the Government Committee approved a measure that says ...

Republican legislators are moving to punish businesses — and in a big way — if they force workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and any of them get sick.  Legislation awaiting a House vote effectively would require employers to honor ...

Three months after the county hired him, former Congressman John Shadegg has selected the three IT experts for his team.