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Former Senate President Steve Pierce is poised to make a reluctant comeback at the Capitol in the wake of David Stringer’s sudden resignation on Wednesday.

House Republicans advanced a measure to purge as many as 200,000 voters from Arizona’s early ballot mailing list despite concerns from county recorders, who aren’t certain that all counties can even comply with the bill’s mandate.

Rep. David Stringer’s attorney is seeking a temporary restraining order in anticipation of an attempt to expel him for not cooperating with a House Ethics Committee subpoena.

HB 2109 would empower the Regional Transportation Authority to seek a full penny when it asks voters in the next few years to extend the levy.

bill imposing new rules on Arizona charter schools is likely dead for the year after House Speaker Rusty Bowers declined to move it forward, saying it doesn't have enough support to pass.

A bid to legally create a special community college and university tuition for "dreamers'' and others who don't qualify for the in-state rate has run headlong into a potentially fatal snag.

The attorney for embattled state Rep. David Stringer said Thursday the Ethics Committee can have a document it is demanding – if it goes to court.

Calling the measure intrusive, a Senate panel quashed efforts to expand Arizona's seat belt laws.

A lack of reliable data on the impact of a bill to forgo sales taxes on certain digital goods has again stymied legislators trying to settle the issue in state law.

The House Ethics Committee will meet Wednesday to vote on a request from Rep. David Stringer related to the investigation against him, but the public isn’t invited to hear the details.