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Hoffman asks lawmakers to fully fund distance learning
Arizona's top education official told lawmakers Tuesday they need to ensure that schools get as much money for online courses as the law now provides them for kids in seats.
Bill targets human traffickers for lawsuits
A Republican lawmaker's bill will allow victims of sex trafficking to sue their pimps and anyone else involved in the crime.
Former lawmaker Hale dies
Former Navajo Nation president Albert Hale, who also served as a state representative and senator, died Tuesday after battling with Covid, the Navajo Nation Council announced on its Facebook page this afternoon.
Bill gives Legislature some control of utility regulators
The Arizona Corporation Commission may be the next branch of government that legislators can force the Attorney General to investigate.
Teller leaves Legislature to join Biden administration
Rep. Arlando Teller, D-Chinle, has left the Legislature to take a job with the Biden administration.
Senate to do its own audit of election equipment
Unhappy with what Maricopa County has proposed, state senators are going ahead with their own audit of the general election, a move that could lead to a new court fight and even potentially a contempt vote.
Voter Protection Act blocking bipartisan bill
Lawmakers like the idea — it’s criminal justice reform that both helps those in need and serves the community — but stakeholders raised the prospect that voter protection laws and the 13th Amendment, which bans involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime, could stop the bill in its tracks.
Choice of getting Covid shots related to politics
Nearly a month after vaccines have become available here a quarter of Arizonans remain unwilling to get inoculated against Covid.
GOP bill would allow lawmakers to override electoral votes
The chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill January 27 that would allow the Legislature to override the secretary of state’s certification of the state’s electoral votes.
Census data for redistricting, apportionment delayed
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission won’t be able to draw new boundaries for congressional and legislative districts until April 30 at the earliest due to a delay of the U.S. Census data.
Senate takes 1st step to trim governor’s emergency powers
State lawmakers took the first steps Monday to trim the powers of the governor -- this one and all successors -- to enact and enforce unlimited emergency orders.
State Senate proposes $12.6B budget
A $450 million tax cut, across-the-board raises for state employees and full funding for virtual students are among the highlights of a $12.9 billion Senate Republican budget proposal released today.
