Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey may want bipartisan support for his plan to address school safety in the wake of another mass shooting, but he’s instead facing bipartisan opposition.
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Sea of red engulfs Capitol as teachers protest
The protesters included dozens of teachers from nine schools in west Phoenix and Glendale who called in sick in the first job action teachers have called since organizing earlier this month.
Read More »Ex-procurement head says he was forced out for questioning staffer’s practices
Seth told the Arizona Capitol Times that he was forced out for asking questions about several state contracts that he said were questionable contracts.
Read More »Arizona teachers protest low pay at state Capitol 
Teachers gathered at the state Capitol on Wednesday to protest their low pay, including some from west Phoenix schools who plan to skip their normal workday in a job action.
Read More »Lawmaker gives second thought to robot-delivery bill
The killing of a pedestrian crossing the street by an autonomous vehicle this week has a Mesa lawmaker giving second thoughts to allowing automated motorized delivery devices on sidewalks.
Read More »Senate passes bill to regulate public school property sales
Nothing in HB 2460 requires a school district to sell or rent to anyone. But the bill says that once a property is offered for sale a lease, the district cannot pull it off the market "solely because a charter school or private school is the highest bidder.''
Read More »Records release missing key elements of ex-Rep. Shooter investigation 
The House withheld sexually explicit communications about Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita from hundreds of pages of documents made public on the Don Shooter sexual harassment investigation.
Read More »Justices questions constitutionality of Arizona death penalty laws
Without comment the majority of the justices on Monday brushed aside claims by Abel Hidalgo that state laws fail to discriminate between the types of murders that merit execution and those for which a death penalty is inappropriate.
Read More »Self-driving tests halted after pedestrian dies
Uber says it has suspended all of its self-driving testing following what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian accident involving the vehicles.
Read More »Texter in fender bender with senator after he proposes texting ban 
“A funny thing happened on the way home last night,” Sen. Bob Worsley said of the fender bender he got into roughly an hour after helping pass a ban on texting while driving in Arizona. The Mesa Republican said he ...
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