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How exactly do you work with someone you believe has betrayed you? That’s a question some lawmakers are asking themselves about the state’s county prosecutors after what some saw as an 11th hour reversal on criminal justice reform measures.

Sine die watch is finally over after the Senate approved an $11.8 billion budget on Memorial Day

Today’s the day lawmakers in both the House and the Senate hope to introduce budget proposals, but don’t hold your breath for sine die just yet.

State lawmakers tried to expand protections for firefighters two years ago, but the law does not seem to be working as expected.

Budget season is upon us! Preliminary documents were released to our team last week, and lawmakers have some thoughts.

Phoenix is heating up and the sky may be falling. The state GOP led by Kelli Ward came out in support of a tax hike this week. But is it too late?

Arizona is on its way to joining 47 other states that have banned texting while driving.

Last week, the state struck down a decades-old law prohibiting education around safe homosexual lifestyles. What led to the removal of the so-called “no promo homo” law 28 years later?

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk has been targeting medical marijuana patients using extracts – until recently anyway. We’ll actually have that story for you this week.

After nearly a year of resisting calls for his resignation, David Stringer has left the House of Representatives. Who will take his place?