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Uphill battles in store for several agency directors awaiting confirmation
Nineteen state agency directors will need to be confirmed during the 2025 legislative session, and while some are ...
Republicans to strive for speedy election system like Florida
Speeding up Arizona’s election results will be a major policy goal for ...
Is the door open for change in the criminal justice system?
Another legislative session means another swing at criminal justice changes, and this year advocates are hopeful for the passage of ...
Pro-choice groups, Democrats eye dismantling abortion laws – success unlikely
Abortion rights advocates are eyeing the state’s existing statutory scheme next legislative session, with hopes of repealing state laws ...
Hobbs needs some legislative victories in 2025 to bolster reelection chances
When the Legislature convenes on Jan. 13, Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t just be thinking about her 2025 legislative priorities. She will also have her eye trained on her 2026 reelection campaign.
GOP lawmakers look to help Trump on border, implement Prop. 314
With voter approval of Proposition 314 and President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations, Arizona Republicans appear primed to introduce ...
Finding bipartisan solutions to affordable housing shortage continues
Lawmakers at the state Capitol have made some strides to increase affordable housing in recent sessions, but both parties are prioritizing the issue in 2025 as ...
Hiking teacher pay a priority as lawmakers prepare to renew Prop. 123
With the general fund set to take on dollars previously provided by the state land trust through Proposition 123 at the end of the fiscal year, the goal of both the House and Senate ...
Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s wish to be executed on Valentine’s Day
In an order Jan. 8, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a Gunches pleading to forgo any more legal maneuvering and finally put him to death after he pleaded guilty to the 2002 murder and kidnapping charges of Ted Price, his girlfriend's ex-husband.
GOP lawmaker seems to agree with Dems about top billing on ballots
A Scottsdale Republican lawmaker has concluded that Democrats were ...
Republican senator proposes inflation adjustments to lawmakers’ pay
Sen. John Kavanagh wants to give voters a new chance to decide if he and his colleagues are worth more than ...
Corp Comm elects Kevin Thompson as chair, votes to add vice chair position
The members of the new, all-Republican Corporation Commission unanimously elected Commissioner Kevin Thompson chair of the body at its swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
