Arizona Senate President Karen Fann on Monday scheduled a vote to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatens to shut down public schools across the state. The Republican said that she believes the votes are now there ...
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Senate panel OKs massive school-voucher expansion 
Republican lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial schools. On a party-line 5-3 vote, members of the Senate ...
Read More »Commission approves draft legislative and congressional maps 
Despite concerns of Democrats on the panel, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a map that would give Republicans an edge in electing members of the legislature for the balance of the decade. And at ...
Read More »Agencies: Arizona farmers should expect less water in 2022
State officials are putting farmers in south-central Arizona on notice that the continuing drought means a "substantial cut" in deliveries of Colorado River water is expected next year.
Read More »Douglas: Legislature shortchanges school voucher program
Outgoing Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas accused Arizona lawmakers of routinely underfunding the Department of Education’s effort to oversee the state’s voucher program, leaving millions of dollars earmarked for administrative costs untouched.
Read More »Senate appointment McSally’s chance for fresh start
Martha McSally scored the political redo of a lifetime when she was appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 18.
Read More »Sinema to be state’s senior senator; McSally pledges to work with former foe
Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema will be sworn into office before Martha McSally, who Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Tuesday to fill Arizona’s U.S. Senate vacancy.
Read More »Safety questions emerge as Ducey welcomes self-driving cars
Gov. Doug Ducey insisted Friday that public safety will not be compromised by his decision to allow Uber to test its self-driving vehicles on Arizona roads even before the state has adopted rules for their use.
Read More »Create a level playing field for ride shares, taxis
The for-hire vehicle industry, which has operated here in Arizona for decades under simple but highly effective standards designed to keep riders safe, proposes that UberX, Lyft and other “ride sharers” meet the same modest set of safety standards.
Read More »Arizona to resume executions using mix of painkiller and sedative 
The Arizona Department of Corrections is going to resume executions by using a secret pharmacy to mix a drug combination that left an Ohio prisoner choking and snorting for 19 minutes as he died in January.
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