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AG’s office investigates Yuma County broadband project
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is investigating a $30 million broadband project in Yuma County that Republican lawmakers allege involved illegally gifted public funds.
Senate panel kills one Hobbs voucher bill, moves another
A Senate committee killed a measure to require private schools to lay out and provide services for students with disabilities Wednesday and narrowly advanced a bill to require updated Empowerment Scholarship Account cost projections from the Arizona Department of Education.
County supervisors appoint Charles Lucking to LD5 seat
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed a second member to the state House of Representatives in a week.
Panel approves bill to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for mental health treatment
A republican senator’s attempt to pilot state legalization of psilocybin mushrooms as a treatment for mental health conditions got unanimous committee approval in the Health and Human Services Committee Tuesday.
Arizona could become latest state to ban attendance-related suspensions
An Arizona lawmaker is again trying to bar schools from using out-of-school suspensions to punish students who miss class, arguing the strategy is not only ineffective but harmful.
Cities, towns oppose bill to ban police budget cuts
Saying he wants to short-circuit "defund the police'' movements here, a first-term state lawmaker is pushing legislation designed to bar cities from cutting public safety funding.
GOP lawmakers make Christmas tree of ADOT continuation
Republican lawmakers are moving to forever quash the idea of intercity rail. And they're doing it in a way that could force Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs to go along.
Legislative leaders sue Biden over ‘land grab’
Top legislative Republicans filed suit Monday against President Biden over his decision last year to designate nearly 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument.
School board president, former lawmaker among nominees for LD22 vacancy
Democrats in Legislative District 22 nominated three candidates for a legislative vacancy Monday night, sending them to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for the third vacancy election in a week.
GOP, conservative group challenge new elections procedures
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club is asking a judge to void proposed rules that say its members have no right to photograph, approach, question and even seek "documentation'' of voters who are using drop boxes.
Mondays mean Senate hears true stories of mental health crisis
A Democrat Senator who has spearheaded efforts to reform mental health treatment in the state garnered bipartisan support for her legislation which aims to increase oversight of mental health services and broaden screening procedures – particularly those that are often overlooked.
Spending put on hold for programs, grants
A handful of one-time allocations spanning grants, lawmaker pet projects and other programs included in the 2024 budget are being put on pause in the third quarter, according to a Jan. 2 memo from the Governor’s Office.
