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Hobbs takes aim at regulating school vouchers
Gov. Katie Hobbs released an eight-point plan to curtail the Empowerment Scholarships Account program, but the proposals, slated to run in Hobbs’ executive budget and in the upcoming legislative session, caught near-immediate opposition from Republican leadership who claimed the governor fundamentally misunderstands the program.
Hamadeh makes new challenge to election loss
Rebuffed in prior legal attempts to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh now is trying to get a judge to declare that Kris Mayes is holding office illegally.
Challenge to Prop 211 fails
Arizona voters have an absolute right to enact laws requiring disclosure of "dark money'' political donations – even if Republican lawmakers don't like it, a judge ruled Friday.
Kolodin grills former justice on Election Day printer failures
An attorney for a failed candidate challenging the 2022 election results used his unrelated position as chairman of a legislative panel to elicit testimony Thursday from a former Supreme Court chief justice that ultimately could benefit his client in court.
Federal-only voters are mostly on college campuses
Young adults living on or near college campuses in Arizona are disproportionately affected, and potentially disenfranchised, by the state’s unique voting laws requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in state and local elections, a Votebeat analysis found.
Hobbs cool to recommendations of prison commission she created
Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can't do the job she asked them to do.
Proposed Arizona law makes felony of blocking traffic to protest
A Fountain Hills senator is moving once again to pass laws to lock up - or at least fine - those who get in the way of Arizonans on the road.
Homebuilders want changes to ease water law restrictions
Developers in the Phoenix area want lawmakers to alter 43-year-old laws that restrict construction in areas without adequate water supply.
2 Cochise County officials arraigned in election certification case
Two Cochise County supervisors pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county's 2022 midterm election results.
Richer’s defamation suit against Lake heading to trial
A defamation suit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer against one-time gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake lives after a superior court judge found Lake’s statements could not be deemed “rhetorical hyperbole.”
Salman announces resignation from state House
A Democratic state representative is resigning Dec. 31 to join a political action committee seeking to establish access to abortion as a constitutional right in Arizona.
Petersen sues Hobbs over pulling nominees
Senate President Warren Petersen is suing Gov. Katie Hobbs of what he says is her end-run around state laws giving the Senate the power to confirm or reject her picks to head state agencies.
