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Legislative Republicans passed a border ballot measure that may take years to take effect if voters pass the measure in November, but opponents are hoping a judge will keep the...
Biden administration responds to state lawmakers’ suit over national monument
State lawmakers have no legal right to try to invalidate the designation of nearly a million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument, the Biden...
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House committee recommends impeachment for Mayes
Republicans on a House interim committee released a report Wednesday recommending the impeachment of Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes and accused her of committing “malfeasance in office.” The 102-page report...
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Trial over school funding begins Tuesday
Hobbs signs bipartisan housing bills
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed two housing bills Tuesday that supporters say will increase affordable housing options for Arizona residents. The governor signed HB 2720 and HB2721. The former will require...
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Speaker, Senate president seek to void Proposition 211
The Arizona Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether Proposition. 211, the voter measure requiring heightened campaign media spending donor disclosure, infringes on separation of powers by granting rulemaking and...
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Here’s what is delaying the end of the legislative session
Senator banned from using chamber’s broadcast room
A state senator who complained about Democrats hosting a “drag story hour” has lost his privileges to use Senate broadcast facilities after he used them to do an interview with...
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‘Drag Story Hour’ brings ban of House conference rooms for Democrats
Nearly half of the lawmakers in the state House of Representatives have been banned from using meeting rooms in the building after a Democratic lawmaker reserved one of the rooms...
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Tempers, retribution come with vote to repeal abortion ban
The third attempt at repealing Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban in the state House of Representatives succeeded Wednesday with some Republicans joining Democrats in passing the measure. The measure, HB 2677,...
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Abortion law to dominate action at Legislature again this week
State lawmakers return Wednesday with another attempt to deal with the 1864 abortion law. But it won’t go away this week, no matter what happens in the House or Senate....
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Senate will vote on abortion repeal
The Arizona state Senate passed a motion Wednesday to introduce a bill repealing the pre-statehood abortion ban with some help from Republican members, although neither chamber voted on a repeal...