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Budget talks stall, lawmakers consider scaled-down option

April 16, 2022 0

State flush with cash makes for difficult budget negotiations

April 8, 2022 0

Primaries set, some legislative incumbents face off

April 8, 2022 0

Lawmakers examine federal role in recent wildfires

October 15, 2021 0

Importing water for drought fix huge project

September 27, 2021 2 Comments

Water shortage to keep Legislature busy in ‘22

August 19, 2021 0

House ends session with flurry of bills

July 1, 2021 0

House, Senate GOP leaders bring in budget holdouts

June 21, 2021 0

Special session yields $100M package for wildfires

June 17, 2021 0

Lawmakers can call bluff with slim margin

June 11, 2021 0

Scaled-down budget possible to break impasse

June 11, 2021 0

Ducey calls special session to address wildfires, aftermath

June 10, 2021 0

Ducey open to working with Dems on budget

June 9, 2021 0

House flounders bid to pass tax bills

June 7, 2021 0

House to put budget to vote on Monday

June 4, 2021 0

Rep. Cook looks out for LD8 cities, towns

June 4, 2021 0

Panels advance budget bills, GOP holdouts seek compromise

May 25, 2021 0

Passing $12.8B budget means appeasing several Republicans

May 24, 2021 0

Some GOP lawmakers question flat-tax proposal

May 24, 2021 2 Comments

Republican lawmakers propose flat tax, $12.8B budget

May 18, 2021 0

Proposal to give ‘Dreamers’ in-state tuition goes to ballot

May 10, 2021 0

GOP lawmaker revives in-state tuition for ‘Dreamers’

May 6, 2021 0

Ducey reinstates job-seeking requirement for unemployed

May 3, 2021 4 Comments

Sex education bill goes to governor

April 14, 2021 0

‘Strikers’ propose abortion ban, money for lawmakers

April 2, 2021 0

House in favor of Covid lawsuit protection

March 29, 2021 1 Comment

Lawmakers to consider per diem increase

March 29, 2021 0

Bill targeting Corp. Comm. likely dead

March 19, 2021 0

We are working together for unemployed Arizonans

March 9, 2021 0

Jobless benefits bill puts Ducey in political pickle

March 5, 2021 0

Bill would boost jobless benefits, stabilize economy

February 26, 2021 0

About face – Republicans back jobless benefit hike

February 25, 2021 0

Egg producer pushes bill for all cage free

February 15, 2021 2 Comments

House Ethics panel chair rejects calls to investigate Finchem

February 12, 2021 0

Dissension in AZGOP as Trump dumps Ducey

December 4, 2020 8 Comments

Democrats, Ducey PAC, begin election spending

September 7, 2020 1 Comment

Cook defenders, critics both have concerns about ethics process

July 17, 2020 0

Cook off the hook, ethics probe dropped – for now

July 8, 2020 1 Comment

Ethics committee chairman weighs holding hearing for lawmaker

June 22, 2020 0

Even amid COVID, scandals set the tone at the Legislature

June 22, 2020 1 Comment

Q&A with House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez

June 22, 2020 0

Cook lawyer accuses ethics committee of issuing hit piece

June 12, 2020 0

Prosecutors, some GOP lawmakers join Dems to kill forfeiture bill

May 23, 2020 3 Comments

Rep. Cook says private investigators stalk him, invade privacy

May 14, 2020 0

Cook: Ethics probe now a ‘public prosecution’

April 14, 2020 0

Second subpoena filed in Rep. Cook ethics probe

April 8, 2020 0

Ethics probe into Cook heats up

April 3, 2020 0

Lobbyists navigate lawmakers’ bad behavior, professional relationships

February 28, 2020 0

Scandals reveal murky workplace standards in Legislature

February 14, 2020 0

House Ethics Committee hires lawyers for Cook probe

February 12, 2020 0

Ethics complaints against Rep. Cook made public

February 5, 2020 0

Lobbyist: Ugenti-Rita sexually harassed her before Shooter expulsion

February 4, 2020 0

House Ethics Committee to probe complaints against Rep. Cook

February 4, 2020 0

The Breakdown: Love letters and budget

January 27, 2020 0

Love letters from lawmaker to lobbyist raise ethical questions

January 22, 2020 0

Ducey’s proposed infrastructure upgrades road to bipartisanship

January 17, 2020 0

Ducey wants to close Florence prison, town officials express concern

January 17, 2020 3 Comments

Legislature 2020: How to spend surplus of money

January 12, 2020 0

Ducey seeks federal money for bridge where 3 kids drowned

January 8, 2020 0

Governor won’t commit to funds for bridge where three died

December 18, 2019 1 Comment

Panel takes step to secure water supply in Pinal County

November 15, 2019 0

Pinal County farmers fret over funding for new wells

September 29, 2019 0

USDA hints loan for groundwater could jeopardize federal funds

July 26, 2019 0

Laws 2019: Feel free to swing your nunchucks but don’t text while driving

May 29, 2019 1 Comment

Ducey, GOP legislative leaders agree on $11.8B spending plan

May 20, 2019 0

Lawmaker, farmers make pitch for $20M for water plan

May 16, 2019 0

Harsher animal abuse proposal goes to governor

May 3, 2019 2 Comments

Bill to free hairstylists from state regulation on Ducey’s desk

April 10, 2019 0

Arizona lawmaker to spend 1 day in jail for drunken driving

March 8, 2019 0

Lawmaker: ‘Almonds do not lactate’

February 28, 2019 8 Comments

Committee kills bill to fund groundwater for Pinal County farms

February 25, 2019 3 Comments

Lawmaker seeks $20M in groundwater funding for Pinal farmers

February 15, 2019 0

Speaker, some lawmakers resistant to Ducey’s push to end legislative immunity

January 15, 2019 0

Rep. Cook arrested on suspicion of DUI, flashes House ID

December 20, 2018 0

Report: Rep. Cook arrested on suspicion of DUI

December 20, 2018 0

Lawmakers jockey for leadership roles in House, Senate

November 2, 2018 0

Lawmakers, farmers balk at agriculture lab move

August 27, 2018 0

State’s largest trade schools to get additional funds in FY 2019

June 4, 2018 0