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Election audit overshadows work in Senate
Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, May 6, 2021, at Veterans...
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GOP lawmakers’ feud ends with dead election bills
GOP pushes ‘vague’ ballot security measures
Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, on the floor of the Senate in 2020. PHOTO BY HOWARD FISCHER/CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES Last-minute amendments to Arizona’s $12.8 billion...
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Ducey agrees to forgo emergency powers to get vote on budget
House Dems torpedo GOP efforts to pass budget
Efforts to enact a new $12.8 billion budget and tax cuts sputtered Tuesday as House Democrats refused to come to the floor, leaving the Republican-controlled chamber short of a quorum....
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House, Senate GOP leaders bring in budget holdouts
The Legislature may start debating and voting on the FY22 budget as early as Tuesday after striking a deal with Republican holdouts that slows down the implementation of tax cuts and pays...
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GOP House leaders to appease Townsend with bill to organize national convention
Kelly Townsend As budget negotiations remain stalled, House GOP leaders decided to grant one conservative holdout a late hearing on a bill to organize a national convention to...
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Bill bans mask mandates in public schools
Lawmakers can call bluff with slim margin
House Republican leaders bent on passing a flat tax and succeeding with threadbare majorities where past Republican supermajorities had failed hatched a plan last week: put the tax bills up for a...
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Some lawmakers want to eliminate voting machines
Governor’s budget ‘tantrum’ miffs lawmakers
In starting Memorial Day weekend by vetoing every bill on his desk, Gov. Doug Ducey aimed to prod reluctant lawmakers to end their vacation and return to pass his tax cut...
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Senate passes critical race theory ban for public employees
The historic Arizona Capitol building. PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR State senators voted Thursday to preclude the use of taxpayer dollars to train public employees about race,...
