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Veteran senator keeps win streak alive
Sen. Lela Alston continues a four-decade streak of never losing legislative races, easily fending off a Democratic primary challenge in Legislative District 24 from an opponent who sought to make...
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Few contested primaries for independents to influence
Lawmakers seek additional funding for child welfare programs
At least two state senators want Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special session to address child welfare issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments by Republican Sen. Kate Brophy...
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Senate calls it quits, leaves House to decide what’s next
Lobbyists navigate lawmakers’ bad behavior, professional relationships
In 2018, at the height of the Me Too movement, investigators for the House of Representatives dismissed a lobbyist’s allegations of harassment against a state representative because the lobbyist sent...
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Legislative Democrats unveil ‘the people’s’ budget proposal
Democrats in the House and Senate released their $12.5 billion budget proposal Monday morning, insisting that it’s not too late for the minority party to get a seat at the...
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State to reopen closed prison to house booming female population
Impact of student population in downtown nil at ballot
ASU students prepare to cross the street to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in downtown Phoenix, where roughly 13,000 students attend satellite campuses of the...
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Shelter for seniors, seriously mentally ill top advocates’ wish list
After a one-time windfall from the Legislature, affordable housing supporters who’ve advocated for restoring the State Housing Trust Fund to pre-recession levels are looking at how to best stretch the...
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Lawmakers look to 2020 as ink dries on this year’s bills
Who killed mall commission remains a mystery
The Legislative Governmental Mall Commission was given a name bureaucracies dream of and a death Sen. Lela Alston described as “snakey” even by political standards. The commission once tasked with...
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Bill to strengthen regulation of care facilities gets initial approval
This Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, photo shows Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The Senate took the first legislative step toward better protecting some...
