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The Arizona House plans to return Monday morning to pass – or fail – a budget, with or without the Senate, a top House Republican confirmed Friday. House Majority Leader...
Arizonans deserve better budget after difficult year
Passing a balanced state budget is the most important responsibility we have as legislators. Hence, we owe it to our constituents and our state to tread carefully. We have a...
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Panels advance budget bills, GOP holdouts seek compromise
Budget bills cleared their first hurdle Tuesday after a day of arm-twisting and political maneuvering, but problems getting it passed persist.  One Republican in the House voted against every budget bill, while a fiscal hawk...
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Passing $12.8B budget means appeasing several Republicans
GOP leaders in the House and Senate introduced a $12.8 billion spending plan Monday afternoon with high hopes of passing it by Wednesday — but finding the votes to pass it...
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Some GOP lawmakers question flat-tax proposal
Republican lawmakers propose flat tax, $12.8B budget
House and Senate leaders and Gov. Doug Ducey have agreed on a roughly $12.8 billion spending plan, including the state’s largest tax cut in recent memory – but the budget lacks the Republican votes...
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County: Senate making ‘mockery’ of audit
Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, surrounded by other county elected officials, explains why he believes the results of the 2020 election were correct and everything else...
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‘Dreamers’ ready in quest for in-state tuition
GOP senators keep distance from election audit
Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are being examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by...
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Ducey signs divisive election bill
Lawmaker: Retaliation behind Dem votes on vaping bill
A vaping bill backed by the tobacco industry is moving forward in the Arizona Legislature after years of stalemates, and the Republican who led the fight against it blames political...
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Sweeping abortion bill passes on party lines
Acting under the banner of protecting disability rights, the Republican-controlled legislature on Thursday voted along party lines to impose a new restriction on a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy...