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Flat tax plan inadvertently hurts public safety
I always thought a serious proposal to defund the police would come from the left. I never imagined it would come from Republicans. Yet the flat tax proposal currently under...
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Boyer gives caucus price for vote on budget
Bill passes closing loophole in firefighter law
A bill that closes the loophole preventing firefighters from receiving workers’ compensation for getting cancer from putting out fires is now on its way to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk. Sen....
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Senate to vote on taking power from regulators
Rejecting arguments about economic development, clean air and even constitutional issues, a Senate panel voted along party lines March 31 to strip the Arizona Corporation Commission of its power to set energy...
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Legislation that changes ELL program gains support
Lawmakers are moving legislation that would ask voters to approve a new way of teaching English Language Learners in Arizona. SCR1020 seeks to overhaul the current “English immersion” programs for...
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Bill to require clergy to report child sex abuse dies in Senate
Her daughter wouldn’t have spent the first 30 months of her life enduring violent abuse if a bill a panel of Arizona senators voted to kill under religious pressure today...
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Senate panel approves community college aid
Lawmakers assert power grab over state offices
The historic Arizona Capitol building. Arizona legislators have introduced several bills this year to allow the Legislature to have greater control over state agencies and other...
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Bipartisan ‘political science experiment’ plays in Legislature
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, left, speaks with Minority Leader Reginald Bolding, D-Laveen, during the opening of the Arizona Legislature at the state Capitol Monday,...
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Bill to give lawmakers say on energy policy likely dead
A controversial bill to prohibit Arizona’s utility regulators from setting state energy policy appears dead after a Republican senator decided he cannot support it. Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, told the...
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Election measures keep moving along partisan lines
Voters arrive to vote at their polling station on Election Day, early, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) With most headline-grabbing election...
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Half of this year’s bills died unceremoniously
(Photo by Franck Boston/DEPOSIT PHOTO) Covid and increased Capitol security aside, this January at the Legislature started like almost every one before it. Lawmakers and their...
