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State lawmakers have set the stage for final approval of legislation billed as providing increased border security. On Thursday, the Senate gave preliminary approval to HCR 2030, a multi-pronged proposal...
Controversial abortion bill signed into law
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on April 27 signed the state’s most far-reaching anti-abortion measure in years, criminalizing providing abortions sought because of a genetic abnormality. The bill, which passed both the House and Senate...
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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...
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Progressives call for worker protections as legislature mulls recess
Rep. Raquel Terán argues Monday against legislators simply going home in wake of COVID-19, and says lawmakers need to enact financial relief for those affected. (Capitol...
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Fate of most 2020 bills met at Legislature’s deadline
Silent death has come for about two-thirds of the 1,707 bills and resolutions introduced this year in the Legislature. A February 21 deadline for bills to be heard in their chambers...
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Gabaldón to fight for more Arizona Trail funds
The Superstition Mountains as seen from Meridian Road in Mesa. A southern Arizona lawmaker has proposed funding for the 800-mile Arizona National Scenic Trail, which runs...
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Gender identity debate comes to Capitol in opposing bills
A Green Valley lawmaker wants motorists to have more than the current either-or choice of “male” or “female” on state-issued driver’s licenses. The proposal by Democrat Rosanna Gabaldon would permit...
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Ducey signs ‘historic’ Colorado River drought plan legislation
Gov. Doug Ducey and Secretary of State Katie Holmes display legislation Ducey signed for Arizona”s Drought Contingency Plan. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times) In the...
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$100 million water deal will include $30 million from state, Ducey vows
Rusty Bowers pitches for prayer or politics to fill the watershed
Politicians block constituents’ speech on social media
Some politicians block spam accounts on social media. Some block corporations or trolls. But some Arizona lawmakers block their constituents, something First Amendment experts say may be unconstitutional. And many...
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House panel sinks bill requiring partisan city elections
A bill requiring municipal governments to hold partisan elections has failed to clear its first hurdle. Rep. Jay Lawrence (R-Scottsdale) House Bill 2032, which was introduced...