The House majority leader said a “clerical error” led the chamber to prematurely send a ballot referral to the Secretary of State’s Office last month.
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House approves bill permitting ‘God enriches’ motto to be posted at schools
House Democrats failed Tuesday in their bid to keep the name of the Almighty out of the classrooms -- at least the English version.
Read More »Leach sics AG on Tempe over allegation of illegal tax breaks 
Rep. Vince Leach has followed through on a threat to ask the Attorney General’s Office to investigate whether Tempe broke the law in signing two lease agreements with developers he alleges received illegal tax breaks.
Read More »GOP legislator wants to take constant ‘campaign mode’ out of lawmaking 
Rep. Drew John, a freshman lawmaker, is planning to introduce legislation that would double legislators’ terms to four years from two.
Read More »Group seeking ‘dark money’ ban tries to ride wave of momentum 
Outlaw Dirty Money, a campaign led by former attorney general Terry Goddard, wants to let Arizonans vote on a constitutional amendment to ban “dark money,” the term given to campaign dollars spent by groups who don’t disclose the source of their money.
Read More »House passes legislation that critics call assault on the initiative process
The Arizona House of Representatives late Thursday approved a measure designed to make it more difficult to get initiatives on the ballot by limiting the use of paid circulators.
Read More »Ducey selects Lopez, Gould as new Supreme Court justices
Gov. Doug Ducey selected two new justices for the Arizona Supreme Court Monday, including the first Hispanic to serve on the state’s top bench.
Read More »Ducey signs KidsCare children’s health insurance bill
Arizona is going to restore a program it shelved six years ago to provide health care to the children of the working poor.
Read More »Nearly all pro-Ducey dark money in 2014 tied to ally Noble 
Tax filings by the conservative nonprofit organization American Encore confirm that Doug Ducey’s longtime ally Sean Noble was at the center of the multimillion-dollar dark money campaign that helped get him elected.
Read More »Pima County claims governor, legislators illegally shifted state costs to counties 
Denied a hearing by the Arizona Supreme Court, Pima County will soon take its legal challenge over a budget provision regarding the 1 percent property tax cap to Maricopa County.
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