After early ballots, Democrat Mark Kelly looks likely to flip Arizona’s second U.S. Senate seat.
Read More »Kelly takes commanding lead after early votes counted
The Breakdown: A sine die surprise
The Arizona Legislature is officially done, and what a weird session it's been.
Read More »Senate abruptly adjourns, House bills go down without vote 
The Arizona Senate abruptly ended the 2020 legislative session today, catapulting leaders into planning for a special session an hour or so earlier than they expected. Senators, who already voted to end the session once this month, planned to ...
Read More »House adjourns, bringing session to uneasy close 
The state House of Representatives has finished its work and notified the Senate of its intent to adjourn sine die today, bringing one of the strangest legislative sessions in recent memory one step closer to its end. Typically, such a ...
Read More »Senate fast-tracks confirmation of executive nominations 
The Arizona Senate is moving quickly to confirm Gov. Doug Ducey’s nominees, including his pick to replace Frank Milstead as head of the Department of Public Safety.
Read More »Q&A with Senate Minority Leader David Bradley 
As he enters his final year in the Legislature, Senate Minority Leader David Bradley is in a contemplative mood.
Read More »Fired Senate staffer who won discrimination suit reinstated
The Arizona Senate has reinstated a former Democratic policy adviser who won a federal discrimination lawsuit over being paid less than white male employees with similar jobs.
Read More »Senate staffer who won discrimination suit wants job back
A fired Senate staffer said Friday she hopes to go back to work even though it would mean working with – and for – some of the same people who a federal court jury said discriminated against her.
Read More »Senate Democratic staff gets large raises
The Senate handed every Democratic policy staffer a raise of at least $10,000 at the end of August, a month after a federal jury awarded $1 million to a former Democratic policy adviser who argued she was underpaid.
Read More »Court awards former Senate Dem staffer $1M
The Arizona Senate fired a former Democratic policy advisor because she complained that she was being paid less because of her race and gender, a federal court ruled Friday evening.
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