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Incoming freshmen discuss key bill ideas
Arizona legislators can start to prefile bills for the 2023 session and some soon-to-be first-timers offered a range of significant policy ideas they plan to introduce. Â
Hard workers should be able to make a living
Costs are rising, and wages aren’t keeping up. We need immediate action to lower the prices of everyday basics and raise the minimum wage.
Pro-life Dems throw wrench in party plans and contradict campaign messaging
Two pro-life Democrats are contradicting the party’s message that voting for the Democratic ticket means protecting abortion from statewide bans.
New laws aim to protect animals
Gov. Doug Ducey ceremoniously signed three humane animal bills, which were sponsored by Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills. The bills received bipartisan support during the last legislative session. Â
Passing bills requires ‘negotiating in good faith’
In a narrowly divided House, Rep. Jeff Weninger says he knows what it takes to get legislation through both chambers and up to the Governor’s Office. 
Lawmakers adopt historic bipartisan budget
Arizona passed its first truly bipartisan budget in years after some Republicans refused to budge on conservative issues and forced leadership to meet Democratic demands.Â
House Speaker Bowers reflects on session’s successes, work to come
Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers said it was a "blessing" to be forced to have to work with Democrats on bills involving education, water and other issues in the past legislative session.
Long lines are back in Arizona, other food banks around nation
Long lines are back at outside food banks in Arizona and around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation increasingly seek handouts to feed their families.
Pro-life bills based on poor science and will fail to protect ArizonansÂ
Two direct attacks on Arizonan’s abortion rights have been steadily making their way through the state’s Congress: House Bill 2483, the Arizona Heartbeat Act, which heavily restricts abortion after what... […]
HB2492, other extreme voting bills must be stopped
The Arizona Legislature is apparently done paying lip service to protecting voter access. A number of extreme bills that will upend Arizona’s well-functioning election system are rocketing through the Legislature.... […]
Erasing LGBTQ from the alphabet
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there are more than one hundred anti-LGBTQ+ bills moving through legislatures across the country. Arizona is no exception. Numbering among the introduced bills... […]
Senate OKs making State Bar membership optional
A bill requiring the Arizona Supreme Court to license attorneys in Arizona and making State Bar of Arizona membership optional passed out of the Senate on party lines February 23. ... […]
