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Rep. Roberts resigns, cites family reasons
Rep. Bret Roberts is resigning as of Sept. 30.
GOP lawmakers give business owners escape from school surcharge
Republican state representatives voted Friday to allow the owners of small businesses -- and anyone who organizes their finances for tax purposes as one -- to escape paying the voter-approved income tax surcharge on the wealthy to fund education.
House Dems walk out stalls GOP budget
House Republicans’ hopes of passing a budget Tuesday were dashed when the Democrats boycotted the morning’s floor session.
Ducey orders ban on ‘vaccine passports’
Gov. Doug Ducey is blocking government agencies and some businesses from requiring customers to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid.
‘Strikers’ propose abortion ban, money for lawmakers
Vaccine passports, abortion bans and an oft-thwarted plan to get more money in lawmakers’ pockets were among the bills that made a late introduction as strike-everything amendments this week.
Ducey won’t challenge local mask ordinances
Gov. Doug Ducey is not taking any action to curb the decisions of some cities and counties to ignore his directive that they scrap their mask mandates.
Proposed law requires governor to meet with emergency panel
State lawmakers are moving to force Gov. Doug Ducey to finally use the existing Statewide Emergency Council that was specifically created to advise him and monitor his activities.
House Ethics panel chair rejects calls to investigate Finchem
An Oro Valley Republican who was in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, the day a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the electoral vote, will not face an investigation from the Legislature, the chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee said Friday.
House panel to tackle bills on rioters, defunding police
The House Military and Public Safety committee is scheduled to take up two controversial bills Monday that were introduced in reaction to the protests and calls for police defunding last spring and summer.
Lawmakers want AG review of eviction moratorium
Two state lawmakers are asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich to rule that expanded eviction protections approved last week by Pima County supervisors is illegal.
Lawmakers propose giving themselves say over election certification
Republican House members have introduced three measures over the past week to give lawmakers the power to reject election results.
GOP lawmakers demand Ward allow audit of her election
About a third of state Republican lawmakers are calling on newly re-elected state GOP Chair Kelli Ward to either agree to a recount of that vote or back off of her challenges to the presidential race.
