Frustrated by a fight between microbreweries and alcohol distributors and seeing no end in sight, three Arizona lawmakers signed on as cosponsors of two competing bills that accomplish conflicting goals.

A political battle could be in the making, as two state senators have separate proposals that could make thousands more children eligible for a program that provides public money for students to attend private school.

A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.

Sen. Carlyle Begay, D-Ganado, has overtaken Rep. Jamescita Peshlakai’s lead in the Democratic Senate race in Legislative District 7. When votes began pouring in, Peshlakai, a Democrat from Cameron, held an 8-point lead, but the latest tally shows that Peshlakai ...

Four Democratic legislative candidates locked in bitter primaries just got a big boost: $73,000 in “dark money” assistance.

Senate Democrats held a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon that spiraled out of control, resulting in a bungled attempt at a vote to oust caucus leaders.

Vacant political seats attract would-be politicians like manure attracts flies. Arizona lawmakers are stepping into a big pile of statutes governing how to deal with vacant seats with a pair of bills approved by a House committee last week.

Early voting in the 2014 primary begins in nine months, and candidates are already firing up their campaigns.

Rep. Albert Hale won’t go to court to challenge Sen. Carlyle Begay’s qualifications for office, but Hale may run against Begay for his Senate seat in 2014.

Arizona’s attorney general has declined to take legal action to remove one of the state’s newest senators from office, citing a lack in clarity of state laws dictating appointments to office.