While the Arizona Senate took another step towards banning voters from dropping off their mail-in ballots at polls, the measure is effectively dead due to opposition from two Republicans.

Early polling results show Sen. David Farnsworth easily holding off a challenge from San Tan Valley Republican Michael Hernandez for re-election to the state Senate.

Michael Hernandez supports the incorporation of San Tan Valley, and Sen. David Farnsworth, a Mesa Republican, wasn’t willing to sponsor legislation to aid that goal.

A group of real estate agents formally launched their bid Tuesday to remove flexibility from state lawmakers on what should be taxed.

Key state lawmakers want to take advantage of a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling which lets states collect online sales taxes.

Reliable power, affordable water and good jobs are essential elements of Arizona’s productive economy. Without these fundamentals, not much else matters.

Any attempt to undermine a November referendum on a controversial law to expand Arizona’s school voucher program is dead on arrival in the Senate.

The League of Arizona Cities and Towns has offered a compromise over the taxation of digital goods and services in the state.

An effort to forgo sales taxes on digital goods and services has stalled while state budget analysts try to figure out how much Arizona may stand to lose in tax revenue.

Rebuffing claims it will harm some low-income individuals, a Senate panel agreed yesterday to increase the amount of liability insurance that motorists must purchase to drive on Arizona roads.