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Wrap up with Senate Minority Leader Mitzi Epstein
The Arizona Capitol Times sat down with Senate Minority Leader Mitzi Epstein to talk about the highs and lows of the session, budget negotiations, school funding and Democrats' plan to flip the Legislature.
7th Democrat to resign from the state House this year
Rep. Laura Terech, D-Scottsdale, issued a statement Monday announcing her upcoming resignation. The first-term lawmaker will resign on Sunday.
Dems unhappy with budget governor negotiated
The passage of the budget June 15 revealed a rift between Gov. Katie Hobbs and some Democratic lawmakers who said she did not negotiate well, while other unexpected supporters of the deal emerged.
2 Democrats are no-shows at their ethics committee hearings
A House ethics panel amended committee rules Wednesday to require legislative members who face ethics complaints to attend their Ethics Committee hearings.
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs near total abortion ban repeal – now what?
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation May 2 to repeal a territorial-era abortion law. But her signature does not end debate on the issue.
Personal stories, jabs at GOP disunity color passage of abortion ban repeal
Just three weeks after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to uphold a pre-statehood law that put a near-total ban on abortion, the Senate passed a bill to repeal it on Wednesday.
Democratic lawmakers respond to ethics complaints
An attorney representing two House Democrats accused of inciting a “riot” argued in a response letter submitted Wednesday that the complaints against them are an effort from Republicans to “chill the free exchange of ideas” on the House floor and asked for the complaints to be dismissed.
‘Drag Story Hour’ brings ban of House conference rooms for Democrats
Nearly half of the lawmakers in the state House of Representatives have been banned from using meeting rooms in the building after a Democratic lawmaker reserved one of the rooms for a “Drag Story Hour” Tuesday.
Republicans file ethics complaints against 2 Democrats for outburst on the House Floor
Republicans filed ethics complaints alleging two Democrats incited a “riot” within the state House of Representatives following their attempt to introduce a repeal of the 1864 abortion ban on April 10.
House passes repeal of abortion ban
The state House voted Wednesday to repeal the 1864 law that outlaws abortions except to save the life of the mother.
House Dems at full strength – again
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors filled the last remaining vacancy in the state House of Representatives Tuesday, bringing the House one step closer to full membership before a critical day for lawmakers who want to repeal the territorial-era abortion ban.
Budget negotiations heat up as Legislature slows down
Three months into the Arizona Legislature's annual session, lawmakers are ready to take some time off and go to a work schedule many would love to have -- just one day a week.
