Lawmakers support revamping water agency amid drought
Lawmakers appear eager to deliver something that resembles Gov. Doug Ducey’s vision to spend $1 billion on water projects but they are rejecting his proposal for a new agency.
Lawmakers criticize department for failure to protect nursing home residents
State lawmakers lashed out Thursday at the director of the Department of Health Services after a report said the agency has failed to ensure that patients in nursing homes are kept safe.
GOP lawmakers push bill to fund private school costs
In the waning weeks of the 2022 session, Republican lawmakers are trying to make every Arizona student eligible for funding to help pay for private school tuition and tying the expansion to a $400 million increase in education funding.
Lawmakers aim to expand WIFA, not create new water agency
The Legislature is preparing to release this year’s water budget likely expanding WIFA and not – as previously suggested – creating a new agency.
Vote out anti-choice lawmakers, protect reproductive freedom
Join us at NARAL Arizona, where we will continue to hold anti-choice Arizona lawmakers accountable for pushing their extreme ideological agenda at the expense of our freedom and well-being.
Ducey gets COVID-19, won’t visit Arizona border with Pence
Gov. Doug Ducey has tested positive for Covid and won’t attend a planned political event Monday with former Vice President Mike Pence, his spokesman said.
Bills would expand protections of sexual assault survivors
A new Arizona law pushed by a survivor of sexual assault will expand the protections of survivors by extending lifetime injunction on perpetrators.
Ducey again says no to Senate, tells McConnell and donors
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has notified Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that he will not enter his state’s high-profile Senate contest, a disappointing development for establishment Republicans who saw Ducey... […]
Draft bill of major water plan surfaces
Legislators are passing around a draft bill that would deliver Gov. Doug Ducey’s promised Arizona Water Authority – a new state agency charged with hunting down new water sources and... […]
Legislature, Ducey, fast-track 2022 petition signature bill
A bill clarifying the signature thresholds for candidates’ nominating petitions has become law after being rushed through the Legislature Thursday. The House suspended its rules this morning to pass House... […]
Ducey reveals his vision for water: a new state agency
Gov. Doug Ducey wants to create a new state agency that can invest in water projects; dole out grants; build or purchase water-related infrastructure; and even buy and sell water.... […]
Former Senate Minority Leader David Bradley dies
Former state Senate Minority Leader David Bradley died Saturday. Bradley, a Democrat, was first elected to the state House in 2002. He made an unsuccessful bid for Arizona Corporation in... […]