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Billion-dollar water authority expansion plan passes Legislature
A bipartisan water plan to expand the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority passed through the Legislature on Friday evening after months of grueling negotiation.
Lawmakers finally advance budget, some oppose education proposal
The Fiscal Year 2023 budget is finally on the move with at least one House Democrat in favor and one Republican opposed to it.
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.
Senator proposes banning children from drag performances
An Arizona senator wants to ban children from attending drag queen performances through a last-minute bill.
Legislators have ‘egg on our face’ after emergency bill sparks uproar
Legislators moved on Monday to claw back part of an emergency law they approved just last week. The House and Senate introduced identical bills today that would repeal language relating to... […]
Arizona Senate may waive spending cap, avert school crisis
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann on Monday scheduled a vote to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatens to shut down public schools across the state. The... […]
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... […]
Senate GOP embraces new audits in heavily-backed elections bill
In a move designed to unite conservatives behind a single measure, Senate republicans submitted SB1629 late Monday that if passed and signed by the governor, will mandate audits of Maricopa... […]
Senate committee kickstarts GOP’s aim to overhaul elections
Amid ongoing claims of 2020 election fraud, seven election integrity bills passed through the Senate government committee today, the first step in changing the way Arizona conducts elections. Four more election bills are still pending.
Fann talks audit, redistricting, legacy
In her final year as a legislator and Senate president, Republican Karen Fann still faces a sharply divided Legislature, the Covid pandemic and a polarizing election audit. She outlines her... […]
FOIA’d texts reveal Fann, Logan fracture
PHOENIX (AP) — The Donald Trump supporter hired to run a review of the 2020 election in Arizona told the state Senate president he’s starting a new company with some... […]
Senate approves bill giving civil rights violators ‘cure period’
State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation to give businesses time to fix violations of disability laws that opponents say they should already be obeying.
