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Sep 16, 2022

Arizona wins silver for educational freedom

Arizona scored an impressive silver medal this past week, landing the No. 2 spot out of all 50 states on the Heritage Foundation’s inaugural Education Freedom Report Card.

Dec 8, 2020

State Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to void election

The state's high court late Tuesday threw out a bid by the head of the state Republican Party to void the results of the presidential race.

Aug 19, 2019

Court allows minor league players to sue for minimum wage violations

A federal appeals court has given a key victory to players on minor league baseball teams the right to sue to be paid the minimum wage while they're in spring training in Arizona.

Feb 26, 2019

Wrong-way driving can be stopped

Wrong-way drivers present an obvious danger to all motorists on our highways. While cities and states should work to improve signs and barriers and utilize ITS-based solutions to reduce or eliminate wrong-way accidents, public awareness along with social responsibility could be an effective way.

Dec 26, 2018

Arizona projected to gain seat in U.S. House

It's beginning to look like Arizona's going to have a bit more congressional clout after 2022.

Jordan Harb (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)
Mar 26, 2018

Jordan Harb: Starting a life of politics and public policy

Jordan Harb, the 17-year-old Mesa student who helped organize a student walkout on March 14 to mark the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., said he won’t be deterred by lawmakers’ lack of response.

Students were greeted by supporters, signs and flowers as they returned to class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. With a heavy police presence, classes resumed for the first time since several students and teachers were killed by a former student on Feb. 14. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
Mar 2, 2018

Mass shooting could spur Arizona gun law changes

Every day since 17 students and faculty were gunned down in a Florida high school, Arizona’s Democratic legislators have pleaded with their Republican colleagues to do something, anything, to make sure such a mass shooting never happens again.

Feb 20, 2018

Republicans reject vote on proposal to ban gun bump stocks

Republicans rejected a Democratic maneuver to force a vote on a proposal banning so-called bump stocks or accessories designed to accelerate the rate of fire of semiautomatic rifles.

Apr 8, 2014

Research: Most states improve election performance

A new report by a nonpartisan public policy group says Americans spent an average of three minutes less standing in line to vote in the 2012 presidential election than they did four years earlier. An exception was Florida, where the wait increased by 16 minutes.

Screen shot from Rep. Bob Thorpe's Twitter account.
Aug 14, 2013

Thorpe erases tweets, locks down Twitter account following racism accusations

Rep. Bob Thorpe locked down his Twitter account, barred reporters from following it and erased several comments after Democrats and civil rights activists called several of his tweets racially insensitive.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks during a forum on immigration on, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Aug 9, 2013

Goldwater Institute blasts senator’s stand-your-ground letter

The Arizona-based Goldwater Institute responded harshly Friday to the Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's Aug. 6 letter inquiring into its position on stand-your-ground laws and connections to the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Sen. Adam Driggs, R-Phoenix, authored a bill that would create a pilot program offering current and former foster children tuition waivers at Arizona’s public universities and community colleges. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Lauren Saria)
Feb 12, 2013

Lawmaker seeks university tuition waivers for foster kids

An Arizona lawmaker wants to help more foster children have access to a college education, giving them a period to transition between their childhood and entering the adult world.

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