The House Military and Public Safety committee is scheduled to take up two controversial bills Monday that were introduced in reaction to the protests and calls for police defunding last spring and summer.
Read More »House panel to tackle bills on rioters, defunding police
Democrats irked at barefaced Republicans, don’t file complaints
A month into the legislative session, nobody has yet filed a formal complaint about lawmakers who deliberately disregard the Covid safety guidelines set up by the House and Senate to ensure the safety of lawmakers, staff and visitors.
Read More »Proposal would add 30 members to AZ House 
At least two longtime Republican lawmakers think it’s worth a shot to add 30 lawmakers to make Arizona’s government work better. Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, wants voters to approve a constitutional amendment to divide each of the state’s 30 districts ...
Read More »House, Senate to lock down over holiday weekend 
The Arizona House and Senate will lock down over the long Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and Democrats are urging a suspension of the legislative session until after inauguration day following the FBI warning of potentially violent protests at all 50 state capitols.
Read More »Covid, unrest affect look, feel of legislative session 
The 2021 legislative session will begin January 11 in an exceedingly unusual fashion, with sharp limits on public access and increased security left over from post-election unrest.
Read More »Fann selects Republican Douglas York for IRC 
Senate President Karen Fann has selected Douglas York, a Republican from Maricopa County, to serve on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the Senate GOP announced today.
Read More »Dems pour money into ousting incumbents in red-hued LD11 
Few paid attention to the district before the primaries. But since, national and state Democrats have made LD11 a top target, at least on paper.
Read More »Decade of Dem gains sets stage for nail-biter legislative races
House and Senate seats have only flipped when fewer than 10 percentage points separate voter registration numbers for the two major parties. This year, that holds true in nine districts.
Read More »Toma, Kavanagh, Kern gunning for House majority leader 
A trio of Republicans are jostling to lead the GOP House majority next year – should a GOP House majority still exist, that is.
Read More »Special session push exposes legislative discord 
An outgoing House Republican’s effort to call the Legislature into a special session is driving a wedge in an already factional caucus.
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