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 »Proposal would add 30 members to AZ House
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.
Read More »Q&A with House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez 
House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez led a wartime caucus. Besieged by a majority that alternated between hostility and indifference, a public health crisis and a state in general disarray, the Yuma Democrat did what she could to rally her 28 ...
Read More »Q&A with House Speaker Rusty Bowers 
In a legislative body where long-winded speechification, highly visible interpersonal disputes and general cacophony is the norm, House Speaker Rusty Bowers is remarkably difficult to nail down. His penchant for substituting answers to questions with half-related parables is the stuff ...
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