Republican lawmakers are asking Gov. Doug Ducey to sign a bill they concede has no practical effect.
Read More »Bill makes illegal voting practice illegal – again
Budget proposal killed in House committee 
Two Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to kill a scaled-down state budget proposal.
Read More »Ducey signs iffy voter ID requirement 
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation to tighten up voter registration requirements in a way that may not be legal.
Read More »Ducey to decide on first 2022 election bill 
The first election bill of the 2022 legislative session made its way to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk, setting up a test for the governor, who has largely avoided talking about what election-related measures he supports.
Read More »Senate panel OKs bills fortifying ‘parental rights’ 
A Senate panel on Tuesday passed Republican-sponsored bills increasing parents’ power to veto school materials and get access to more information on the lives of their children.
Read More »GOP push to slice up Maricopa County advances 
A bill to break Maricopa County into four took its first step to the full House. The House Government and Elections Committee voted 7-6 along party lines Wednesday to advance House Bill 2787, which would reduce Maricopa County to a ...
Read More »Lawmaker pushes bill to teach evils of communism
A first-term Arizona lawmaker wants to require that students have to study what he says is the "brutality'' of communism before they can graduate.
Read More »Constituents press lawmakers to ban CRT 
More than 100 constituents pressured Republican lawmakers for months to crack down on “critical race theory” in schools, calling it Marxist or urging them not to negotiate with Democrats on the budget, according to emails.
Read More »Dem groups start effort to take new election laws to voters 
Democratic organizers who succeeded in sending a 2017 voucher expansion to the ballot and defeating it are setting their sights on three new election laws.
Read More »Sine finally die! 
After 171 days and several false starts and with mere hours to spare before a government shutdown, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a budget and the Arizona Legislature finally succeeded in adjourning sine die at 4:54 p.m. Wednesday.
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