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Hobbs, GOP lawmakers clash over new Prop 400 proposal
Gov. Katie Hobbs claims to have a deal backed by a majority of lawmakers from both parties to let Maricopa County voters decide whether to extend a half-cent sales tax for road and transit issues.
Senate approves 4-year continuation for school for deaf, blind
In what has become a mysterious political struggle, state senators on Thursday debated on how long to allow the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind to operate before it must return to the Legislature for approval to continue as a state agency.
Bill makes illegal voting practice illegal – again
Republican lawmakers are asking Gov. Doug Ducey to sign a bill they concede has no practical effect.
Budget proposal killed in House committee
Two Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to kill a scaled-down state budget proposal.
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.
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.
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.
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... […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
