A vaping bill backed by the tobacco industry is moving forward in the Arizona Legislature after years of stalemates, and the Republican who led the fight against it blames political retaliation.

Republican legislators voted April 7 to block counties from applying for private grants to make up for shortfalls in what they say they need to properly run elections.

It's promoted as a measure to ensure that no future governor shuts down religious services during an emergency, but some legislators worry that the actual wording of the legislation would potentially immunize churches from lawsuits over child abuse.

A Senate panel on Tuesday advanced a school voucher expansion that supporters framed as a civil rights issue and opponents decried as a repudiation of Arizona voters who overwhelmingly rejected universal vouchers two years ago.

Reducing a disproportionate amount of violence directed at indigenous women and girls will take significant work from state government and law enforcement, members of a state study committee concluded October 28.

State senators on Tuesday rejected the one tax break sought by Gov. Doug Ducey in his State of the State speech.

The legislative session wasn’t even done before lawmakers started announcing bills they planned to introduce next session.

Arizona Senate Republicans voted Monday to denounce pornography as a public health crisis while Democrats argued doing so trivializes crises including measles, homelessness and the opioid epidemic.

State lawmakers are picking another fight with Gov. Doug Ducey over taxes and fees.

Legislative candidates on both sides of the aisle have amassed sizeable war chests for the 2018 elections thanks to hefty contributions from political action committees.