Arizona doesn’t have a shortage of people who want to be nurses, but there is a critical shortage of active nurses able to train them.
Read More »Bill proposes relief for nursing shortage
House approves easier access to birth control for women
Women in Arizona may soon find it a lot easier to get to get birth control.
Read More »Panels advance budget bills, GOP holdouts seek compromise 
Budget bills cleared their first hurdle Tuesday after a day of arm-twisting and political maneuvering, but problems getting it passed persist.
Read More »Lawmaker strives again to insure more kids 
When Rep. Kelli Butler found out a couple of years ago that the eligibility threshold for Arizona’s child health insurance program is among the lowest in the nation, she decided to try to do something about it.
Read More »From tragedy comes a bill to save lives 
Exactly one year after 25-year-old Landon Marsh died of a fentanyl overdose, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Marsh’s mother drafted to prevent other young people from unknowingly ingesting the drug.
Read More »‘Dreamers’ ready in quest for in-state tuition
Now, she and other advocates are gearing up for a campaign to convince voters next year that making it possible for young people who are in the U.S. without legal status to attend college is both the right thing to do for those individuals and benefits the state as a whole.
Read More »Proposal to give ‘Dreamers’ in-state tuition goes to ballot 
Arizona voters will decide in November 2022 whether immigrants in this country illegally who are Arizona residents should be allowed to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.
Read More »House Republicans kill attempt to expand insurance program for children 
The House voted along party lines Thursday to defeat a Democratic attempt to expand KidsCare eligibility by amending a bill funding the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
Read More »House passes bill for 4-year community college degrees
Arizona's community colleges may have the best chance ever of finally being able to offer four-year degrees to their students.
Read More »GOP lawmakers demand Ward allow audit of her election
About a third of state Republican lawmakers are calling on newly re-elected state GOP Chair Kelli Ward to either agree to a recount of that vote or back off of her challenges to the presidential race.
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