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Bill requires political info on home sale listings
A senator from Tucson said that an increasingly common consideration for homebuyers is the political districts in which their potential dwellings are located.
Bill to make school board elections partisan advances
A bill to make school district elections explicitly partisan passed the Senate Education Committee on party lines, though the sponsor already noted the need to strike a provision requiring board members to run in partisan primaries.
LD17 shows GOP struggle between moderate, MAGA candidates
The national war over who is a true Republican is playing out in Southern Arizona, with a leading social conservative trying to kill the bid by a former senator to get his seat back.
Panel forwards ideas to strengthen free speech on state campuses
Five Republicans and a lone Democrat offered broad recommendations to strengthen free speech protections on university campuses at the final meeting of a joint committee convened to cover a conflict over a conservative speaking engagement at ASU last year.
Lawmakers consider tightening oversight of Department of Child Safety
In a debate over how long the Arizona Department of Child Safety should be allowed to continue, a state representative denounced the agency at a sunset review hearing Wednesday and two legislators voted against recommending the agency’s continuation.
Republicans pitch proposal to lower cost of gasoline
Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation intended to lower prices by as much as a dollar per gallon coming off a summer where Arizona drivers saw gas prices rise above $5 per gallon.
Wadsack recall effort fails
A group aiming to recall Sen. Justine Wadsack, R-Tucson, failed to collect enough signatures by today’s filing deadline, and ultimately did not turn in their signatures to the secretary of state.
Hobbs vetoes 4 bills targeting drag shows, performers
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed four bills Friday designed to target "drag'' shows and performers.
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.
Judge rules Wadsack stays on ballot in LD17
A Pima County judge denied a request by friends of Sen. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, to knock GOP Senate nominee Justine Wadsack off the general election ballot on Monday.
Candidates spread conspiracy theory in bid to be elected
Republican Senate candidates who won uncontested primaries have expressed varying levels of support for a unfounded and wide-ranging conspiracy theory which holds that Donald Trump is fighting an elite cabal of business leaders, celebrities, media professionals and politicians engaged in Satanic worship and child sex trafficking.
