Lawmakers and staff are preparing for multiple special legislative sessions to address COVID-19 and economic recovery now that the regular session has officially ended.

  The Arizona Senate abruptly ended the 2020 legislative session today, catapulting leaders into planning for a special session an hour or so earlier than they expected. Senators, who already voted to end the session once this month, planned to ...

At least two state senators want Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special session to address child welfare issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Senate served as a microcosm of the nation, where wearing a mask — or not wearing one — has become a political symbol for many.

The scene Sen. Victoria Steele encountered when she walked out of the Senate last week was like nothing she has seen in nearly a decade at the Capitol.  Steele, D-Tucson, knew demonstrators stood outside. She had seen some on her ...

The Senate notified the House early Friday afternoon that it had ended its legislative work, ending the session and killing hundreds of bills. The lower chamber has yet to accede to the request, leaving senators in an indefinite recess.

On a 3-6 vote Tuesday the Senate Education Committee quashed legislation which would have allowed these colleges to start offering baccalaureate degrees.

Insurance companies in Arizona will soon have to cover mental health care the same way they cover other medical care.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s attempt to pass a law allowing a judge to order people deemed a potential threat to themselves or others to forfeit their weapons and submit to mental health evaluations is effectively dead in the Legislature.

The death of the referral marks the end of a two-month saga that began in Ducey’s January State of the State Address, in which it was unveiled as one of several policy proposals that the governor would push through the legislature. Shope received a glowing shoutout. Republicans rose to their feet.