The Arizona Legislature is apparently done paying lip service to protecting voter access. A number of extreme bills that will upend Arizona’s well-functioning election system are rocketing through the Legislature. One standout in a crowded field of anti-democratic legislation, HB2492, ...

The Arizona Republican Party is trying to kill the method of voting preferred by more than 80% of state residents.  Legal papers filed Friday ask the Arizona Supreme Court to conclude that there is nothing in the state constitution to ...

The freedom to decide if, when, and how to start or grow a family is fundamental to Arizonans. No matter your personal beliefs, most folks here believe that everyone should be free to decide what is best for them. That ...

A bipartisan bill that would require an outside agency to review when a police officer fires their gun or uses deadly force is making its way through the House.  “We have had civilian fatalities, and many times that is accompanied ...

House Speaker Rusty Bowers is throwing his weight behind a bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender people.  “It is the doctrine of my faith that we are all brothers and sisters, and we belong to the family of ...

Insisting that boys are boys and girls are girls, Arizona lawmakers are moving to block state agencies from giving a third option for those who identify as neither.  HB2294 would put in statute that any document issued by a state ...

Arizona made national headlines last year when it became the first state to eliminate peremptory strikes of potential jurors. But most of the Arizona Supreme Court’s rule change, which took effect in January, would be short-lived if HB2413 becomes law.  ...

Two controversial education bills, one banning “critical race theory” in Arizona schools and one that, supporters say, would keep sexually explicit materials out of schools, passed the House on party-line votes Thursday.  Gov. Doug Ducey called for a critical race ...

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Sen. Wendy Rogers in a defamation lawsuit, pointing to the First Amendment and citing concerns on chilling political speech while establishing that most private individuals don’t have legal recourse if they’re entangled ...

State senators took the first steps Monday that would erect new hurdles in the path of Arizonans to propose their own laws and constitutional amendments.  On a 4-3 party-line vote, Republicans on the Government Committee approved a measure that says ...