Even after settling on a multi-billion spending plan for the next year, there was plenty left unsettled when lawmakers went home for the summer.

The first major hurdle every piece of legislation faces in the House or Senate is a committee leader with the ability to unilaterally kill bills, and some chairs are more willing to do it than others.

The House gave preliminary approval today for a bill that sets aside $2.5 million to be awarded to an organization that would provide referral services for pregnant women and new mothers.

Leaders of the Invest in Ed coalition, which tried but failed to get an income tax hike for education spending on the 2018 ballot, are urging lawmakers to reject a proposal to instead raise Arizona’s sales tax.

Three Republican lawmakers have reached a consensus on a plan to ask voters to raise a sales tax for education funding.

Rep. Michelle Udall is putting the bright ideas of her fellow lawmakers to the test with a teacher-approved grading system.

Arizona lawmakers get paid $24,000 annually. Most have full-time jobs beyond the business of sponsoring and voting on bills for four to five months out of the year.

Republican Rep. Michelle Udall is a self-proclaimed “geek” who grew up shooting rockets with her brothers, which sparked her interest in math and science at an early age.

If you think your vote can’t make a difference, think again. In three of Arizona’s legislative primary races, the difference between the winning and losing candidates is only a handful of votes.

Sen. Bob Worsley spent heavily in his campaign for re-election to the Arizona Senate, investing hundreds of thousands of his own dollars.