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Ex-lawmakers bring baggage to 2022 races
Ten former lawmakers, many of whom have personal or political baggage, are on the ballot for legislative seats this year.
Failed union legislation drives primary challenges to incumbent Democrats
The ghosts of defeat, of deals gone awry and of soured relationships are haunting House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez and several of her close allies in the party as influential labor attorney and lobbyist Israel Torres is flooding contested Democratic primaries with union cash
Court should support jury verdicts, businesses over trial attorneys
As a conservative Republican who has dedicated my life to public service, I have always appreciated the importance of government partnering with business. I was pleased when Gov. Doug Ducey... […]
Senate calls it quits, leaves House to decide what’s next
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.
GOP lawmaker finds new road in quest of gas tax hike
Rep. Noel Campbell’s career in Arizona politics is likely over.
House GOP caucus cold to gas tax proposal
A proposal to double the state's gasoline tax is in trouble. On Thursday, several Republican lawmakers told Rep. Noel Campbell, R-Prescott, they would not support his proposal for a three-step increase in the levy that eventually would bring it to 36 cents a gallon.
GOP lawmaker proposes legislation to allow ‘dreamers’ in-state tuition
Parting ways with party members, a Prescott Republican wants to allow "dreamers'' who attend Arizona colleges and universities to pay the same in-state tuition as any other resident.
2 Republicans join Dems to kill social promotion ban
Legislation to outlaw "social promotion'' hit a snag Monday as two Republicans refused to go along with a proposal by one of their own.
Big fights loom over few differences in GOP spending proposals
Cage fighting has begun at the state Capitol.
Union legislation comes with warning for Democratic lawmaker
It’s easy to dismiss the crew requirements legislation as just another pet project, the kind of bill that a lawmaker proposes session after session with usually no success, banking on the hope that one day, the winds will break in the other direction and the votes will fall into place to get it out of committee, out of the chamber, out of the Legislature and to the governor. But this upcoming se[...]
Time for change in vacation rental law, Ducey says
Acknowledging it hasn't quite worked as promoted, Gov. Doug Ducey wants to take a new look at legislation he signed three years ago that pretty much stripped cities of their ability to regulate vacation rentals.
Senate plans to start budget talks around Labor Day
Republicans in the state Senate — and possibly the House — plan to start drafting next year’s budget shortly after Labor Day and have a proposal ready by the end of the year
