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Explosive news report intensifies calls for Stringer’s censure, expulsion
Rep. David Stringer faces renewed calls for his censure, and perhaps expulsion, following a report that he was charged with multiple sex offenses more than two decades ago.
Udall to put education bills to the test
Rep. Michelle Udall is putting the bright ideas of her fellow lawmakers to the test with a teacher-approved grading system.
Bills to restrict teachers reawakens Red for Ed movement
A handful of bills introduced ahead of the 2019 legislative session are already stirring up tensions in the education community, leaving some to wonder if the Capitol will again be awash in red.
Racially-charged comments lead to Stringer’s removal as criminal justice reform committee chairman
Rep. David Stringer on Friday was stripped of his chairmanship of the House Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee after again making inflammatory comments about race and immigration.
Facing slim majority, House Republicans beef up key committees
House Republicans have stacked the legislative system in their favor even now when Democrats hold nearly half the seats in the chamber.
Lawmakers jockey for leadership roles in House, Senate
The day after the November 6 election will be followed by another kind of vote, as elected Arizona senators and representatives will meet with their fellow Republicans and Democrats to choose leaders for their respective parties.
3 Democrats jockey for position of House minority leader
Two House Democrats who planned to run as a team for separate caucus leadership roles are now challenging each other for the top spot.
Pay hike flap leaves rank and file lawmakers with little to do
As teachers around the state prepared to strike, legislators sat nearly idle for four days as they got into a stand-off with Gov. Doug Ducey over how to give teachers pay raises.
Racial slur at center of lengthy House floor debate
With little work to do on the Arizona House floor, members spent more than 90 minutes debating the offensiveness of rap lyrics.
State drops plan for prisoner rehab center at county site
The governor’s office has decided to scrap its plan to open two programs in south Phoenix aimed at helping prisoners re-enter society, allegedly because of a lack of cooperation from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Democrats oppose locating recidivism center in south Phoenix
Democratic lawmakers from south Phoenix are siding with their voters in a fight against two proposed programs aimed at helping prisoners re-enter society, a long held constituency of theirs that doesn’t vote.
Marchers take up cause of black women
Attendees, organizers and lawmakers alike at the March for Black Women Sept. 30 put education and the treatment of black girls in Arizona’s schools front and center.
