In his second year at the helm of the House and in his final year in the chamber, Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, navigated uncharted waters when he asked members to expel one of their own.

After 16 years as an Arizona state representative, then senator, Senate President Steve Yarbrough is calling it quits.

After more than two decades at the Legislature, Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, D-Phoenix, said she thought it was pretty safe to assume how her last session in the House would play out.

Altering a cap on corporate tax credits for private school scholarships will require a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature.

Funeral mass for Ed Sawyer, a former president of the Arizona Senate, is scheduled for 9 a.m. June 10, at St. Rose of Lima Church in Safford.

In his first year at the helm of the Senate, President Steve Yarbrough, R-Chandler, took to heart his experience as the majority leader to lead a united Republican Caucus — at least, most of the time.

The Arizona Legislature has convened its 2017 session and the House and Senate have formally elected new leaders for the session.

Senate Republicans elected Steve Yarbrough as the chamber’s president, ushering in a new era of leadership with the departure of Sen. Andy Biggs.

State senators voted Monday to expand the Supreme Court in what one Democrat lawmaker called a “power grab” by Gov. Doug Ducey.

The state’s top Senate Republican on Friday accused Democrats of hampering the state’s recovery by complaining about the state’s public education system.