State senators approved three new laws designed to expand the rights of gun owners, including one that could allow Arizonans who get federal OK to possess everything from grenades to silencers.
Read More »Senate committee votes to overturn Voter Protection Act
A Senate panel voted Tuesday to ask voters to give up some of their rights to enact -- and, more to the point, preserve -- their own laws.
Read More »Democrats say they were shut out of campaign finance overhaul amendments 
A debate over the merits of a campaign finance overhaul devolved into a spat between Senate Democrats and a top elections official.
Read More »House postpones action on vouchers bill 
The Arizona House of Representatives has postponed a debate on a bill to massively expand the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Several Republicans said the measure, which passed the Senate on Monday, doesn’t have the votes in the lower chamber.
Read More »Senate panel advances hefty bill to overhaul campaign finance laws
Republican lawmakers are working with the Secretary of State’s Office to overhaul the state’s campaign finance system with a 54-page rewrite critics say is too long and complicated to rush through the Legislature.
Read More »Open for comment: Lawmaker lets people talk, and they have plenty to say 
Hours after the experts had their say – the budget analysts, representatives from the Arizona Board of Regents, and the presidents of the Grand Canyon State’s public universities – the public had a chance to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27. Senators got more than they bargained for.
Read More »Q&A with Senate President Andy Biggs 
In his first three years as Senate president, Andy Biggs has navigated the Legislature with force. More often than not, he sets the tone for the entire legislative body.
Read More »Donahue sworn in as newest senator 
Mohave County Republican Sue Donahue was sworn in Thursday afternoon as the newest Arizona senator.
Read More »Year in Review: Senate’s abrupt adjournment led to the failure of ‘revenge porn’ bill 
The Arizona Senate’s unilateral decision to adjourn left numerous bills for dead, including a measure designed to outlaw “revenge porn” and settle an ongoing lawsuit against the state.
Read More »Year in Review: A sampling of notable bills passed by the Legislature 
Of the hundreds of bills introduced by Arizona legislators in 2015, a few stood out above the rest – as odder, more controversial, resoundingly supported or panned by seemingly the entire state.
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