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Arizona Elections
The bill would mark down school letter grades if they did not take action in at least 75% of discipline referrals issued by teachers.
March 28, 2024
Committee work is pretty much done at the Arizona Capitol — at least until budget bills are introduced. As it inches closer to the end of the fiscal year on June 30, there’s talk of lawmakers taking a break until they have an actual budget proposal to consider.
March 28, 2024
A judge found that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake no longer has a legal right to argue she did not defame Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a fellow Republican.
March 28, 2024
Mayur Dev, head pharmacist at Phoenix's Fairmont Pharmacy, will be closely watching a case at the U.S. Supreme Court governing access to the abortion drug mifepristone.
March 28, 2024
The Arizona House late last month defeated a proposal that would have created a $135 annual registration fee for owners of electric vehicles. Arizona and other states have been trying to figure out how to pay for transportation projects like road repairs, when gas tax revenue isn’t necessarily keeping up with the needs.
March 28, 2024
On Tuesday night, both rural and urban Natives traveled from near and far to the site of a former boarding school at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix to share the devastating impacts of a sober-living-home scandal that gained widespread notoriety after the shutdown of more than 300 facilities last year.
March 28, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is pleased by the federal government’s infusion of border funds, which will prevent street releases for the time being, although the department would have preferred some border security legislation to go along with it.
March 28, 2024
Republican lawmakers will investigate Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and other Democrats for allegedly abusing their power against them and their policies.
March 28, 2024
Arizona’s attorney general determined on Monday that Tucson can hold an election in the summer, despite a state law that suggests such issues must be decided in the fall.
March 28, 2024
In a letter to President Joe Biden, more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers say the administration should take all available actions to open up legalization pathways for undocumented immigrants like DACA recipients and spouses of US citizens.
March 28, 2024
The Arizona House gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would ban public schools from allowing students to use a group shower that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth.
March 27, 2024
The legislative session is about to enter its fourth month, but Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs still are not close to agreeing on a state budget.
March 27, 2024
The Arizona Legislature passed a bill that would allow people to challenge models used by the Arizona Department of Water Resources to determine whether new developments can be built.
March 27, 2024
A state Senate Committee has passed a bill on a party line vote that would create a new $55 million Homeless Shelter and Services Fund.
March 27, 2024
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb has filed signatures to qualify for the Arizona Republican primary ballot in a run for U.S Senate.
March 27, 2024
While most of the focus in Arizona recently has been on last week’s presidential preference election, there’s another election going on that could have wide-ranging effects on many residents’ everyday lives.
March 27, 2024
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced earlier this month that she would not run for a second term this year. And, as Michael Schaffer writes, while Sinema decided against another campaign, it was a different kind of campaign that helped lead to that outcome.
March 27, 2024
Phoenix will require contractors with employees working outside to follow measures intended to prevent heat injury and illness following a City Council vote Tuesday. Officials estimate the move will affect about 10,000 workers.
March 27, 2024
Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and other House Democrats are asking the Biden administration to make reforms to CBP One — the government-run app for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
March 26, 2024
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is asking a court to swiftly determine what damages she owes in a defamation suit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer rather than take the case to trial.
March 26, 2024