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The Arizona Senate's appropriations committee on Wednesday advanced a series of last minute measures on hot-button issues as the Legislature prepares to adjourn for the year.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly co-sponsored a bill to connect grandparents raising grandchildren with additional services and resources. Kelly said the Informing Grandfamilies Act would have a meaningful impact on families like those who testified in favor of the bill on Thursday.
The Washington Post reports that a Trump campaign official who worked in Arizona has been subpoenaed by the Justice Department. The summons comes after Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing, where the House Select Committee said the former president was directly involved in a scheme to have phony electors replace real ones in states, like Arizona, that Trump lost.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a virtual address to Congress Wednesday morning. His remarks come as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week.
March 16, 2022
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent starting in 2023.
March 15, 2022
Gov. Doug Ducey is not interested in suspending the state's 18-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax to help Arizonans weather higher prices.
March 15, 2022
Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for nearly a month on allegations of drug possession, and activists are now calling on President Biden to ask former President Trump for help.
March 15, 2022
A group of election reform proposals have failed to pass the Arizona Senate on Monday. Among the proposals was a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to misplace ballots and one that would give election workers unique passwords to log into machines.
March 15, 2022
With the goal of the bill being to produce transparency in schools, some lawmakers worry it will bog down teachers and school resources.
March 15, 2022
A federal government program that collected data on money transfers between a handful of U.S. states and Mexico is coming under scrutiny after Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, raised questions about it.
March 15, 2022
A judge put an official end to the tax hike on the wealthy that voters approved in 2020. It’s still unclear where the Invest in Arizona backers will go from here and whether they will appeal the ruling.
March 14, 2022
It’s another week, and another series of election-related bills for lawmakers to debate at the state Capitol.
March 14, 2022
An off-year election is typically a good one for the political party that isn’t in power at the highest levels. But Republic columnist Bob Robb wrote over the weekend that he believes that some Arizona Republicans are doing their best to make the GOP case more challenging — by filing a lawsuit to eliminate mail-in balloting in the state.
March 14, 2022
The deadline for filing tax returns is about a month away. And the IRS is urging taxpayers to file electronically because of a huge backlog with paper returns.
March 14, 2022
A proposal to save condominium owners from being forced out of their homes has run into a problem. It may be unconstitutional.
March 13, 2022
The state's top election official is urging the state Supreme Court to reject a bid by the Arizona Republican Party to kill all early voting.
March 13, 2022
On Thursday, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema met with President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
March 12, 2022
A judge on Friday declared that a tax on high-earning Arizona residents to fund education spending that voters approved in 2020 can't be enforced because of a state Supreme Court ruling and ordered its collection permanently blocked.
March 11, 2022
The Maricopa County 2022 Homeless Point-In-Time Count is out and it’s not looking good. Glendale saw an increase of nearly 139% from 2020. Phoenix, which has the most people experiencing homelessness, is up 30%.
March 11, 2022
Arizona state Sen. Kelly Townsend has abandoned her run for Congress, and will instead challenge fellow Republican Wendy Rogers for reelection. Plus, a series of election-related bills were defeated this week at the state Capitol.
March 11, 2022
The Arizona Senate unanimously gave preliminary approval on a measure to change the formula used to determine the annual vehicle license tax.
March 11, 2022
The Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that requires voters to provide satisfactory evidence of U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot. It also requires proof of residency within the state.
March 11, 2022
The 2020 U.S. census count missed Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans at a higher rate than their white counterparts, officials admit. Considering the overall count was off by less than a quarter of a percentage point, the difference in who was missed was stark.
March 11, 2022
