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Governor tours Arizona fires, calls for special session
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday called a special session of the state Legislature to boost wildfire funding as two large wildfires continue to...
Bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass budget falls flat
The Arizona House on Monday failed to pass vital parts of a $12.8 billion state budget that contains a massive $1.9 billion income tax...
Arizona House plans budget vote but short of backing
Republican leaders of the Arizona House plan to call members back to the Capitol Monday and try to muscle through a budget they negotiated...
Arizona Senate calls off budget vote, adjourns amid rancor
The Arizona Senate on Thursday pulled the plug on a plan to vote on a budget and instead adjourned until June 10 unless they...
Arizona budget faces GOP opposition as debate delayed
Contentious division among Republican lawmakers about a state budget deal negotiated between GOP Gov. Doug Ducey and majority Republican legislative leaders is in the...
In-state tuition for immigrants to be on 2022 ballot measure
Arizona voters in 2022 will get to decide whether young people brought illegally to the United States as children should qualify for in-state tuition...
GOP advances election bill criticized by businesses
Arizona Republicans on Tuesday advanced an election bill that’s drawn fierce opposition from voting rights advocates, Democrats, and prominent business executives who say it...
Debate abruptly halted on election bill
An Arizona election bill to purge inconsistent voters from the popular permanent early voting list is in limbo after the state House took the...
Arizona Senate revokes mask mandate after governor’s action
The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate voted Monday to rescind its mandatory mask policy, and the House speaker made the same move on his own authority.
The...
Doug Ducey lifts mask mandates, reopens bars
Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday lifted Arizona’s remaining restrictions to curb the coronavirus, prohibiting government mask mandates and allowing bars and nightclubs shuttered for...
