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Ethics committee investigating Wendy Rogers over comments on Buffalo shooting
The Arizona Senate’s ethics committee voted Wednesday to formally investigate a Republican lawmaker’s online comments that appeared to blame the federal government...
Doug Ducey signs bill giving $400M for I-10 project
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation that earmarks $400 million in state general fund cash to add a third lane...
Arizona investing in transitional homes for the homeless
The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) will spend $40 million to provide up to 500 transitional homes for homeless Arizonans in rural...
Frank Pratt, longtime Arizona GOP lawmaker, dies at 79
Longtime Arizona Rep. Frank Pratt has died following a long illness. He was 79.
Speaker Rusty Bowers announced Pratt’s...
Tribe’s lawsuit challenges Arizona law on gambling expansion
An Arizona tribe that didn’t sign a revised gambling compact with the state earlier this year, has filed a lawsuit alleging that...
Doug Ducey blocks ASU policy requiring masks for unvaccinated
Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday blocked a new Arizona State University policy that would have required unvaccinated students to submit to twice-weekly COVID-19 testing...
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...
GOP lawmakers take aim at Doug Ducey’s pandemic emergency powers
Arizona legislative Republicans are pushing to cut off broad emergency powers that Gov. Doug Ducey has used to restrict large gatherings and business occupancy...
Mark Brnovich asks Supreme Court to decide Tucson election date
Brnovich, a Republican, said Tucson’s election plans may violate a 2018 law requiring cities to hold their elections in even-numbered years if their off-year elections show a significantly lower turnout.
State House has heated debate over Obamacare protections
Both sides using procedural moves as they objected to the others’ tactics.
