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Lawmakers will investigate AG for alleged abuse of power
Republican lawmakers will investigate Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and other Democrats for allegedly abusing their power against them and their policies.
Gov. Katie Hobbs is losing patience with University of Arizona President Robert Robbins after the latest in an unfavorable series of reports about the school’s leadership.
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Federal funds are headed to Arizona-Mexico border. How they should be spent depends on who you ask
If there’s one thing all of Arizona’s four border counties can all agree on, it’s that managing the border is a federal responsibility that needs federal money. But not everyone agrees on exactly what that means.
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Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) announced Thursday that he’s throwing his hat in the ring to represent the state as a member of the Republican National Committee.
If an adult on campus refers to a student by a pronoun that differs from what was assigned at birth, the bill states they would have to inform the parents within five days.
The bill would mark down school letter grades if they did not take action in at least 75% of discipline referrals issued by teachers.
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.
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.
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.
Hobbs celebrates federal funding, but wishes Congress would add security legislation
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.
Democratic senators ask Biden to protect undocumented migrants amid Trump deportation threats
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.
Hear the voices of families, victims at a town hall on Arizona’s sober living home scandal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last week, a Democratic state lawmaker told her colleagues on the Senate floor that she planned to get an abortion in the coming days and she hopes her story will aid efforts to put abortion access on the ballot in November.
More Arizona politics news
Democratic lawmakers call on DHS to reform CBP One asylum process
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.
The Arizona Board of Regents recently chose an interim executive director to serve while his predecessor is on temporary assignment at the University of Arizona. The appointment came with a yearly raise of $45,000.
The San Carlos Apache said Monday that the federal government owes it $3 million for health-care services, one of two tribes arguing before the Supreme Court for more support from the Indian Health Service.