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Senate panel approves 15-week abortion ban

2/3/2022
PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Thursday to curbing abortion rights in Arizona if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the go-ahead to do so. SB 1164, approved on a 5-3 …

House advances ballot ID requirement

2/2/2022
PHOENIX — After heated debate, House panel voted this week to prohibit election officials from accepting already filled-out early ballots at polling places unless voters first provide …

Bowers, House speaker, quashes election override …

2/2/2022
PHOENIX — The top House Republican is unilaterally quashing legislation which would have given lawmakers the power to reject election returns. Strictly speaking, Speaker Rusty Bowers told …

Proposed law would discourage complaints to state Bar

1/31/2022
PHOENIX — Saying the lawyer discipline process has been “weaponized” as a political tool, a veteran Republican lawmaker is moving to give people second thoughts before filing …

Lawmaker proposes 35-page rewrite of election laws

1/26/2022
PHOENIX — A Republican state lawmaker is proposing to give the Arizona Legislature — currently controlled by Republicans — the right to reject election returns. Rep. John …

House panel approves ban of ‘explicit’ sex-ed …

1/26/2022
PHOENIX — A House panel approved legislation this week that is aimed at keeping “sexually explicit materials” out of the hands of school children. But the discussion about HB …

Panel: Dentists could work with Botox and more

1/19/2022
PHOENIX — A Senate panel voted Wednesday to allow dental patients to get their lips puffed up, cheeks filled out and brow wrinkles smoothed at the same place they now get their cavities …

Cook says he still seeks re-election

1/18/2022
PHOENIX — The way David Cook sees it, once you've been elected to office you shouldn't have to be bothered gathering signatures on nominating petitions for your reelection. The Republican …

Townsend, state senator, to run for Congress

1/17/2022
PHOENIX — An Apache Junction lawmaker who continues to question the outcome of the 2020 presidential race now wants to represent southeast Arizona in Congress. “Anybody who knows me …

Lawmaker: Waive taxes on firearms

1/13/2022
PHOENIX — Calling them necessities, a first-term lawmaker wants the same sales tax rate on guns as to the food you buy from the grocery and the prescriptions you get from your …

Peoria Unified might lose tens of millions due to …

1/11/2022
Public schools across the state are opening the new year waiting to see if the Arizona Legislature will act to prevent major cuts to education budgets, including Peoria Unified School District’s bottom line.

Elections, taxes on new Arizona legislative agenda

1/10/2022
PHOENIX — Lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday with a full agenda of things they want, ranging from reenacting what the Supreme Court voided to deciding what to do about previously approved …