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Republican senator wants to abolish Arizona Commerce …

1/9/2024
PHOENIX — Calling it a “problem-riddled agency,” a Republican senator wants to abolish the Arizona Commerce Authority.

Hobbs asks lawmakers to make home ownership more …

1/8/2024
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs asked lawmakers Monday to approve a new program said will make home ownership more affordable for middle-income and rural homebuyers.

Gilbert lawmaker introduces new version of home-cooked …

1/4/2024
PHOENIX — Stung by a veto last year, Rep. Travis Grantham has introduced a new version of his proposal to expand what kinds of home-cooked foods can be sold to the public.

Hobbs wants to impose new restrictions on private, …

1/2/2024
PHOENIX — Unable to get the Republican-controlled Legislature to roll back a universal voucher program, Gov. Katie Hobbs now wants the lawmakers who approved the expansion to now impose some new restrictions on the private and parochial schools that accept them.

State prison panel tells Hobbs they need time, staff, …

12/26/2023
PHOENIX — Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can’t do the job she asked them to do: provide actual — and meaningful — oversight of the $1.1 billion operation where about 35,000 people are locked up.

Arizona Senate president sues Hobbs over skirting laws …

12/20/2023
PHOENIX — Senate President Warren Petersen is suing Gov. Katie Hobbs of what he says is her end-run around state laws giving the Senate the power to confirm — or reject — her picks to head state agencies.

Lake lawyers want defamation suit by county recorder …

12/19/2023
PHOENIX — Lawyers for Kari Lake told a judge Tuesday the defamation suit against her by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer should be thrown out because the failed Republican candidate for governor believes her statements about injected ballots and sabotaged voting machines in the 2022 election she lost are true.

Complaints against Arizona judges could change how …

12/18/2023
PHOENIX — A series of complaints against more than a dozen Arizona judges by an out-of-state lawyer could forever change how future election challenges are handled.

Hobbs orders National Guard soldiers placed near — …

12/16/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday ordered National Guard soldiers to be placed near — but not on — the border, less than a month after Major Gen. Kerry Muehlenbeck, who heads the Guard, told lawmakers the ones who had previously been there weren’t needed.

State bar places Scottsdale lawmaker on probation for …

12/15/2023
PHOENIX — A state legislator who is a lawyer has been placed on probation for 18 months for his role in three lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election and in filing suit against a Democratic state lawmaker for urging the FBI to investigate the activities of Republican lawmakers in and around the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Arizona Supreme Court justices hear arguments whether …

12/12/2023
PHOENIX — Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with the question of whether lawmakers who approved allowing abortions through the first 15 weeks of pregnancy in 2022 actually intended to outlaw the procedure entirely if they ever were allowed.

State Supreme Court to hear abortion case Tuesday

12/11/2023
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday about whether Arizona women will lose virtually all their rights to terminate a pregnancy.