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Posted Apr 20, 2022, 3:09 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Religious organizations would be granted wide berth to remain open during health crises if a bill sent Tuesday to Gov. Doug Ducey is signed into law.... Read more»
Posted Apr 4, 2022, 9:41 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers - tasked with proposing salary increases for statewide elected officials, members of the judiciary and lawmakers - hasn't held a meeting since 2014, and doesn’t even have enough members for a quorum. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 21, 2022, 6:20 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Advocates for LGBTQ rights and defenders of religious freedom faced off during a hearing over an Arizona bill not up for vote this session proposing to ban discrimination and conversion therapy. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 21, 2022, 1:57 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona's Republican gubernatorial hopefuls aren't voicing any support for legislation to avert nearly $1.2 billion in education cuts this school year. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 17, 2022, 11:08 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
A proposal to split up Maricopa County got unanimous Republican backing in a House of Representatives committee, but doesn’t have the support of the most important GOP vote in the chamber — House Speaker Rusty Bowers. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 7:04 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Bipartisan proposals to fend off the threat of nearly $1.2 billion in mid-year funding cuts for Arizona schools were introduced Monday, just two weeks ahead of the March 1 deadline to act before schools are forced to layoff staff and face shutting down. ... Read more»
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Posted Feb 7, 2022, 6:46 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A bipartisan measure to create a new division inside the Arizona Department of Public Safety that would investigate use-of-force incidents and criminal misconduct by police officers won unanimous support in a legislative committee Monday afternoon.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 12:38 pm
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
Arizona Democratic Party Chair Raquel Terán concedes that Democrats don’t have the numbers on their own to rebuff Republican election reform bills so she turned Thursday to an unlikely source for help: Republicans.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2022, 10:58 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The Republican-controlled House passed a measure Thursday that would ban sexually explicit materials in K-12 classrooms across the state.... Read more»
Posted Jan 26, 2022, 9:59 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Republicans backed a bill that would ban books like “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” “1984” and “The Great Gatsby” from Arizona schools because they contain frank descriptions of sex and sexuality - that critics say would effectively make it illegal to teach about homosexuality.... Read more»
Posted Jan 21, 2022, 9:47 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
Even though U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, the Tucson Democrat was still able to cast votes in Congress by proxy Thursday while he was quarantined at home - an option many state lawmakers with they had.... Read more»
Posted Jan 17, 2022, 3:18 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Downtown Tucson business district Rio Nuevo announced the resignation of Mark Irvin after 12 years with the taxpayer-funded organization. Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers has appointed Port of Tucson CEO Mike Levin in his place. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 11, 2022, 7:19 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Gov. Doug Ducey vowed to use state resources to increase border security, spend a billion dollars to treat and transport water from the Sea of Cortez, expand school choice and continue lowering taxes as he laid out a wide-ranging agenda for his last year in office. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 10, 2022, 5:27 pm
Doug Ducey
/Arizona Governor
El gobernador de Arizona, Doug Ducey, se centró en sus logros e ideas para el futuro el lunes cuando pronunció su discurso sobre el estado del estado por octava y última vez, algo que ningún gobernador de Arizona ha hecho en más de tres décadas.... Read more»
Posted Jan 10, 2022, 5:13 pm
Doug Ducey
/Arizona Governor
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey focused on his accomplishments and ideas for the future Monday as he delivered his State of the State address for the eighth and final time – something no governor of Arizona has done in more than three decades.... Read more»
Posted Jan 10, 2022, 6:24 am
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
With near-record COVID-19 caseloads and hospitalizations driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant sweeping Arizona, the state legislature will convene Jan. 10 with almost no restrictions in place aimed at limiting spread of the virus at the Capitol.... Read more»