GOP-led Arizona State Senate committee advances bill that mandates hand-counting for all ballots
An Arizona State Senate committee had advanced a bill that will require every single ballot cast in the state's elections be counted by hand.
Former Arizona lawmaker Olivia Cajero Bedford dies at 83
Olivia Cajero Bedford, a Democrat who represented Tucson, was in the state House from 2003-10 and the state Senate from 2011-18.
Democrats propose temporary suspension of federal gas tax to offset soaring prices
The Gas Prices Relief Act would eliminate the 18.4 cents per gallon fuel tax for the rest of 2022.
Cat declawing could become illegal in Arizona
HB 2224 would impose fines on any veterinarian that performs the cat declawing procedure unless it is for therapeutic purposes.
GOP lawmakers want Arizona Supreme Court to kill Prop 208 education tax
Arizona schools could be forced to close because they can’t legally spend more than the $1 billion the Legislature has already appropriated for the current school year.
Arizona measures would make ballot initiatives harder to pass
A state House committee approved two measures asking voters to change the rules for citizen initiatives. One would require petition signatures to come from all 30 legislative districts and the other would require support from 60% of voters to pass.
DREAM Act supporters gather at Arizona Capitol to support in-state tuition for undocumented students
Back in 2021, the Arizona State Legislature approved SCR1044, a ballot referral that allows voters in 2022 to decide whether DREAMers should qualify for in-state tuition.
Arizona AG sued for threatening to prosecute top state election official for updating election system
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has announced that she will sue the state's Attorney General, Mark Brnovich, for threatening to charge her for a crime if she shuts down an online election-related system temporarily for a required system update.
Arizona ballot initiative aims to protect voting rights
The new initiative, called Arizonans for Fair Elections, would roll back recent changes approved by Republican lawmakers to voting and initiative laws.
GOP-led Arizona Senate panel OKs school voucher expansions
The Senate Education Committee approved the major expansion bill, which wrapped in contents of two smaller proposals. Republicans who dominate the committee backed the plan with no Democratic support.
Big education funding cuts in Arizona loom; state school superintendent paints bleak picture for education
Currently, public schools in Arizona face more than $1 billion in budget cuts by March 1, partly as a result of a spending limit that was approved by voters in the 1980s. The state's Superintendent for Public Instruction, Kathy Hoffman, painted a bleak picture for education during her State of Education address on Feb. 8.
Bill that aims to protect Arizona's LGBTQ+ community from discrimination introduced to state legislature
The legislation would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in workplaces, housing and places of public accommodation, which covers most businesses selling goods and services to the public.
Arizona panel votes to require excuse for early voting
The measure aims to steer most voters toward in-person balloting on Election Day, a method used by just 10% of voters in 2020.
Arizona bill mandates outside probes of police shootings, use of deadly force
The proposal by Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers was developed with input from major Arizona law enforcement agencies over the past year and applies to all uses of deadly force, regardless of whether someone dies.
Newsmaker Saturday - Raul Grijalva
FOX 10's John Hook talks to Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona's 3rd district about the U.S.-Mexico border crisis; the situation on the Ukraine-Russia border; climate change; voter ID laws and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Arizona lawmakers move to partially restore jury challenges
Arizona lawmakers are advancing a proposal to partially undo the state Supreme Court’s groundbreaking elimination of the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers to remove potential trial jurors without explanation.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and state bar reach diversion deal over ethics complaints
The terms of the diversion agreement are confidential, but diversion agreements allow lawyers to have complaints dismissed without sanctions after a period of time, if certain requirements are met.
Arizona House votes to ban critical race theory in schools
The anti-critical race theory measure in Arizona is the latest front in the ever-evolving debate over how to teach U.S. history and reckon with racism in the nation’s past and present.
Bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks in Arizona approved by GOP-led State Senate committee
SB 1164 would ban abortions in Arizona after 15 weeks of pregnancy and would charge doctors with a felony for performing that procedure.
GOP bill would require some Arizona early voters to show ID
The measure is one of dozens of bills that would overhaul the way votes are cast and counted in Arizona after former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely claimed that he lost in Arizona because of fraud.