Arizona House approves criminal justice reform measure

People convicted of a wide variety of crimes are not eligible, including serious or violent felonies, sexual offenses, human trafficking and dangerous crimes against children.

Arizona Legislature set to send initiative changes to ballot

Republican lawmakers are poised to send two more measures changing the rules for citizen initiatives to the ballot for voter approval, joining another one that was referred to the 2022 ballot on Friday.

Arizona election audit enters new phase as ballot count ends

The audit can't change the Arizona election results. But it's being carefully watched by Trump and some of his most ardent supporters who believe it will finally turn up evidence to support fraud claims.

Vetoed Arizona sex education bill heading back to governor

The Republican-controlled Legislature sent a contentious sex education bill that was previously vetoed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey back to his desk after it was stripped of language he objected to that would have prevented young children from being taught how to avoid or report sexual abuse.

GOP businessman Steve Gaynor joins Arizona governor race

Steve Gaynor, a businessman, says he wants to bring an outside perspective to the Arizona governor's office.

GOP-led Arizona Legislature approves $1.8B income tax cut

The Senate amendments to the budget also ban so-called “critical race theory,” ban K-12 schools and universities from requiring COVID-19 vaccines, prevent both from requiring face masks if the coronavirus pandemic surges again and bar any employer or business from requiring vaccine passports.

For the People Act: Voting rights bill fails to advance in Senate

Democratic senators didn’t obtain enough votes Tuesday to take up debate on a bill that addressed voting rights for Americans.

Arizona House Republicans advance 2 election bills

The Arizona measure, SB1241, would require county election officials to give a variety of information from those ballots to the county attorney or attorney general

Arizona governor signs $100M wildfire funding plan

Gov. Ducey called the bill he signed at the Capitol an important step in bringing relief to rural communities that have been impacted by a series of wildfires this year.

Arizona GOP budget holdouts near win on tax cut changes

Arizona Republican Arizona lawmakers objected to a $1.9 billion tax cut in a $12.8 billion GOP budget deal.

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered.

Former US Rep. Matt Salmon enters Arizona governor’s race

Salmon, a Republican, served in the Arizona Legislature before winning three terms in Congress in the 1990s. Salmon ended his congressional tenure to follow a pledge that he would serve only three terms.

Arizona Legislature to hold special wildfire funding session

Gov. Doug Ducey formally called for the special session after announcing last week during a tour of two large fires burning in south-central Arizona that he planned the session to focus on the issue.

Arizona Legislature still stuck on budget terms after hiatus

Arizona Republicans who hold just one-vote majorities in each chamber can’t agree on a $1.9 billion income tax cut their leaders negotiated with GOP Gov. Doug Ducey as part of the $12.8 billion spending plan.

Gas chamber restoration in Arizona sparks new debate over executions

News that Arizona has secretly refurbished its gas chamber so that it can be used to execute prisoners has sparked international outcry, in addition to a new debate over executions.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich enters 2022 U.S. Senate race

Arizona's Attorney General has become the third major candidate to seek the GOP nomination to take on incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Kelly in the 2022 election.

Wisconsin GOP to head to Arizona to watch ballot review

The Maricopa County review has drawn criticism from around the country. The county’s Republican-led board of supervisors called the review a "sham" last month.