Arizona Politics

City officials voted 8-1 to keep photo speed enforcement vehicles in school zones moving them to different locations each week.

Cross-country travelers and local commuters will soon have a new route to traverse metro Phoenix with the opening of an east-west freeway that will skirt the often-congested section of Interstate 10 through downtown Phoenix.

State lawmakers are introducing a bill to pay for a bridge over the Tonto Basin.

Gov. Ducey wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo that Arizona has historically been among the most welcoming states for resettling refugees who have been vetted by a host of U.S. agencies long before they enter the United States.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday touted her $5 billion plan to fund tuition for private school students, telling a room of supportive parents and lobbyists that it would improve the quality of education.

The City of Scottsdale asked for more money to defend itself in court against the Satanic Temple.

Conservative lawmakers gathering in Arizona for a conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council were greeted with protests and a lawsuit.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says he will work to find money in next year’s state budget to help build a bridge over a rural creek where a family was swept away last week.

Unless the city council takes further action, the vote means red-light camera enforcement in Phoenix will end in January 2020.

The Arizona legislature 2020 session is already heating up and it hasn't even started yet. One Arizona Senator is ready to take on the problem of vaping. 

Officials in Arizona have hired two law firms and a former attorney general to investigate an elected county assessor who is trying to keep his job as he defends himself against human smuggling charges.

The Green Party is losing its status as a recognized political party in Arizona.

An Arizona elected official charged with running an adoption-fraud scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands ran a legal practice and “made happy families,” his attorney said.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar appears to be signaling support for a conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Mohave County in northwestern Arizona is officially on the record as a "Second Amendment Sanctuary County" in support of gun rights.

The City Council approved ending overdue fines, saying studies show charges on late-returned books and other library materials do not affect how quickly they are brought back.

Voters in Tucson will decide Tuesday whether to make the liberal enclave Arizona's only sanctuary city in an effort to confront President Donald Trump's immigration policies and the state's tough laws cracking down on people in the country illegally.

Now, as President Donald Trump’s immigration policies put renewed focus on the treatment of people who come to the United States without authorization, the progressive southern Arizona city is again grappling with what it means to be a city welcoming of immigrants.