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U.S. Supreme Court Finds In Favor Of Arizona, Ballot Harvesting Law Constitutional
By Terri Jo Neff | In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona election laws were not “enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose.” The Court also found that "Arizona law generally makes it very easy to vote. Voters may cast their...
Ducey Signs Budget Bills On Last Day Of Fiscal Year
By Terri Jo Neff | On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey signed what he called “a fiscally conservative, forward-looking budget” for Fiscal Year 2022, cutting taxes for all taxpayers for every Arizona taxpayer no matter what their income. “While we’re...
Ducey Receives K-12 Budget Bill And Related Education Legislation On Last Day Of Session
By Terri Jo Neff | The Democrats in the Arizona Legislature may have held firm on their complete opposition to the proposed K-12 budget bill, but all 47 Republicans worked through their differences in the House and Senate to get the multi-faceted...
Small Business Tax Relief Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
On Wednesday, a bill which revises state tax structure passed out of the Arizona House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote and is on its way to Gov. Doug Ducey's desk. HB 2838, sponsored by Rep. Joseph Chaplik, has no fiscal impact on Arizona...
Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff In Honor Of The Yarnell 19 Firefighters
Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff on June 30, 2021, in honor of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives protecting fellow Arizonans from the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013. “Arizona lost 19...
Shope Opposition Stalls Bill Requiring Voter Approval To Rein In Governor’s Executive Powers
On Tuesday, Republicans were stunned to discover that a popular bill, SCR 1003, had opposition in the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Sen Warren Petersen, passed with the support of all Republican legislators through the Senate earlier in the...
SAT Not Approved For 2021-2022 Menu Of Assessments
At its June 28 meeting, the Arizona State Board of Education did not approve the SAT for the Menu of Assessments for the 2021-2022 school year. The decision requires all schools to only administer the ACT Aspire and ACT in high school as the...
Three House Republicans Come Under Fire For Voting Against School Choice Expansion
Republican Arizona State Reps. Michelle Udall, Joanne Osbourne, and Joel John are coming under fire for their decision to deny over 700,000 kids school choice opportunities. The trio voted with all House Democrats to reject a proposal to expand the...
Hernandez: White Nationalism a Bigger Threat Than Communism; Nguyen Fires Back: ‘Don’t Mock Me’
By Corinne Murdock | During the House floor debate over the budget last week, State Representative Daniel Hernandez (D-Tucson) claimed that white nationalism poses a bigger threat than communism. In just over a century of its existence, the death...
Petersen’s Long Fight To Curb Executive Power Wins In House
By Terri Jo Neff | CORRECTION: The bill still needs to be considered in the Senate. The "win" is confined only to the House vote as of 9:30 a.m., on June 29. Back in January, on the second day of the legislative session, Sen. Warren Petersen and...
House Republicans Call Out Democrats’ Lack Of Support For K-12 Funding
By Terri Jo Neff | When the State House voted Friday to pass HB2898, the K-12 Education budget bill, it marked the end of a grueling process that resulted in passage of a $12.8 billion budget package for Fiscal Year 2022. A key provision of HB2898...
State Representatives Hope To Collaborate With Governor Ducey On Border Wall
By B. Hamilton | On Friday, a group of Arizona legislators reached out to Governor Doug Ducey with an offer to work with him to address the “omnipresent border crisis.” In a letter to the governor, the legislators also inquire as to the level of...
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