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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...
Business Groups React Positively To Arizona’s FY2022 Budget
By Terri Jo Neff | Positive reactions continue to come in from business groups in response to the Arizona Legislature’s passage this week of a Fiscal Year 2022 budget package which includes more than $1.3 billion in tax cuts, $1 billion in payments...
House On Target To Approve Budget Bills Following Marathon Of Votes
By Terri Jo Neff | The 60-member House stayed on the floor until nearly 11 p.m. Thursday to pass 10 of the 11 bills in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget package, and will return at 9 a.m. Friday to debate and vote on HB2898, which covers K-12...
Arizona Supreme Court Rules In Kanye West Presidential Run Case
By Terri Jo Neff | The Arizona Supreme Court explained Thursday why it ruled last year that the name of rapper turned presidential candidate Kanye West would not be printed on 2020 General Election ballots in the state. West announced back on July...
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Appears to Have Fired Doctor Who Called for End to Israel, Accused Jews of Cannibalism, Racism
By Corinne Murdock | Phoenix Children’s Hospital appears to have let go one of their pediatric radiologists, Dr. Fidaa Wishah, after she posted a promise that Israel’s end would come soon. “We will not be #censored anymore ! Bomb our media...
Senate Votes To Claw Back Governor’s Emergency Powers But Still Needs House Support
By Terri Jo Neff | In what could be a major rebalancing of powers between the executive and legislative branches, the State Senate passed legislation earlier this week to rein in a governor’s state of emergency powers. Lawmakers have tried since...
ADHS Announces Voluntary Recall Of Certain Marijuana Products Due To Possible Contamination
On Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced that some Arizona marijuana establishments and dispensaries are initiating a voluntary recall of specific marijuana products due to possible contamination with Salmonella or...
Passage Of K-12 Budget Bill With Expanded ESA Criteria In Doubt In House
By Terri Jo Neff | The State Senate worked into the early hours Wednesday to pass an 11-bill budget packet, and now all eyes turn to the 60 members of the House which is slated to take up the bills Thursday. But questions remain as to whether House...
Arizona Senate Conducts Budget Votes After House Goes Home Early For Lack Of Quorum
By Terri Jo Neff | UPDATE: At approximately 8:30 p.m., the Senate passed the primary budget bill and worked until 2:30 a.m. to pass all of the 11 budget bills including the tax cut. Arizona lawmakers are nearly halfway toward approving what Sen. JD...
Sinema, Kelly Vote In Favor Of Failed “Federal Power Grab” Election Bill
On Tuesday, Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema, and Mark Kelly voted in favor of a piece of legislation, S.1, which would have grabbed power over elections away from the states. S.1 would have banned requiring photo I.D. to vote, expanded ballot...
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