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Meet the Arizona senate candidates for Legislative …

4/19/2024
Candidates officially filed their petitions April 1 to run for senator in the 2024 primary election in Arizona’s Legislative District 27, where it appears there won’t be much competition until the general election.

Legislation introduced to make mulch out of deceased …

1/20/2024
PHOENIX — It’s not quite ashes to ashes. But there’s an element of dust to dust in some new legislation to allow Arizonans to make garden mulch out of the dearly departed.

State prison panel tells Hobbs they need time, staff, …

12/26/2023
PHOENIX — Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can’t do the job she asked them to do: provide actual — and meaningful — oversight of the $1.1 billion operation where about 35,000 people are locked up.

Hobbs vetoes legislation to force communities to …

6/6/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs has nixed legislation designed to force communities to dismantle homeless encampments and, in some circumstances, arrest those who were staying there.

Arizona lawmakers give thumbs up to research funds for …

2/26/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are giving a big thumbs up to the party drug known as Ecstasy and turning on to hallucinogenic magic mushrooms too. But don’t take this wrong — they’re not pushing the drugs for the usual recreational uses. Instead, bills that would fund a $30 million research program to study psilocybin mushrooms in treating post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression.

Lawmaker proposes businesses offer unpaid time off to …

2/10/2023
PHOENIX — Saying there aren't enough regular people in the Legislature, a newly elected lawmaker wants to remove what he says is an impediment: the fear of losing their regular job.

Kitty-cat construction: 4-Paws now has room to rescue …

8/20/2021
You’ve come a long way, kitty.