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Phoenix lawmaker seeks to extend drinking hours for …

10/25/2023
PHOENIX — A Phoenix lawmaker wants to give Arizona Diamondbacks fans an extra hour of alcohol-fueled revelry to celebrate their reaching the World Series.

Many decry partial use of Scottsdale hotel for housing …

9/14/2023
A crowd of several hundred mostly angry people showed up to voice their opinion during a special legislative hearing Sept. 13 about a Scottsdale hotel being used to house the homeless with …

Representative Gress announces House community hearing …

9/7/2023
Arizona State Representative Matt Gress announced details of an upcoming community hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Budgetary Funding Formulas to examine housing contracts to …

Hobbs vetoes bill making criminals of those who aid …

6/20/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed legislation Tuesday she said could make criminals out of some who aid undocumented migrants.

Senate bill to make automatic individual income tax …

6/12/2023
PHOENIX — The state House refused Monday to requiring that individual income tax rates be cut automatic any time the state runs a surplus.

Hobbs vetoes six more measures, including guns on …

5/16/2023
PHOENIX — Arizonans won’t be able to bring their guns legally onto college campuses, at least not this year. Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday vetoed legislation crafted by Rep. Rachel Jones, R-Tucson, to bar public universities or colleges from adopting any rules that prohibit someone with a permit to carry a concealed weapon from bringing it onto campus.

Hobbs gets some concessions in budget talks

5/8/2023
PHOENIX — The $17.8 billion budget deal Gov. Katie Hobbs negotiated with Republican lawmakers does include some things the governor wanted. And it even includes a tax cut, albeit a temporary one.

Legislative committee denies Fontes' request for …

5/4/2023
PHOENIX — A Legislative committee on Thursday denied a request from Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to use $250,000 already in his office budget to pay for a private security detail to protect him and his family from “credible security threats,” a move that comes after Gov. Katie Hobbs also denied a request to assign state troopers to protect Fontes.

House Republicans approve pay raises for public school …

3/28/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona House Republicans on Monday gave preliminary approval to $10,000 per year raises for public school teachers over the objections of Democrats who say the plan is a fake effort they know GOP lawmakers can’t fund in the long term.

Paradise Valley leaders share concerns, priorities …

2/1/2023
A recent visit to Paradise Valley on Jan. 27 from newly-elected District 4 Reps. Matt Gress, R-Phoenix, and Laura Terech, D-Scottsdale, provided the Town Council and other town staff the opportunity to share their priorities for the 2023 legislative session. 

Update: Terech, Gress lead in race for LD4 Arizona …

11/8/2022
Update 8:52 a.m. Nov. 14 In the latest unofficial election results posted at 6:18 p.m. Nov. 13, Legislative District 4 Arizona House of Representatives candidates Laura Terech and Matt Gress …

Q&A: Get to know the State Representative candidates …

9/14/2022
There are three candidates seeking election to the House of Representatives for Legislative District 4: Laura Terech, D-Scottsdale; Matt Gress, R-Phoenix; and Maria Syms, R-Paradise …