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Arizona prison system to boost spending for health …

11/12/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge’s orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.

Republican leaders face first Arizona budget crunch in …

10/16/2023
PHOENIX — Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature are facing their first budget crunch in nearly a decade and minority Democrats are pointing the finger right at the GOP, saying the pain that will be felt by state residents is a self-inflicted wound.

Arizona women to have easier access to birth control …

6/28/2023
PHOENIX — Women in Arizona are soon going to find it a lot easier to get to get birth control.

Democrats announce plan for contraception protection …

6/22/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined a state lawmaker and the leader of a reproductive rights advocacy group Thursday to announce an effort to enact a law protecting the rights of all women to access contraceptives.

Tucson democrat Stahl Hamilton censured by state House …

6/13/2023
PHOENIX — The state House voted Tuesday to censure Tucson Democrat Stephanie Stahl Hamilton for what she said was a “playful” act of moving and hiding the Bibles in the lounge used by lawmakers.

House votes to add 2024 ballot measure for altering …

6/12/2023
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are moving to convince voters to hobble their ability to write their own laws. On a voice vote Monday, the House voted to put a measure on the 2024 ballot to alter existing constitutional provisions that can force a public vote any time backers get the signatures of 10% of the people who voted in the last gubernatorial election.

Hobbs vetoes pronoun gender bill

5/22/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona won’t bar teachers from referring to students by their preferred pronoun or name.

Lawmakers approve 'reasonable care' legislation for …

3/30/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation requiring doctors to provide “medically appropriate and reasonable care and treatment” to any infant born alive, regardless of whether it is likely to survive.

Arizona House votes to allow residents to fly Betsy …

3/23/2023
PHOENIX — State lawmakers have decided that some flags matter than other flags. On a party-line vote Thursday, the House agreed to allow residents who live in communities governed by homeowners’ associations to fly the Betsy Ross flag, regardless of existing rules.

Two Arizona ballot items could affect how laws are …

9/28/2022
Two propositions, if passed in the November election, could have a large impact on how such propositions are passed in Arizona. A yes vote on Proposition 128 would amend the Arizona constitution …