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Parties send candidates for LD14 Senate to primaries …

4/11/2024
Voters may recognizes the names of the two candidates running for the Arizona Senate from Legislative District 14. Republican Warren Petersen is not only the incumbent but the Arizona Senate …

Republican lawmakers send sex trafficking bill to the …

3/18/2024
PHOENIX — Ignoring pleas from Democrats that victims could be caught up in harsh sentencing, Republican lawmakers on Monday sent a measure to the November ballot that if passed by voters in November would require those convicted of sex trafficking minors to spend life in prison with no chance of ever being released.

Lawmakers pressuring Hobbs to sign affordable housing …

3/12/2024
PHOENIX — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressuring a reluctant Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign legislation they believe will lead to more affordable housing in Arizona.

Republicans to attempt to resend recently vetoed …

3/11/2024
PHOENIX — Refusing to take “no” for an answer, Republican legislators are going to resend the same border law enforcement bill back to Gov. Katie Hobbs that she vetoed just a week ago.

Top Arizona lawmakers sue Biden over national monument …

2/12/2024
PHOENIX — Calling it an unlawful “land grab,” the top legislative Republicans filed suit Monday against President Biden over his decision last year to designate nearly 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument.

Hobbs signs deal to resolve election deadline issues

2/9/2024
MESA — Gov. Katie Hobbs acknowledged Friday she really didn’t get anything out of the deal she cut with Republican lawmakers to resolve election deadline issues.

Top Arizona GOP lawmakers challenge Election …

2/1/2024
PHOENIX — A new lawsuit against Secretary of State Adrian Fontes could end up affecting whether Arizonans will actually get a voice in the November presidential election.

Republican legislators attempt to address Arizona …

1/29/2024
PHOENIX — Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature are trying again to address the state’s housing affordability crisis by limiting the ability of cities and towns to set minimum standards for single-family homes.

Leading social conservative trying to end bid by …

1/22/2024
PHOENIX — The national war over who is a true Republican is playing out in Southern Arizona, with a leading social conservative trying to kill the bid by a former senator to get his seat back.

Judge rejects bid by Republican lawmakers to block …

12/29/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona voters have an absolute right to enact laws requiring disclosure of “dark money” political donations — even if Republican lawmakers don’t like it, a judge ruled Friday.

Arizona Senate president sues Hobbs over skirting laws …

12/20/2023
PHOENIX — Senate President Warren Petersen is suing Gov. Katie Hobbs of what he says is her end-run around state laws giving the Senate the power to confirm — or reject — her picks to head state agencies.

Attorney wants court to ignore racially tinged …

12/11/2023
PHOENIX — Attorneys for Republican legislative leaders want a federal judge to unhear — or at least ignore — the testimony of a former Democratic lawmakers about the racially motivated comments he said were made by current Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli.