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Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed two more bills on Tuesday, including a measure that would’ve blocked cities and towns from taxing groceries. In a veto letter, the Democratic governor wrote that eliminating the grocery tax wouldn’t actually provide relief in municipalities that rely on that local revenue to fund services, like public safety.
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A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled last year in voting machine conspiracies has voted to give all election duties through 2024 to the county’s elected Republican recorder. The state Attorney General’s Office suggested the move Tuesday may be illegal.
March 1, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs is condemning far-fledged allegations from a legislative committee hearing that she and other state leaders like Adrian Fontes and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors were taking bribes from Mexican cartels.
March 1, 2023
The hotel industry says Congress can help its workforce shortage by attracting more immigrants.
Feb. 28, 2023
Students from Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Glendale Community College camped out overnight to be at the Supreme Court Tuesday morning as it considered the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan.
Feb. 28, 2023
A new survey shows Arizona school districts have nearly 3,000 open teacher positions statewide.
Feb. 28, 2023
A federal judge in Texas is expected to rule shortly in a lawsuit that aims to block access to one of the two drugs typically used in medication abortions. At the same time, Arizona has joined a multi-state lawsuit that argues the drug should be more available nationwide.
Feb. 28, 2023
The Arizona Senate passed a bill that would ban cities from imposing taxes on food.
Feb. 28, 2023
Substack writer Robert Robb believes public officials should generally be given a pass when it comes to actions they recommended or took to deal with COVID-19, as long as they acted in good faith.
Feb. 28, 2023
After the U.S. government shot down a Chinese spy balloon, an Arizona company co-founded by Sen. and former astronaut Mark Kelly is in the spotlight because of its ties to China.
Feb. 28, 2023
Top Arizona Republican lawmakers on Monday denounced a legislative hearing that gave oxygen to dubious election conspiracies and let one woman testify, without evidence, that a host of elected officials and judges, including Gov. Katie Hobbs, took bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel.
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Feb. 27, 2023
An Arizona House bill that would increase teacher pay in the state is moving through the Legislature.
Feb. 27, 2023
More than a dozen complaints have been filed with the State Bar of Arizona against former Attorney General Mark Brnovich, including one from the governor.
Feb. 27, 2023
People are not committing a crime simply by living unsheltered — that is, unless some of our state lawmakers get their way. Some Arizona leaders want to take a punitive approach to addressing homelessness that E.J. Montini says is a mistake.
Feb. 27, 2023
Arizona lawmakers are moving to strip 19 cities of their right to home rule simply to help get Republicans elected to the Tucson City Council.
Feb. 27, 2023
Several years ago, Glendale officials started an executive task force to help unsheltered individuals. A part of that goal meant addressing the issue of discarded shopping carts.
Feb. 27, 2023
A new member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, who used to be a lobbyist for a natural gas utility the body regulates, is facing an ethics complaint. A spokesman for Kevin Thompson says the commissioner is confident he did not violate any rules when he took a January trip to New York to meet with a handful of financial institutions.
Feb. 25, 2023
Some Phoenix leaders don’t like it, but the city will sell 1,400 firearms to the public. The handguns, rifles and shotguns were turned into police after courts ordered the owners to forfeit them. Arizona law requires cities to sell forfeited firearms or risk losing state funding.
Feb. 24, 2023
Governor Katie Hobbs has chosen retired Judge David Duncan to be the Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner.
Feb. 24, 2023
Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining 11 other states — Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Vermont, New Mexico, Michigan and Rhode Island — in suing the FDA over its restrictions of the drug mifepristone, which is used in an abortion regimen.
Feb. 24, 2023
Republican state senators have approved three proposals to cut individual income taxes in light of a nearly $2 billion revenue surplus. Gov. Katie Hobbs could be poised to veto the measures, as they would cut funds needed to fulfill her budget.
Feb. 24, 2023
