State Legislature
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Readers react to Arizona measure targeting trans kids
Arizona’s HCR 2003 targets trans students and their access to school facilities like restrooms. Here’s what readers think of it.
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Breaking: ‘Protect Education Act’ turns in 400,000+ signatures to SOS
The measure only needed 255,949 valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
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Arizona GOP rushes last-minute ballot measure to kill voter-driven voucher reform
If approved by voters, HCR 2048 would make it impossible for voucher reform to pass in 2026.
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What readers say about an Arizona bill to criminalize ICE warnings
Arizona Republicans want to make it a crime to alert others about ICE activity. Here’s what our readers think of the bill.
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Lorena Austin comes from a family of activists. Now they’ve picked up the torch
Since entering the Legislature in 2023, Lorena Austin has been on the frontlines, protecting their community from ICE, while also pushing for greater investments in affordable housing and public schools.
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The son of a farmworker is now leading Arizona House Democrats
Oscar De Los Santos says Democrats need to stop bowing to billionaires.
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Arizonans continue to struggle as Democrats’ affordability bills stall at state capitol
Arizona’s 2026 legislative session is nearing a close, but what has been done to make the state more affordable? Not much, Democrats say, and they say Republicans are to blame.
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How Arizona lawmakers can bring back bills even after they fail
State lawmakers introduced a record number of bills this legislative session, but that doesn’t mean more can’t come along through a commonly used tool at the Arizona Capitol.
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Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona. Here’s why Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed it.
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Teachers say they feel politically attacked as education funding hangs in limbo
Vital education funding faces another year without renewal, and state lawmakers can’t agree on a plan to revive or replace it.
