State Legislature
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Republicans aim to limit future ballot initiatives like the Arizona Abortion Access Act
If passed in November, SCR 1015 would make the signature gathering process for citizen-led ballot measures in Arizona much more difficult.
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How Arizona’s school voucher program turned into a tax break for the wealthy
What started out as a program to make education more accessible to students with disabilities has now ballooned in size and cost, and appears to cater to Arizona’s wealthiest residents while leaving behind the students it was originally designed to support. As school choice advocates pull more taxpayer dollars out of public school funding and…
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VIDEO: Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern vs ‘drag story hour’
How Planned Parenthood Arizona and Mesa Rep. Lorena Austin’s drag story hour and the LGBTQ community were used as ammo in a bitter campaign battle against two far-right congressional candidates.
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Rep. Gallego and Gov. Hobbs secure win on keeping Arizona gas prices from spiking
While Republican legislators’ plans to secure lower gas costs have failed, Democratic lawmakers have succeeded in keeping prices low for the second straight year.
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GOP House speaker punishes fellow lawmakers for hosting educational drag story hour at AZ Capitol
Arizona’s Republican House speaker banned Democrats from using conference rooms after a lawmaker hosted a scheduled, adults-only, educational drag story hour.
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Arizona’s Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a repeal bill.
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Arizona Legislature repeals 1864 abortion ban. Here’s what happens next.
Though the total abortion ban repeal has passed, the law won’t go into effect until fall.
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‘Attempted insurrection:’ Republican lawmakers retaliate after Dems’ success on abortion ban repeal
Republican legislators have designated two of their Democratic colleagues as “insurrectionists” in response to their efforts to repeal the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban earlier this month.
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Arizona Sens. Anthony Kern, Jake Hoffman, indicted for fake election scheme
Arizona Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern are among the 18 indicted for forgery, fraud, and conspiracy to overturn an election.
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Democrats successfully force vote on repealing 1864 abortion ban, passes House
Democrats successfully moved two bills forward to repeal Arizona’s total ban on abortion, which is slated to go into effect June 8.
