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Katie Hobbs adds 88 vetoes to her record, rejecting GOP bills on schools, wolves and elections
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (309+ words) Arizona's Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs on Friday signed 72 pieces of legislation and vetoed another 88." Her signatures and vetoes came after a busy final week for the Republican-controlled state legislature, in which they voted on and sent her more than 150 bills....
Arizona's anti-AEA ballot measure could ban police, firefighter union bargaining, critics warn
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (854+ words) Buried in a proposed constitutional amendment intended to destroy the state's largest teachers union is language that advocates fear could ban all public sector labor unions in Arizona, including those that represent police officers and firefighters, from negotiating employment terms....
Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away.
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (423+ words) Arizona Republicans are hoping to turn every police department in the state into a processing hub for U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." On Tuesday, the state House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1055, which would require law enforcement agencies…...
Court clears the way for entrepreneur Hugh Lytle to run for Arizona governor as an independent
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (328+ words) Independent candidate for Arizona governor Hugh Lytle is still in the running after both challenges trying to block him from the ballot were rejected." "The judge's decision is not a personal win for me," Lytle said in a Wednesday statement....
County recorders, Republican lawmakers push for more say on elections rule book
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (971+ words) Arizona's county recorders, along with Republican legislative leaders, want more say in the creation of the state's elections rulebook. Every other year, the Arizona secretary of state is tasked with revising the Elections Procedures Manual, which outlines procedures and rules…...
Democrats take a page from the GOP playbook with new partisan voter registration program
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) In a move to stanch a yearslong drop in the number of voters who register as Democrats, the Democratic National Committee is taking a page out of the GOP's playbook and is launching a partisan voter registration program. "The challenge…...
'It reeks of a vendor bill': Arizona radiation protection measure fails on a tie vote
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1042+ words) A bill that would have mandated new protections for health care professionals against long-term radiation exposure risks is dead after failing to gain enough support due largely in part to concerns the bill benefited only a few companies." The legislation…...
Federal appeals court tosses Arizona GOP lawsuit seeking to purge 1. 27 million voters
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (474+ words) A federal appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling that tossed out a lawsuit by Arizona Republicans that accused the state of violating federal law and sought to purge up to 1. 27 million voters from the rolls." In 2024, then-Arizona Republican Party…...
Arizona Republicans advance anti-Muslim resolutions weeks after attacks at a Phoenix mosque
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1423+ words) The measure from Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, will have no practical effect beyond serving as a statement of the legislature's beliefs. House Concurrent Memorial 2002 urges President Donald Trump and Congress to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, as…...
Arizona's 2020 election lies are back " and the people who spread them now work for Trump
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1455+ words) Arizona is once again at center stage for false election claims after federal agents subpoenaed 2020 election information from the state Senate and unfounded allegations from President Donald Trump have led to a flurry of debunked election conspiracy theories resurfacing online....