Arizona Politics Archives

Arizona Senate revokes mask mandate after governor’s action

March 30, 2021 4:58 AM The Associated Press, Cole Johnson

The mayors of Tucson and Flagstaff have refused to revoke their mask mandates, and they can still be enforced in government buildings and are…

Arizona State Fair is moving to another location this year

March 26, 2021 4:45 AM The Associated Press

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said in a statement that the fair “will be temporarily moved to a large, safe venue on the Wild Horse Pass Development…

Arizona governor signs online dating, fertility fraud bills

March 25, 2021 4:47 AM The Associated Press

The proposals were among 37 bills the Republican governor signed into law Wednesday, including three Ducey called “responsible” criminal justice…

Gov. Ducey pushes to reverse Proposition 208

March 24, 2021 6:22 PM Cody Lee

Back in November, Arizona voters passed Proposition 208. It raises taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents to fund public schools. Gov. Doug Ducey…

Arizona Senate Democrats dispute Maricopa County ballot audit

March 22, 2021 5:53 PM April Hettinger

Democrats in the Arizona state Senate on Monday spoke out against Republicans’ plans to conduct a hand-count of all 2.1 million Maricopa County…

Rep. Paul Gosar invites President Biden to tour border

March 19, 2021 12:53 PM Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar extends an invitation to President Biden to visit Yuma to see the crisis along the southern…

Arizona Senate Republicans to do complete Maricopa County vote recount

March 18, 2021 2:13 PM Lisa Sturgis

Republicans in the Arizona state senate now say they intend to do a complete recount of the 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County during the…

Grijalva reintroduces bill to protect sacred Apache site from planned copper mine

March 18, 2021 12:40 PM CNN Newsource

An Arizona House Democrat reintroduced legislation this week to permanently protect a sacred Apache site in the state from a mining company that’s…

Former Nogales mayor to run for Arizona governor

March 17, 2021 4:54 AM The Associated Press, Dominique Newland

“As governor I won’t work for the president, I’ll work for the people of Arizona,” Marco Lopez…

Judge: Arizona GOP must pay $18K in groundless election suit

March 16, 2021 5:06 AM The Associated Press

No evidence of fraud or hacking of voting machines emerged from the election in…

Supreme Court Justice Gould announces retirement from court

March 12, 2021 4:08 PM Caleb J. Fernández, Jenny Day

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould announced his retirement Friday. It has been less than five years since Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Justice…

Senate votes to raise Arizona’s low unemployment pay

March 12, 2021 4:56 AM The Associated Press, Dominique Newland

The Arizona Senate voted Thursday to raise Arizona’s super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to…

EXCLUSIVE: Gosar discusses disappointment with Biden migrant release policy

March 9, 2021 12:51 PM April Hettinger

For the first time since the start of the new congressional session, Rep. Paul Gosar is talking to the media about a number of Biden Administration…

Rep. Tim Dunn seeks to hold Biden administration accountable on release of migrants

February 26, 2021 1:30 PM Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

Representative Tim Dunn says the Biden Administration should be responsible for releasing detained migrants into the Arizona communities, including…

Judge rules Arizona Senate can access 2020 election ballots

February 26, 2021 11:28 AM The Associated Press

A judge ruled Friday that the Arizona Senate can get access to 2.1 million ballots and election equipment from Arizona’s most populous county so it…

Election-related measures move through Arizona House

February 25, 2021 5:29 PM Lisa Sturgis

Republicans have advanced a series of election-related measures through the Arizona State House of Representatives. …

Audits find no problems with Arizona election equipment

February 24, 2021 5:05 AM The Associated Press

“No hacking or vote switching occurred in the 2020 election,” said Jack Sellers, the Republican board…

Arizona AG says Ducey did not break law

February 17, 2021 2:18 PM Lisa Sturgis

The Arizona attorney general has determined Gov. Doug Ducey, (R-Ariz.), did not violate state law by encouraging small business owners to vote no on…

Arizona senator wants a highway named after Trump

February 10, 2021 8:03 AM Sumiko Keil

Senate Transportation Committee has been assigned the bill, but no word on the hearing just…

Arizona Senate fails to find Board of Supervisors in contempt

February 8, 2021 8:15 PM Lisa Sturgis

An effort to find the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in contempt has failed to pass the Arizona State…