Ducey signs off on voter purge law
Gov. Doug Ducey, (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday signed a bill that will make it easier to purge infrequent voters from the list of those who automatically receive a ballot ahead of every election.
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Biden to meet with key moderate Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on infrastructure on Tuesday
President Joe Biden will meet with Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to talk about his infrastructure proposal, White House official said.
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In-state tuition for immigrants to be on 2022 ballot measure
Arizona voters in 2022 will get to decide whether young people brought illegally to the United States as children should qualify for in-state tuition at community colleges and state universities.
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2nd amendment state rights receive further protection
Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation Friday to protect the Second Amendment rights of Arizonans by safeguarding against frivolous lawsuits that have no connection to unlawful use of firearms.
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U.S. Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount
The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern Wednesday about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate’s unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County.
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Arizona lawmaker catches COVID months after vaccination
Tucson Democratic Representative Alma Hernandez gets COVID-19 after been fully vaccinated for nearly three months.
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Democrats praise Biden’s raising of refugee limit
Democrats who represent the Desert Southwest are praising President Joe Biden for raising the refugee cap to 62,500. That’s more than four times the number allowed into the United States under the Trump administration.
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Arizonans required to show proof of job search to receive benefits
A new executive order issued by Governor Doug Ducey states Arizonans who continue to receive unemployment benefits may continue to do so by showing they are searching for work.
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Gov. Ducey signs HB 2502, prohibits posting personal info online to harass someone
Governor Doug Ducey signs HB 2502 into law Thursday, which prohibits posting another person’s personal identifying information online for the purpose of that person being harassed.
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Judge will not block Arizona Senate’s 2020 election recount
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin decided Wednesday that the Republican-led audit of ballots from the 2020 Presidential election will continue.
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Senator Sinema chairs first border management hearing
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) chaired the first Senate Border Management Subcommittee hearing Wednesday to help with issues in the Southwestern U.S.
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Judge to hear more on Arizona election audit challenge, doubts voter privacy
A Maricopa County Judge will continue to hear the challenge against the Republican-led 2020 election audit on Wednesday after saying he is not convinced that voter secrecy is being upheld.
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Audit contractor asks to keep methods of ballot recount secret
The contractor hired by the Republican-controlled Arizona state Senate to oversee the recount of more than 2 million Maricopa County doesn’t a judge to share with the public how it will conduct the audit.
Continue Reading Arizona GOP representative struggles to justify state bill that would purge early voting list
An Arizona Republican lawmaker on Friday defended a GOP-sponsored bill that would change the mail-in voting process by arguing that state lawmakers need to “correct problems” regardless of whether there was actual fraud in the 2020 election.
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New bill addresses crisis at the border
Senator Krysten Sinema (D-AZ) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) are teaming up to take aim at the crisis along the Southwestern border.
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Ducey calls on Biden administration to send help to border communities
Strong words for President Joe Biden from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, (R), Wednesday morning following a tour of the U.S./Mexico border in Yuma County.
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Arizona governor vetoes bill that would’ve made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in school
Arizona’s Republican governor on Tuesday vetoed a state bill that would have made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in schools, but issued an executive order requiring schools to be more transparent about their proposed curriculum on the topics.
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Arizona governor issues Executive Order on sex education
Gov. Doug Ducey, (R-Ariz.), issued an Executive Order Tuesday requiring all sex education curriculum to be posted online for parents to review, without exception.
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Sen. Mark Kelly speaks out in support of Ducey Executive Order
Sen. Mark Kelly, (D-Ariz.), voiced support for Gov. Doug Ducey’s plans to deploy the Arizona National Guard to the state’s southern border.
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Elected leaders react to Chauvin verdict
Arizona’s elected leaders spoke out in support of the verdict in the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin.
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