Teachers Union Calls For $1.7 Billion In New School Funding

"Our students aren’t being valued. Our families aren’t being valued, our teachers aren’t being valued."

The Arizona Senate Has Spent $500,000 To Block Access To ‘Audit' Public Records

In each instance, courts have roundly rejected the Senate’s claims that the records aren’t public.

Abortion In Arizona: What Happens If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned

A draft majority opinion leaked to Politico suggests the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe V. Wade. How would that impact Arizona?

Victim Advocates Call On Arizona Legislators To Take Action

A proposed bill would establish a fund for trauma recovery centers to provide mental health care and legal assistance to crime victims.

Education, Housing, Paid Leave: Advocates Demand Record Budget Surplus Be Invested In Arizonans' Well-Being

Advocacy organizations called on legislators to ramp up education funding to mitigate the cuts made during the Great Recession.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Paul Gosar Tweeted A Meme Used By Neo-Nazis

His tweet featured a picture of himself with a red filter that is part of the meme movement known as “DarkMAGA.”

Ducey Will Decide Fate Of GOP Bill To Make It Easier For Parents To Sue Teachers

The state House of Representatives approved the measure on a party-line vote Monday, sending the legislation to Gov. Doug Ducey.

U.S. House Panels Probe Election Disinformation In Arizona, Florida, Ohio And Texas

A committee aide said in a statement the four states selected 'appear to have significant issues' related to election disinformation.

Voters Can't Decide Fate Of Massive Tax Cuts, Supreme Court Rules

The tax cuts themselves came in response to, and were designed to blunt the effect of, the Invest in Education Act on wealthy Arizonans.

Arizona House Speaker Gets Profile In Courage Award

Bowers was nominated for his refusal to consider overturning the 2020 election results despite massive pressure from former President Trump.

Dems Launch Tax Day Ad Campaign In Arizona To Highlight GOP's Proposed Tax Increases

The plan would impose income taxes on all Americans, including the roughly half who don’t make enough under current law to pay any taxes.

Report Shows Several Arizona Counties With High Poverty And COVID Death Rates

People living in poorer counties died at nearly two times the rate of people who lived in richer counties during the pandemic.

Group Aims To Disqualify Biggs, Gosar And Finchem From Ballot For Capitol Insurrection

The lawsuits are part of an effort to use the Fourteenth Amendment to disqualify candidates because of their support of the Jan. 6 attack.

Arizona Budget Surplus Grows To $5.3 Billion

Arizona hovers between 49th and 50th in per-pupil funding for K-12 students and cannot fill more than a quarter of its teacher vacancies.

New Law Shields Religious Foster, Adoption Agencies From Discrimination Lawsuits

The Anti-Defamation League expressed concern that the law could have a chilling effect in the Jewish community.

The Invisible Hand Of Steve Twist

“You can’t punish a drug addiction out of somebody.”

Arizona Protected Airbnb With A 2016 Law, But Cities And Local Activists Hope To Claw Back Regulating Power

Houses in quiet neighborhoods are being rented out as “party houses” by companies like Airbnb and Vrbo. The neighbors are not happy.

Legislators Haven’t Had A Raise Since 1998, And Haven’t Had A Chance At One Since 2014. Here’s Why.

It’s been years since that commission met. And it currently doesn’t have enough members to form the quorum needed for a meeting.

State Superintendent, Activists Condemn Arizona Governor Signing Anti-Trans Legislation

“We will always stand up for you. We will always have your back, and you are welcome and you are loved for who you are.”

DOJ Warns Arizona It Will Sue To Void New Anti-Trans Laws

Just a few days ago, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law controversial bills targeting trans Arizonans.

The FEC Wants To Know Why Ron Watkins Failed To Disclose 40% Of His Campaign's Money

Prior to coming to Arizona, Watkins was living in Japan for about a year. Before that, he had also lived in China and the Philippines.

Reported Spending Not Indicative Of Dem Campaign Against Mark Finchem — Yet

MoveOn’s political director said the reported spending was due to email blasts the group sent out to its membership list about Finchem.

Last-Minute K-12 Funding Overhaul Clears House Committee

The bill aims to close the disparate funding gaps between schools, but it risks shortchanging some public schools instead.

GOP Senator Cancels Hearing Over Maricopa County Subpoena

Maricopa County said its compliance with the request had nothing to do with Sen. Kelly Townsend.

Arizona AG Joins Public Transportation Mask Mandate Fight

Mark Brnovich joined with 20 other states in a suit challenging the CDC's public transportation mask mandate.

NRA Gun Safety Class For Schools One Step Closer To Becoming Law

The measure’s sponsor said creating the Arizona Gun Safety Program would help prevent accidental gun deaths among children.

Bill Lets Any Arizonan Request An Election Recount — If They Can Pay Up

Some objected to the measure’s preference for the rich, saying it could exacerbate wealth disparities in access to the political process.

Fann Hopes Shadegg Report Will Restore Confidence In Elections

The report debunked theories that Maricopa County ballot tabulation machines were connected to the internet during the 2020 election.

Arizona Republicans Fight Culture War In Battleground State

GOP lawmakers passed a 15-week abortion ban and bills pertaining to transgender children and teens that LGBTQ rights groups view as hateful.

Proposed Arizona Ballot Measure Restrictions Appear Dead For This Year

If both chambers of the legislature were to pass the measure, it would still require the approval of a majority of voters in November.

AZ Bill Banning Trans Athletes From Girls Teams Heads To Ducey

State lawmakers passed bills Thursday that ban gender reassignment surgeries for kids and bar transgender athletes from girls sports teams.

GOP Activists Are Fuming About Canceled Elections. It's Due To A Perfect Storm Of Events That Started In 2019.

A bill eliminated elections in 2022 for precinct committeemen Republicans have been fixated on reversing the law ever since.

Mesa, AZ received ‘D’ grade for fiscal health

New report released by Truth in Accounting

Supreme Court To Lawmakers: Non-Budget Laws Can't Be In The Budget

Four budget bills were struck down in whole or in part, which scrapped dozens of new laws covering a wide variety of disparate subjects.

Arizona scored a 64 out of 100 for financial transparency

New report from Truth in Accounting

Court: Higher Water Charge For Public Housing Is Not Discriminatory

Connection fees for Edwards Circle residents in Pinal County were three times higher than what others in the water district paid.

Fired Senate Dem Staffer Awarded $2.75M For Race, Sex Discrimination

The former state legislative staffer was fired for complaining that she was paid less than her white and male colleagues.

How A Mississippi Court Case Could Pave The Way For An Abortion Ban In Arizona And Across U.S.

Arizona is one of several states that still have abortion bans that pre-date Roe v. Wade on the books.

QAnon Figure Says He's Running For Congress In Arizona

Watkins has a large following among Donald Trump supporters who believe the former president's false claims that he lost the election.

Arizona received ‘C’ for fiscal health

According to Truth in Accounting's new Financial State of the States report