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Recent News About Arizona House of Representatives
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Arizona Senate President, House Speaker sign letter to Biden, Mayorkas ‘supporting Texas’s efforts to secure the border’
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R) and House Speaker Ben Toma (R) joined more than two dozen state attorneys general in signing a letter to President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Security Aljandro Mayorkas in support of “Governor Abbott’s efforts to secure our border.”
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Toma: ‘A far-left group plans to... enshrine in the AZ constitution a no-limits abortion policy’
A far-left group is pushing for an Arizona state constitutional amendment deceptively named the “Arizona Abortion Access Act” that would create an unfettered right to abortion, mirroring laws adopted in states such as California, Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma said in a tweet on the X platform.
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AZ House Speaker: ‘We filed a notice of appeal’ over federal court’s blockage of Ariz. ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’
Ariz. House Speaker Ben Toma (R) said the legislature has filed a notice of appeal after a federal judge temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting boys from participating in girls’ sports.
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Hamilton: ‘Electric buses are likely sourced from child slave labor since the government has no significant traceability process’
Phoenix grassroots activist and former mayoral candidate Merissa Hamilton criticized Rep. David Cook’s (R-7) recent praise for a federal grant for Flagstaff’s “Mountain Line,” which started utilizing electric buses earlier this year.
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Sen. Kern: ‘Pregnant People, LOL!’
AZ State Sen. Anthony Kern (R-29) criticized the former State House Democratic Leader for using the term “pregnant people” in a tweet.
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Sen. Shamp on COVID-19 vaccine: 'There was no data proving it was safe or effective and now the data is proving the exact opposite'
Failures and potential dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine were brought to light during a recent hearing in Arizona, State Sen. Janae Shamp said.
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Arizona House Dem Leader criticized after sharing cropped photo of letter about state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program savings
Arizona House Democrat Leader Andrés Cano (D-20) received Twitter “Community Notes” after sharing only a portion of a letter he said showed “Empowerment Scholarship Accounts will bankrupt our state and public schools.”
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McCullough: “Truth will come out” at AZ hearings over “government pandemic response"
A world-renowned cardiologist who is speaking at an upcoming Arizona legislative hearing on the government’s “COVID-19” response said he is “locked and loaded with the scientific evidence” for the hearing.
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Gress: TikTok “is essentially 'virtual fentanyl' that is poisoning the minds of Americans, particularly our youth”
Arizona Rep. Matt Gress (R-4) criticized social media app TikTok as "virtual fentanyl" in response to a report that an Ohio teenager overdosed on drugs "while attempting a TikTok stunt."
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House & Senate Leaders Announce Joint Legislative Water Committee to Strengthen Existing Water Supplies & Secure Our Water Future
Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen today announced the formation of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Water Security – a legislative ad hoc committee to study Arizona’s water resources and address the direction the state may want to go to help strengthen Arizona’s existing water supplies and secure Arizona’s water future.
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Gress: "Provide every Arizona public school classroom teacher a permanent $10,000 raise"
State Rep. Matt Gress (R-4 joined Arizona Superintendent of Instruction Tom Horne at a State Capitol press conference today promoting HB2800 — a bill to "increase the base salary of all eligible teachers" in Arizona.
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Arizona bills seek to fortify election security
Department of Motor Vehicles officials in California, a state that has implemented automatic voter registration, found more than 100,000 registration errors in the first year that included the illegal registration of at least one non-U.S. citizen as well as the registrations of legal citizens but under the wrong parties, according to research from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Chaplik confident getting HB 2770 approved by House Committee
Rep. Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale) told The Morning Ritual with Garret Lewis that he was confident in his bill getting approved by the House Committee.
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Arizona's unemployment benefits will increase if HB2805 becomes law
The House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee has unanimously approved this week a bill to increase Arizona's unemployment benefits.
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Roberts pushes for harsher penalties to be imposed for violent protests
House Bill 2309, authored by Rep. Bret Roberts (R-Maricopa), has advanced through the Military Affairs and Public Safety committee.
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OPINION: Latinos will play a key role in rebuilding the US economy after COVID-19 is defeated
The Latino community is not alone in its fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic — the White House is working hard to ensure that Hispanic workers and entrepreneurs get all the support they need to make it through this crisis.
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After first presidential debate, Blackman calls for more substance in future debates
Following the first debate between President Donald Trump and challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden, many around the country have chimed in with their feelings an interpretations of how the debate went.
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Finchem wants education dollars to follow where students get their schooling
Teachers who fear returning to the classroom may need to adapt to providing distance learning or find another job, Rep. Mark Finchem (R-Oro Valley) told the Grand Canyon Times.
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Kavanagh on masks: ‘It provides moderate to low protection’
On the tails of Gov. Doug Ducey’s statewide campaign to promote mask use and as the Republican primary elections gear up for Tuesday, Aug. 4, Arizona House of Representatives District 23 Incumbent John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills) encourages mask use and looks forward to a safe vaccine.
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Blackman: 'Schools cannot stay closed indefinitely'
Rep. Walter J. Blackman (R-Snowflake) said that reopening schools in the fall is something that should be considered, despite hot debate surrounding the topic.