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Recent News About Arizona State Legislature
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Kerr on school choice inclusion in 2024-25 budget: 'Our commitment to the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts and School Tuition Organizations remains steadfast'
The Republican-led Arizona State Legislature has passed a $16.1 billion budget, celebrating the elimination of a $1.4 billion shortfall in the state’s budget deficit.
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Arizona Legislature sues Environmental Protection Agency over rule standards pushing switch to electric vehicles
The Arizona Legislature has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency, in response to the organization’s recently-issued pollution emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles.
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Arizona Senate Republicans put 'Secure the Border Act' on the ballot
Republicans in the Arizona Senate are planning to put a “strike everything” amendment on HCR2060 to ask voters to approve “Secure the Border Act” despite Governor Katie Hobbs’ opposition to the legislation.
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Catholic Vote President: Abortion ban opposition ‘vote in the Arizona state house is a battle defeat’
Catholic Vote President Brian Burch said the recent decision on abortion bans in Arizona “is a battle defeat for” efforts of the pro-life movement, but the “war goes on.”
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Catholic Vote President: ‘The Democrats continue to ignore basic biology’
Catholic Vote President Brian Burch said that members of the Democrat party “continue to ignore basic biology” after Arizona Governor Hobbs vetoed a bill preventing biological males from entering female bathrooms and locker rooms.
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Arizona legislative leaders join Utah's legal challenge over Biden's monument designations
Arizona Senate President Warren Peterson (R) and House Speaker Ben Toma (R) filed an amicus brief on Nov. 6 in the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of a lawsuit by the State of Utah that challenges President Joe Biden's (D) use of the Antiquities Act.
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Carbone: ‘Requiring public comments to be submitted by August 15th is simply too restrictive and does not provide adequate time’
Arizona State Reps. Steve Montenegro (R-29) and Michael Carbone (R-25) called on Secretary of State Adrian Fontes on Aug. 4 to set a longer public comment period than 15 days for his 2023 Elections Procedure Manual (EPM) draft.
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Shope on Government COVID Response: 'People's livelihoods, people who own restaurants that all of us in this room probably used to frequent with regularity, were shuttered.'
Arizona state Sen. Thomas "T.J." Shope (R-Coolidge) said the COVID-19 pandemic was not only a health issue but also a supply chain problem that disrupted all forms of economics in Arizona and nationwide.
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Arizona GOP legislative hearing fails to offer solutions to COVID-19 response
A committee hearing involving state, local, and federal politicians organized to evaluate Arizona’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic fell short of its goal to conclude with legislative recommendations.
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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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Arizona governor names Kim to new WIFA board for water security, cites setting 'state on path to success'
Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Pete Kim to the state's new Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, making Kim the governor’s last pick for the board that is charge with securing the state's water resources.
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Applications open for new board: 'Our water plan is crucial for our state's growth'
The Arizona governor’s office and Arizona Legislature are accepting applications for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) Board.
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Ducey signs 5 bills: ‘This legislation will have an impact on the lives of Arizonans’
A series of bills were signed by Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday in an effort to provide relief to some of the most-vulnerable state residents.
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Arizona governor touts 'unprecedented' $1 billion water infrastructure investment
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey released a statement June 24, supporting the state's $1 billion investment to secure its water supply for the future, calling the legislation “unprecedented.”
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Ducey credits Arizona Legislature for session 'sure to be one to remember'
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey released a statement June 24, praising the 55th session of the Arizona Legislature and expressing optimism for the future.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to restrict trans youth athletes, surgery for minors with bills ‘about biology’
The Arizona State Legislature passed bills in late March to prohibit gender reassignment surgery for minors and to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls' sports teams.
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Election Transparency Initiative chairman applauds Arizona's voter ID initiative
Ken Cuccinelli, national chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative (ETI) and former Republican attorney general of Virginia, has applauded the Arizona Legislature for approving a resolution that places a voter ID initiative on the November ballot.
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Arizona Celebrates Women’s History Month
Arizona Celebrates Women’s History Month.
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Mesa senator opposes Arizona Legislature's adjournment until her election bill goes to Ducey
State Sen. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa) told the Grand Canyon Times that she will use whatever leverage she has to get her election security measures to Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, before the Arizona Legislature adjourns.
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New Arizona voting bill seeks to change absentee ballot rules
Arizona House Bill 2905, which recently passed the Arizona House and is being heard in the Arizona Senate, seeks to require citizens to request ballots if they wish to vote early, rather than automatically being sent a ballot.