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Arizona State Senate announces committee chairmanships for 57th Legislature
Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen (R) has appointed the Senators who will lead the Senate Standing Committees for the 57th Legislature.
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AZ GOP seeks Supreme Court support on female sports law ruling
The Republican-led Arizona Legislature is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Arizona's law prohibiting biological males from competing in female-only sports.
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Arizona Senate Republicans: 'Democrat ideology supports a push for a communist America'
The Arizona Senate Republicans said "democrat ideology supports a push for a communist" country after Democrat members of the Senate voted against a bill requiring public schools to include victims of communism in their curriculum.
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Shamp on Secure the Border Act: ‘Democrats at the federal level as well as Governor Hobbs are making a mockery of this crisis by refusing to do anything’
The Arizona Senate has passed HCR 2060, known as the "Secure the Border Act,” which will now be placed on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters to decide.
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AZ Senate Republicans join 27 states in challenging Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers
Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers, alleging responsibility for cartel violence, is now at the doorstep of the Supreme Court, following a federal appeals court’s decision allowing the case to proceed.
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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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Gov. Hobbs vetoes bill that would bar biological men from spaces designated for women
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed SB1628, which would have restricted sex specific spaces like bathrooms and locker rooms to an individual’s biological gender.
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Arizona State House, Senate, Chamber file lawsuit against Environmental Protection Agency
Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen, Arizona State House Speaker Ben Toma, and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop their new air quality act from being implemented.
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Every Arizona State Senate Democrat votes against bill prohibiting China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from owning land in Arizona
The Arizona State Senate passed, without a single Democrat vote, a bill to prohibit China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from owning land in Arizona.
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AZ Senate Majority Leader: Instead of ‘partisan witch hunt targeting ESAs’, AG should ‘demand accountability' of public schools 'engaging in fraud’
Arizona Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City), the vice-chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, said he is “deeply concerned about the lack of compliance” with school district financial reporting to the auditor general.
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AZ Senate GOP: Senate Democrats 'showed their acceptance for males and females being forced to shower together'
The Arizona Senate Republicans said Senate Democrats "showed their acceptance for males and females being forced to shower together' following a vote to pass a bill requiring public schools to provide private showers to crossdressing students.
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Arizona Legislators file lawsuit against Biden Administration for overreaching power on federal lands
Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen (R-14) has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for seizing almost a million acres of land in the state in 2023. The land, falling in both Coconino and Mohave counties, was designated as a “national monument.”
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Arizona Senate Republicans: ‘Democrat Senator, Juan Mendez, shows his support for worshiping the devil’
Arizona Republicans are accusing State Sen. Juan Mendez (D-Tempe) of endorsing Satanism and welcoming Satanists into the state's legislative chamber.
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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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Sen. Shamp: ‘We're once again witnessing COVID-19 fearmongering from the Left’
Arizona State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) warned of “COVID-19 fearmongering” amidst news that some mask mandates are being resurrected in various parts of the country.
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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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McCullough: 'Early COVID treatment could have saved two-thirds of lives lost'
Dr. Peter McCullough said COVID-19 posed the greatest challenge to medicine because it is not a natural virus and did not follow any natural processes that physicians normally experience when they fight disease.
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AZ Sen. Hoffman: New federal mortgage rule will “penalize home buyers with good credit”
Arizona State Sen.. Jake Hoffman (R-15), writing on behalf of the Arizona State Freedom Caucus, called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to end a new policy he says will “penalize home buyers with good credit.”
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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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Petersen: "Senate and House Republicans stand in solidarity to protect women and girls from the injustices being attempted against them by the extreme left"
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-12) and House Speaker Ben Toma (R-27) are filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the state's prohibition on boys participating in girls' sports, in the wake of Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-Ariz.) announcement that she will not defend the state law.