The Senate Ethics Committee won’t hold a hearing to investigate accusations that Republican leaders in the chamber violated Senate rules when they ignored Democrats’ efforts to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.Democrats in the Senate filed an ethics complaint against Sen. T.J. Shope (R-Coolidge) and Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) on Monday.
After the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in Arizona, Democrats and some Republicans are calling on the state legislature to repeal the territorial-era ban.A visibly shaken Gov. Katie Hobbs joined Democratic lawmakers shortly after the court published its decision. She criticized the ruling and said lawmakers should act quickly to
Arizona has been awarded a $95 million grant from the United States Department of Transportation to widen a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 10. The federal grant will help relieve congestion between Chandler and Casa Grande. That’s the only remaining stretch of the interstate between Phoenix and Tucson that hasn’t been improved. Officials say the extra lane will eliminate a
State lawmakers may give Arizonans an alternative to cremation and burial when their loved ones pass away. Rep. Laurin Hendrix’s bill would legalize a process called natural organic reduction, or human composting. It uses microbes to break down the body over the course of several weeks into a nutrient dense soil that can be used to plant trees or flowers.
Multiple bomb threats were made at the Arizona State Capitol on Wednesday morning, but the Department of Public Safety says the threats were not credible. According to the Associated Press, state capitols in at least nine other states were evacuated due to similar bomb threats on Wednesday. In Arizona, a spokesperson for DPS said an investigation at the Capitol found no items