Arizona will stop daily COVID updates
State health officials will soon go from releasing new COVID-19 statistics every day to every week.
Arizona could ease gun rules for libraries, school grounds
One bill would allow concealed permit holders to carry guns into most public buildings and has repeatedly failed in recent years.
Arizona hospitals still crowded despite fewer COVID patients
COVID-19 patients still account for about 70% of emergency room usage.
GOP-led Arizona Senate OKs huge school voucher expansion
The bill makes as many as 85% of the state’s 1.1 million public school students eligible for vouchers.
Giffords hospitalized in Tucson with appendicitis
The illness was announced Wednesday by the office of Giffords’ husband, U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly.
Arizona measures would create hurdles for ballot initiatives
One would require petition signatures to come from all 30 legislative districts. The other would require support from 60% of voters to pass.
GOP-led Arizona Senate panel OKs school voucher expansions
The bill would make all children attending schools with a high percentage of low-income families or who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches eligible for the state’s voucher program.
Arizona lawmakers move to partially restore jury challenges
Proponents of elimination of the challenges say it would help prevent discrimination in jury selection.
Attorney general, Arizona State Bar reach diversion deal
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Board of Regents Chairman Larry Penley filed the complaints alleging the AG and aides violated their ethical obligations.
Arizona GOP chair files suit to block Jan. 6 panel subpoena
Kelli Ward and her husband have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a subpoena of their phone records by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Arizona Senate approves transgender sports bill
The bill would bar transgender girls and women from competing on the high school or college sports team that aligns with their gender identity.
Arizona judge upholds rules for social equity marijuana licenses
The licenses were set aside for people from communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of previous marijuana laws.
Arizona utility regulators again reject clean energy rules
The rules would have required the state’s utilities to get 50% of their power from sources that do not emit carbon dioxide by 2035.
Senate panel OKs working poor tax credit Dems, Ducey want
The new tax credit would give more than 550,000 Arizona families an average of $128 a year.
Authorities investigating death of a Pima County Jail inmate
Sheriff's office says 24-year-old Pedro Xavier Martinez Palacio alerted a corrections officer that he needed medical help.
