Arizona Legislature

Ahead of the next session, Arizona Democratic state lawmakers held a town hall on missing and murdered Indigenous peoples for input on the problems facing families, advocates and victims.

Rep. Walt Blackman of Snowflake has introduced a proposal to provide $1.5 million to the new independent office overseeing the state's prison system.

Republican state Sen. David Farnsworth plans to introduce a bill to force public schools that teach evolution to also teach creationism during next year's legislative session.

An Arizona lawmaker has a plan to increase legislative pay for the first time since 1998 while also imposing term limits in the state House and Senate.

Republican state Sen. John Kavanagh plans to introduce a bill that would remove legal penalties for county supervisors who fail to canvass elections.

Former Republican lawmaker Austin Cole Smith pleaded guilty to criminal charges for forging signatures on nominating petitions during his 2024 campaign.

Arizona residents will soon need to prove they are at least 18 years old to access pornography online.

A judge ruled that the $15.3 million state allocation to Prescott Frontier Days violates the Arizona Constitution's gift clause.

Attempts to regulate groundwater in rural Arizona have stalled in the Legislature and Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says negotiators haven't met since early April.

Republican Arizona lawmakers want an appeals court to reverse a previous decision dismissing their lawsuit that sought to void the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.