Arizona Legislature

A second Arizona state representative reports having COVID-19 since the Legislature’s annual session began Monday. Tucson Democrat Daniel Hernandez Jr. said Thursday on Twitter that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Arizona’s largest teacher’s union is highly critical of Gov. Doug Ducey’s state-of-the-state address Monday, saying he offered no plan or support to keep schools open for in-person learning amid the state’s highest recorded numbers of COVID-19 infections.

Gov. Doug Ducey wants to set aside $1 billion to remove the salt from sea water and bring it to Arizona.

Arizona Republican lawmakers who pushed through a nearly $2 billion income tax cut in the last session are looking to repeal it and replace it with a new version.

Arizona state Sen. Jamescita Mae Peshlakai has resigned Wednesday to take a position with the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Deb Haaland.

A judge says the Arizona Senate can’t claim legislative privilege to avoid releasing a wide variety of records from the review of the 2020 vote count conducted on behalf of Republican leaders.

Former President Donald Trump has given his influential endorsement to two Arizona legislative candidates who gained national notoriety for promoting the state Senate’s partisan review of the 2020 election.

Two Maricopa County judges are growing increasingly frustrated that a cybersecurity consultant working for the Arizona Senate has not provided records related to its review of the 2020 election for release under the state’s public records law.

The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills.

A lawyer for the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate told a judge that he would cause permanent damage to the legislative process if he requires…