Arizona Senate

Arizona’s legislature has approved a bipartisan $18 billion spending plan making substantial investments in public schools and new highways.

Arizona Senate Republicans who wanted to pass a measure completely banning ballot drop boxes failed to get enough votes for the proposal.

The Arizona Senate has voted to open an ethics investigation into a Republican member who tweeted inflammatory comments about last weekend’s racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket.

Arizona Republican lawmakers want to sidestep a voter referendum that has blocked the nearly $2 billion income tax cut they passed last year and are pushing for a special session to repeal and replace them.

The Arizona Senate voted down a plan to require the state auditor general to conduct an exhaustive review following every election.

Arizona Senate Republicans have voted to require the state bar to pay attorney fees and other costs if the bar seeks to discipline a lawyer and ends up losing.

The Arizona Senate has voted to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatened to shut down public campuses across the state.

Schools will exceed the spending limit on March 1 and will need to immediately plan for cutbacks that would include closures or layoffs if the Legislature does not act.

The Arizona Senate has voted to bar transgender girls and women from competing on the high school or college sports team that aligns with their gender identity. Republicans approved the measure in a 16-13 party-line vote on Wednesday.

Former Congressman John Shadegg has selected three cybersecurity experts who will examine routers and network data used by Maricopa County as part of state Senate Republicans’ review of the 2020 election.