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Ortiz Signals Willingness to Work Together on Election Bill

January 17, 2025 9:09 amJanuary 18, 2025 10:56 am

Despite opposing Senate Bill SB1011, which streamlines early voting procedures, Senator Analise Ortiz (D-LD24) has signaled a willingness to work with Republicans to craft a compromise. The bill, introduced by Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14), aims to expedite election...

Blackman Introduces HB2030 Criminalizing ‘Stolen Valor’

January 16, 2025 3:00 pmJanuary 17, 2025 8:21 pm

State Representative Walt Blackman (R-7), a U.S. Army veteran and Chairman of the House Committee on Government, has returned to the Arizona legislature following a challenging primary campaign. He is now leading efforts to combat “stolen valor”—the act of falsely...

Rogers Champions Petersen’s Sweeping Senate Election Bill

January 16, 2025 9:31 amJanuary 17, 2025 8:18 pm

Arizona Senate Bill 1011 (SB1011), introduced by Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) and other Republican legislators, proposes significant changes to the state’s early voting procedures to expedite election result reporting. The Judiciary and Elections Committee, chaired by Senator Wendy Rogers...

Kupper, Delgado Propose Tax Exemptions for Minors

January 13, 2025 9:59 amJanuary 17, 2025 8:19 pm

Arizona’s newly elected representative, Nick Kupper (R-25), is preparing to introduce legislation aimed at helping minors keep more of their hard-earned income. The idea behind the bill comes from 17-year-old Nico Delgado, the former Teenage Republican President, who approached Kupper...

Kupper Writes Bill Nixing Mandatory EUA Product Use

January 11, 2025 10:52 amJanuary 15, 2025 1:33 pm

Nick Kupper (R-25), a freshman representative from Buckeye, Arizona, introduced House Bill 2012 (HB 2012) in the Fifty-seventh Legislature’s First Regular Session. The bill prohibits employers, government entities, and healthcare entities from requiring employees to use products authorized for emergency...

Prop 206 is Poised to Wreak Havoc – Again

January 6, 2025 3:03 pmJanuary 15, 2025 1:33 pm

When Proposition 206, the “Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act,” passed in 2016, it raised Arizona’s minimum wage from $8.05 per hour incrementally each year to $10, $12, $14.35, and now, in 2025, $14.70 hourly. And, as many economists predicted,...

Arizona Legalizes Marijuana Home Delivery

November 4, 2024 6:00 amNovember 11, 2024 10:43 am

(The Center Square) – Arizonans can now have marijuana brought to their doorstep. The Arizona Department of Health Services announced the change will go into effect on Friday, Nov. 8. 2024. According to the DHS, the determination for rules regarding adult-use...