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Senator Sine Kerr Offers Protection for AZ Groundwater

January 24, 2024 10:43 amJanuary 24, 2024 10:45 am

Republican State Senator Sine Kerr has been at the forefront of defending Arizona’s groundwater situation since she was elected and is now offering legislation that continues her fight. Over the past year, Governor Hobbs and her administration passed rules impacting...

State Senator Mitzi Epstein speaking on the floor of the Arizona State Senate at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

AZ Senate Democrats Refuse Kavanagh’s Request for Budget Input

January 12, 2024 5:00 amJanuary 11, 2024 2:05 pm

Despite attempts by Senate Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh and Senate President Warren Petersen to elicit statutory participation, Democrats refuse to engage with Republicans on the state budget. Governor Hobbs had expressed some conciliatory remarks regarding budget cuts in her SOTS...

Hamadeh Submits New Challenge to 2022 Election Results

January 4, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:44 pm

Republican Abe Hamadeh has filed a new legal challenge to his 2022 squeaker loss to Kris Mayes, requesting that Mayes be removed from her illegally gained position. This most recent challenge is based on an allegedly clear statutory precedent. Hamadeh’s...

Senator John Kavanagh (then a State Representative) and House Speaker Ben Toma at the 2019 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona.

AZ Senator Kavanagh Makes Blocking Traffic a Felony

January 2, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:45 pm

Arizona seeks to become one of the first states to outlaw protestors who block traffic. AZ Senator John Kavanah, R-LD3 (Fountain Hills), is proposing a new state law that would make blocking traffic a felony. In a recent interview with...

State Representative Leezah Sun speaking on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives

UPDATE: Sun Awaits House Disciplinary Action

December 21, 2023 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:45 pm

Democrat State Rep. Leezah Sun (D-22) begged for mercy from Chairman Joe Chaplik (R-3) during her House Ethics Committee hearing on December 19, 2023. She repeatedly denied any serious wrongdoing, characterizing her behavior as simple disagreement, despite numerous complaints that...

Water Wars Turns Into Left vs Right Battle

November 26, 2023 7:22 amNovember 21, 2024 12:53 pm

Arizona’s ongoing battle over water rights is taking a sharp swing into “left-versus-right” territory as Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) looks to reshape the 1980 Groundwater Management Act dramatically. The act requires residential developers to prove the availability of a...

Lake, Masters Endorse Longshot Tucson Mayoral Candidate

October 27, 2023 1:40 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

Tucson is a retirement Mecca for so-called “snowbirds,” seniors who migrate to warmer climes during the cold northern winter months. They also register to vote in a two-to-one ratio of Democrat to Republican, making the city a reliably blue haven...