State Senate Archives - Page 22 of 25

AZ Senator Kerr Sponsors Bill to Protect Biological Women

February 8, 2024 6:37 amNovember 21, 2024 7:46 am

Arizona Senate Majority Whip Sine Kerr (R-LD25) is sponsoring a landmark bill codifying “biological sex” as one’s biological birth gender. The bill would also protect “single-sex spaces” to ensure the privacy and safety of women and girls. Senate Bill SB1628,...

Republicans Express Shock, Disbelief at Hobbs School Choice Proclamation

January 30, 2024 8:51 amFebruary 1, 2024 11:21 am

Members of Arizona’s Republican-led legislature mocked Gov. Katie Hobbs over her political head-fake feigning support for the Ducey administration’s school choice program. In an official commendation signed on January 18, 2024, Hobbs declared the week of January 21-27 as Arizona...

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 Wendy Rogers speaking on the floor of the Arizona State Senate at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

Rogers Submits Bill to Protect AZ National Guard

January 23, 2024 5:00 amJanuary 22, 2024 3:04 pm

State Senator Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) is a badass – one of America’s first one hundred female Air Force combat pilots – and is using her experience and influence as a warrior to prevent Arizona guard members from being outsourced to...

Petersen Calls Out Biden Admin for Tax Grab

January 22, 2024 9:00 amJanuary 21, 2024 4:32 pm

In May of 2023, Arizona’s Republican-led legislature passed significant tax relief for Arizona families in the amount of up to $750 to battle the crushing inflation caused by the Biden Administration. Like other states that passed similar legislation, the IRS...

Senator Kavanagh Revisits State Budget Shortfall

January 21, 2024 6:53 amJanuary 21, 2024 6:55 am

Senator John Kavanagh has been (R-LD3) standing at the forefront of Arizona’s budget battle with Governor Katie Hobbs. As Arizona Globe has previously reported here, Senate Republicans have been critical of the budgeting process, and now, Senator Kavanagh is explaining...

State Representative David Livingston speaking at the 2016 Arizona Manufacturing Summit at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona.

Budget Battle Lines Drawn Between Hobbs and Republican Legislature

January 19, 2024 3:17 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:40 pm

If you believe Arizona Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs’ State-of-the-State (SOTS) speech, 2024 promised to usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship. And then reality set in. Almost immediately, partisan rancor returned, especially on budget issues. As Arizona Globe reported on...