Arizona State Legislature
Rep. Diego Espinoza, D-Tolleson, left, looks at a computer with Rep. Walter Blackman, R-Snow Flake, during a vote on the Arizona budget Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
GOP-led Arizona Legislature OK's $1.9B income tax cut

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 24, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

Arizona GOP advances wish list on race, taxes, elections

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 23, 2021 05:40 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate passed a $12.8 billion budget for the coming fiscal year early Wednesday that contains massive income tax cuts after a...

Arizona Senate passes budget, tax cut after House Dems walk

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 22, 2021 08:29 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona House Democrats refused to show up at the Capitol on Tuesday, blocking debate on a budget and a major tax cut primarily benefiting the...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jun. 08, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. A budget deal struck between Republican leader Fann and Rep. Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, and Gov. Doug Ducey includes implementing a flat 2.5% income tax that cuts $1.5 billion a year from state revenue and keeps higher earning taxpayers from having to directly pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass budget falls flat

By Bob Christie Jun. 07, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden stops to talk to the media as he drives a Ford F-150 Lightning truck at Ford Dearborn Development Center in Dearborn, Mich. On Friday, May 21, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Biden was caught fake driving a Ford F-150 Lightning truck during a visit to a Ford safety testing center Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 02:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, state Rep. Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, is sworn in during the opening of the Arizona Legislature at the state Capitol, in Phoenix. A budget deal struck between Republican leaders Bowers and Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, and Gov. Doug Ducey includes implementing a flat 2.5% income tax that cuts $1.5 billion a year from state revenue and keeps higher earning taxpayers from having to directly pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Arizona GOP budget deal envisions massive income tax cut

By Bob Christie May. 18, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

A healthcare worker transfers a patient suspected of having COVID-19 from an ambulance into the HRAN public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
The Latest: Wash. state alters vaccine system as demand ebbs

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1998 file photo, then President Clinton presents Fred Korematsu with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House. Arizona is honoring late civil rights icon Korematsu, whose fight against Japanese American internment went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday, April 15, 2021, signed legislation establishing a “Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution” on Jan. 30, Korematsu’s birthday. The legislation comes as the nation continues to see a rise in anti-Asian crimes that started with the pandemic. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
Arizona legislation fetes civil rights icon Fred Korematsu

Apr. 15, 2021 02:31 PM EDT

Lawmakers OK Arizona business pandemic liability shield

Mar. 30, 2021 07:24 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate voted Tuesday to give businesses, nursing homes and others a broad shield from lawsuits related to COVID-19, joining the...

Pandemic liability shield for Arizona businesses advances

By Jonathan J. Cooper Mar. 29, 2021 07:13 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House voted Monday to give businesses, nursing homes and others a broad shield from lawsuits related to COVID-19. ...

Arizona Senate revokes mask mandate after governor's action

By Bob Christie Mar. 29, 2021 12:40 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate voted Monday to rescind its mandatory mask policy and the House speaker made the same move on his own...

Comments from Arizona governor, others on COVID-19 order

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 04:32 PM EDT
Quotes from statements and Twitter posts by Gov. Doug Ducey and others Thursday regarding his executive order lifting Arizona’s remaining restrictions to curb...

Arizona bill would shield businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits

By Jonathan J. Cooper Mar. 17, 2021 07:39 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation offering a broad shield from lawsuits related to COVID-19, saying businesses and health care...

Senate votes to raise Arizona's low unemployment pay

By Bob Christie Mar. 11, 2021 11:00 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate voted Thursday to raise Arizona’s super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to $320, just over two weeks after the...

Arizona bill would designate gun stores as essential firms

Mar. 03, 2021 07:39 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has voted to designate gun stores as essential businesses allowed to remain open during an emergency. ...

House votes to raise Arizona's low unemployment pay

By Bob Christie Feb. 24, 2021 08:16 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House voted Wednesday to raise Arizona's super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit to $300 at the start of 2022 and impose...

Legislature mulls raising Arizona's low unemployment pay

By Bob Christie Feb. 23, 2021 04:07 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit would increase to $320 by mid-summer and employers would have a small increase in...

Arizona county leaders rescind expanded eviction ban

By Bob Christie Feb. 17, 2021 02:04 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Board of Supervisors has rescinded an expanded eviction moratorium enacted early this month after two Republican state lawmakers...

Kelly: As vaccines ship, convincing skeptics needs focus

By Jonathan J. Cooper Feb. 16, 2021 07:55 PM EST
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AP) — As production of the COVID-19 vaccine ramps up, the next focus for officials needs to be ensuring people want to get the shot...