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Supreme Court To Lawmakers: Non-Budget Laws Can't Be In The Budget
Four budget bills were struck down in whole or in part, which scrapped dozens of new laws covering a wide variety of disparate subjects.

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Four budget bills were struck down in whole or in part, which scrapped dozens of new laws covering a wide variety of disparate subjects.

Of the 75 claims that the audit team made, the county's director of election day voting said the county’s analysis debunked all of them.
Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state, did not release her fundraising numbers, nor did any of the five major Republican candidates.
A spokesman for the governor said it’s important for Ducey to give his 2022 State of the State in person because of its significance.
Two of the new districts are shaping up as intraparty free-for-alls, one for each party, with multiple incumbents pitted against each other.
A man spray painted a swastika on a synagogue in Tucson and a white supremacist group posted propaganda in Bullhead City.
The law would ban medical staff from doing gender affirming surgeries on transgender youth and prescribing hormones to trans people under 18
One of the major draws of the event was Kyle Rittenhouse, who has received an outpouring of support from conservative student groups.
Republicans hold an edge on the legislative map but under the right conditions, Democrats would have a chance to take control of congress.
More intensive care unit beds are full this winter, but a smaller percentage are occupied by COVID-19 patients.
The Democratic and Republican commissioners had significantly different visions for how some of the districts should change.
She supports the voting rights bills but fears that the proposed rules would undermine the bills’ goals and Americans’ faith in the system.
On Thursday the commissioners will choose maps to use as their new starting points and will stick with those until it makes final decisions.
These longtime Western issues have been worsened by a changing climate, the U.S. Interior Secretary acknowledged.
For the month, the Arizona Department of Revenue reported collecting nearly $4.9 million in marijuana sales taxes.
The changes would remove Democratic areas from the competitive 1st Congressional District, which would gain Republican strongholds.
Sen. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, played an active role in rallying support for a GOP-friendly district that he would represent.
Respect for communities of interest is one of the six criteria established for redistricting in this state, but it is vaguely described.
The party is moving to censure lawmakers for their vote against a massive expansion of Arizona’s voucher-style program for K-12 education.
Haaland's orders are meant to accelerate the process by which derogatory names are identified and replaced.