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Howard Fischer, For Prescott News Network

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In a sudden shift, Kari Lake is now admitting she defamed Stephen Richer.

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A federal judge has given the go-ahead to let the Mexican government sue five Arizona gun dealers over claims they are responsible for violence in that country.

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“Fake elector” Anthony Kern is accusing Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs of seeking to send him to jail.

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Alarmed about what could have happened to one community, state lawmakers on Thursday, March 21, agreed to erect some barriers to new rock and gravel operations opening in existing neighborhoods.

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HB 2685 places new hurdles for mines
But does not bar new mines

Alarmed about what could have happened to one community, state lawmakers on Thursday agreed to erect some barriers to new rock and gravel operations opening up in existing neighborhoods.

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Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli is asking Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell to investigate what he said Wednesday is evidence of security gaps in election systems in three counties.

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The very wet and extended winter is going to cause fire havoc in much of Arizona’s grasslands, the state’s chief fire management officer said Monday, March 18.

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Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the “Starter Homes Act” Monday, March 18, saying the provisions in the bipartisan bill would create problems without any assurance it actually would make housing more affordable.

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Lake, Finchem seek new trial in voting-machine reliability claims
Argue evidence not present at first proceeding has emerged

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem want the U.S. Supreme Court to give them a do-over of their losing claim that machines used to tabulate votes in some Arizona counties are so inherently unreliable that they violate their constitutional rights.

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Calling the measure both unnecessary and overreach, mayors from around Arizona came to the Capitol Thursday to urge Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto legislation on her desk to override some of their ability to make planning and zoning decisions.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressuring a reluctant Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign legislation they believe will lead to more affordable housing in Arizona.

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State schools chief Tom Horne has no legal authority to sue to force all Arizona schools to use only “structured English immersion’’ to teach the language to students who are not proficient, a judge has ruled.

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The way Justine Wadsack sees it, the explosion of retail theft requires something more than store owners waiting for police to arrive.

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Two Democrat lawmakers are lashing out at Republicans for refusing to even consider their measure to enshrine the right to contraceptives in Arizona law.

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State lawmakers sent a measure Wednesday to Gov. Katie Hobbs to override many local zoning laws in the name of affordable housing.

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Kari Lake is going to have to defend herself in court against claims she defamed Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

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State senators voted Thursday, Feb. 29, to deny a request to allow the state House to adjourn for more than a week to allow 17 of its members to take a trip to Israel.

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Legislative Republicans are moving to keep Donald Trump on the Arizona ballot – no matter what the courts say about whether he’s disqualified from running for president.

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State senators voted Tuesday, Feb. 27, to let any Arizona resident sue any community they believe is “furthering Marxist ideology.” But not if fascism is being promoted.

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Don’t think the grade your college professor gave you is fair? Legislation approved by the state Senate Thursday would give students a new avenue to appeal. And all they would have to do is allege “political bias.’’

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PHOENIX — Arizona may be on the verge of prohibiting the sale of lab-grown meat in local grocery stores based at least in part on the claims by the measure’s sponsor that billionaire Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum "have openly declared war on our ranching."

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Saying the federal government has failed Arizona, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to let police here start arresting people who have entered the country illegally.

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When it comes to the Ten Commandments, thou shalt be able to post them in public school classrooms.

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Calling its actions illegal, Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking a federal magistrate to block the Internal Revenue Service from taxing the proceeds of last year's family rebate.

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Nearly 10,000 Arizona children of the working poor will soon be eligible for subsidized health care.

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Saying they’re “our’’ National Guard soldiers, Republican state lawmakers are picking a fight with Washington over who controls them, a fight that a general said would leave the Guard with no money and no equipment.

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Immigrants here illegally could be denied public benefits
HCR 2060, if approved, would go to voters

Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday, Feb. 19, to deny public benefits to those who have crossed the border illegally.

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If Rep. Matt Gress gets his way, Arizonans won't have to wait until January 2026 to find out who Gov. Katie Hobbs has been hitting up for money and how much is in her war chest for her reelection and her bid to put Democrats in charge of the legislature.

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A proposal to make felons out of those who secretly record phone conversations is causing some alarm among a group that sometimes uses the tactic: journalists.

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The free ride for owners of electric vehicles in Arizona could soon be coming to an end.

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A House panel approved legislation Wednesday that some lawmakers say could shield parents from liability when a child takes a gun from the house and kills someone else.

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A year after exempting themselves from public records laws, state lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to formally repeal requirements that they obey the same open-meeting laws that exist for everyone else.

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The way Justine Wadsack sees it, some people looking for new homes may want to be in a legislative district where they are represented by someone who shares their political views.

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Do you like driving in the left lane? Sen. David Gowan, who said he’s been stuck behind some of those folks on the highways, wants to deter you from doing that by hitting you in the wallet.

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Calling it an unlawful “land grab,” Arizona’s top legislative Republicans filed suit Monday, Feb. 12, against President Joe Biden over his decision last year to designate nearly 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument.

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The Arizona Free Enterprise Club is asking a judge to void proposed rules that say its members have no right to photograph, approach, question and even seek “documentation’’ of voters who are using drop boxes.

A Senate panel voted Wednesday, Feb. 7, to require teachers to contact parents if a student asks to be addressed by a pronoun that does not match his or her biological sex.

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On a party-line vote, two legislative panels approved a series of changes in election laws Tuesday Republicans say are needed to ensure that Arizonans are not disenfranchised.

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A new lawsuit against Secretary of State Adrian Fontes could end up affecting whether Arizonans will actually get a voice in the November presidential election.

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A state lawmaker from Surprise wants to require insurance companies to pay the medical costs for those who want to "detransition'' from their sex-change therapy and changes.

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Saying thieves pay attention, a state lawmaker and a prosecutor are moving to enhance the penalty against those who engage in multiple incidents of organized retail theft.

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The flying cars that The Jetsons made us believe we would all have by now haven't quite materialized.

Julie Willoughby says state legislators shouldn’t be making laws while on drugs for the same reason they shouldn’t be driving.

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Gov. Katie Hobbs insists that her plan to take 8.9% out of the state land trust every year to pay for her plan to boost education funding won’t harm the account.

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Julie Willoughby says state legislators shouldn't be making laws while on drugs for the same reason they shouldn't be driving.

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The way Ben Toma sees it, perhaps communism is a good idea — only on paper.

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The Internal Revenue Service has no right to force 750,000 Arizona families who got a state income tax rebate last year to now pay federal taxes on the funds, Attorney General Kris Mayes said Thursday. And she said if the agency doesn’t back off — and soon —she may sue, saying Arizonans need answers before the April 15 deadline to file their federal returns.

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Saying they want to prevent consumer confusion, members of a House panel voted Monday to make it illegal to call anything grown in a laboratory as meat or poultry.

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Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her call for lawmakers to impose caps on prescription drug price hikes despite a lack of specifics.

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A measure designed to finally legalize the already common practice of people selling home-made tamales and similar goods cleared its first hurdle Wednesday.

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