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Democrat Kevin Robinson will replace Republican Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio in District 6, and Democrat Kesha Hodge Washington is on track to unseat incumbent Councilman Carlos Garcia following a runoff election on Tuesday. Republican Sam Stone, who was up against former police officer Robinson, quickly conceded after seeing the results at his election night […]
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An Arizona town is moving forward with an amended environmental plan its conservative officials originally said resembled California’s green initiatives. The Fountain Hills, Arizona, town council narrowly passed an altered version of its environmental plan after some conservative council members expressed concern that it echoed progressive climate goals. The plan passed in a 4-3 vote, […]
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Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her operation with $500,000 to start in hopes of flipping the Arizona state House and Senate blue in 2024, as she’s currently facing challenges with Republican lawmakers. Republicans currently hold a narrow one-seat majority in both chambers, which has created a divided government after a tumultuous election year in 2022. As […]
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is offering a grant to schools that take up an alternative to the controversial education practice known as social and emotional learning. Horne is asking schools to instead try a program called The Six Pillars of Character, which was developed by Drake University that emphasizes six traits that they […]
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-backed budget on Thursday afternoon. The budget was similar to the bipartisan budget signed by former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey last year. “Unfortunately, despite my call to take on these difficult choices and protect our state’s future, the budget approved by a slim, partisan majority in the Legislature takes […]
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Legislation that would scrap the rent tax in municipalities has made its way out of the Arizona Senate. Senate Bill 1184, is sponsored by Sen. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix. He described it as a way to save taxpayers money on top of already increasing rent costs in the region. “When I think about my constituents waking […]
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As the shipping containers serving as a makeshift wall in the Morelos Dam area of the Yuma sector of the border came down, the mayor of Yuma said that the federal government is off to a slow start replacing them. “There’s some areas that the containers went down and there’s no current plan by the […]
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The Arizona House Ways and Means Committee voted to move forward a bill that would scrap the rent tax at the city, town and county levels. If enacted, House Bill 2067 would not allow someone to face a tax if they’re leasing property for residential purposes, starting on Jan. 1, 2024. Rep. Neal Carter, R-San […]
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Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen introduced legislation to tackle the state’s affordable housing crisis. Senate Bill 1103 aims to speed up the process developers have to go through to build developments to keep up with the housing demand in the state. If passed into law, a city or town could have administrators review plans such […]
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Arizona Republican state legislators doubled down on their call to action on the border crisis, particularly on fentanyl, at a news conference on Thursday. The legislators said that the rise in fentanyl deaths in the state is deeply concerning and called for more resources to support law enforcement and greater education on prevention techniques like […]
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