Politics and Government

The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona lawmakers announce bill to ban 'conversion therapy,' extend anti-discrimination laws

Feb 8, 2022 Speaker of the House says he will back the legislation.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Attorney general, Arizona State Bar reach diversion deal

Feb 5, 2022 Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Board of Regents Chairman Larry Penley filed the complaints alleging the AG and aides violated their ethical obligations.

The outside of the State Senate building at the Capitol in Phoenix.

Arizona Senate committee approves ban on abortions after 15 weeks

Feb 3, 2022 Bill comes as U.S. Supreme Court considers similar law in Mississippi.

Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward on March 14, 2019.

Arizona GOP chair files suit to block Jan. 6 panel subpoena

Feb 3, 2022 Kelli Ward and her husband have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a subpoena of their phone records by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County board of supervisors could grow under proposed law

Jan 31, 2022 Legislation would increase the size of the board from five members to seven.

An A-10 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base fires its gun at the Goldwater Range during the Hawgsmoke competiton. June 2016

Members of Arizona delegation call for full funding for A10

Jan 28, 2022 President Biden's budget calls for cuts to the A10 fleet

Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Senate committee backs bill to end local mail elections

Jan 25, 2022 Many municipalities, including Tucson, have embraced the practice.

The Pima County Public Service Center.

Pima County Assessor's office heads to the library

Jan 23, 2022 Staff will be available at libraries across the county.

Kyrsten Sinema

Arizona Democrats censure Sinema over voting rights bill

Jan 22, 2022 The censure has no practical consequences but serves as a symbolic condemnation.

An Arizona mail-in ballot from the 2020 election.

Pima Officials want to modernize county election system

Jan 21, 2022 Voting centers and tablets could replace precincts and voter printouts

Melissa Ayun joined the Tucson Police Department in 2005 and became a recruiter in 2019.

Facing vacancies, police departments seek to hire officers

Jan 21, 2022 Recruiters are looking for qualified applicants.

Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

Republicans on state Senate panel OK guns on college campuses

Jan 21, 2022 Colleges and universities opposed the bill.

The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Arizona Senate committee approves ban on transgender girls in school sports

Jan 21, 2022 Bill is part of a wave of similar legislation introduced in state capitols around the country.

Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva. August 2021

Grijalva announces 2nd COVID-19 infection

Jan 20, 2022 The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee said Thursday he has minor symptoms.

Allie Young, the founder of Protect the Sacred, leads voters to the polls within the Navajo Nation on Election Day 2020.

A survey for and by Indigenous peoples is asking for Native Americans to share their political priorities

Jan 19, 2022 The deadline for the Indigenous Futures Survey is March 1.

File image of a U.S. flag at the Capitol.

Townsend announces bid for congressional seat in Southern Arizona

Jan 18, 2022 The district takes in parts of Tucson and leans Republican.

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