Arizona House of Representatives

The state House approved a measure Wednesday that one lawmaker said would, for the first time ever, making lying by a political candidate a crime.

Republican state lawmakers are helping insurance companies ensure they get a jury more to their liking when their clients get sued

State lawmakers are moving to give churches the ability to make deals with developers to build homes on their property -- and do so without having to comply with many local zoning regulations.

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House Republicans have chosen a veteran lawmaker with a record of opposition to abortion and even access to contraceptives as the speaker for the next two years.

Earlier this summer we reached out to local candidates with a questionnaire about their priorities and policy positions. Here are the responses from the Matias Rosales campaign.

House Democrats lost their privilege Tuesday of using meeting rooms after they conducted a "drag story hour,'' what Speaker Ben Toma called "radical activism to promote dangerously perverse ideology.''

House Republican leaders used procedural maneuvers -- twice -- to block members from even deciding and debating whether to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortions except to save the life of the mother.

The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature has passed a $17.8 billion budget package it negotiated with Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs. State Rep. Tim Dunn, R-Yuma, says there is something in it for both parties even if some issues were "off the table."

State lawmakers approved a $17.8 billion spending plan Wednesday after Republican lawmakers beat back efforts by Democrats to curb ever-expanding universal vouchers because it wasn't part of the deal GOP leaders negotiated with Gov. Katie Hobbs.