Politics & Government

It’s been more than fifty years, and the state legislature is no closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.

Governor Doug Ducey signed a new law on Thursday that bans all cellphone use by new drivers for their first six months of driving, if they’re under 18.

Finding someone who’s actually enthusiastic about the wall is hard to do.

Advocates say it’s too hard for Somali refugees to find a job, so they end up leaving for Minnesota and other more established communities.

A group of local faith and humanist leaders met at the State Capitol on Thursday to support atheist lawmaker Athena Salman, who was rebuked by Republican leaders this week over an invocation they didn’t find religious enough.

The biggest immigrant strike in 10 years likely won’t have a big impact on Phoenix.

The senator and his staffers fundamentally don’t understand how the app is supposed to work.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear chicken suits.

A new poll shows that American voters oppose the GOP House leadership’s plan for a border adjustment tax.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced “Trump-era” prosecution priorities for illegal border crossers and those who help them at a speech on Tuesday in Nogales, Arizona.

Senator Jeff Flake didn’t like our recent characterization of him as a “Flake.” Our apologies. So we gave the senator this space to explain why he authored a bill to allow internet service providers to share your data without your permission.

For some reason, Arizona reps don’t seem to want to face their constituents this week.

A few things to remember when the 2018 midterms roll around.

The 32-year-old Peoria resident plans to challenge Rep. Trent Franks.

Immigrants rights activists were physically and verbally attacked while staging a peaceful protest.

Arizona has become the ninth state to ask Congress to convene a constitutional convention intended to produce a balanced-budget amendment.

Clear plastic license-plate covers that make a license plate difficult to read at certain angles have just become officially illegal in Arizona. For people using the covers, that may mean their vehicles will be more susceptible to photo-enforcement citations.

The bill will undo earlier guidelines that prevented internet service providers from using or selling your private browsing data without consent.

George Will, in his nationally syndicated column on Monday, writes that Arizona Doug Ducey is like a modern-day Barry Goldwater, and just may be the future conservatism in the Republican Party.

A new law signed by Governor Doug Ducey last week won’t destroy the initiative process, but critics say it needs to be repealed anyway.