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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixMay 8, 2024‘No dull days’: Pages get front-row seats, help keep the Capitol runningPHOENIX – They can be seen sitting quietly on the sidelines of legislative committee hearings in their blazers, striped ties and khakis, or bustling around the House or Senate floor delivering papers to lawmakers.
These college students are the Legislature's pages, quiet but essential workers that one lawmaker compared to "the oil in a machine that keeps things ru…See the Story
'No dull days': Pages get front-row seats, help keep the Capitol running
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Opinion · PhoenixApril 28, 2024Should you focus on lawmaker effectiveness to cast your ballot? Voters, experts say yesPHOENIX – When he considers who to vote for, Gilbert small business owner John Webster looks beyond campaign positions, going so far as to create a spreadsheet listing candidates' bipartisanship, their success rate in passing bills and their opinions on the 2020 election.
Webster concedes he is probably an "anomaly." Experts say more voters shoul…See the Story
[Opinion] Should you focus on lawmaker effectiveness to cast your ballot? Voters, experts say yes
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Planned Parenthood · PhoenixApril 24, 2024Abortion law status remains unclear, even as lawmakers near repeal of banPHOENIX - As state lawmakers push to repeal a near-total ban on abortion, Planned Parenthood of Arizona confirmed Wednesday that it will continue to provide abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy "until the last legal moment."
But when that last legal moment is depends on who's talking.
Abortion opponents argue that the ban should have taken effect this week, w…See the Story
Abortion law status remains unclear, even as lawmakers near repeal of ban
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Donald Trump · ArizonaOn their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court earlier this month.See the Story
UPDATE 2-Arizona House lawmakers vote to repeal 1864 abortion ban
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Abortion · PhoenixApril 18, 2024Abortion-rights advocates, opponents continue to spar, with eye on fall ballotPHOENIX - While lawmakers inside the Capitol were jockeying over efforts to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, advocates on both sides of the issue who gathered outside the Capitol Wednesday were looking forward to fights at the ballot box this fall.
Hundreds showed up over the course of the day, carrying signs, handing out literature and manning…See the Story
Abortion-rights advocates, opponents continue to spar, with eye on fall ballot
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixApril 17, 2024State asks Supreme Court to reject new trial for Arizona death row inmateWASHINGTON - State officials told the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday that a lower court gave too much weight to mitigating factors when it ordered a new sentencing for Danny Lee Jones in a pair of brutal 1992 murders in Bullhead City.
But Jones' attorney argued just the opposite. While conceding that Jones was guilty of "brutal crimes," including the strangulati…See the Story
State asks Supreme Court to reject new trial for Arizona death row inmate
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Abortion · ArizonaThe Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban Wednesday, days after the state Supreme Court roiled state politics by reviving the law.
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Arizona Republicans again block attempt to repeal 1864 abortion ban
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