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Did anything even get done? Breaking down the 2023 Arizona legislative session
The Arizona Legislature this year set records.
Not for bills passed or money spent, but for how long it was in session and how many vetoes Democratic …
2 years, 10 months ago
Can Arizona afford its rapidly growing school voucher program?
Arizona's empowerment scholarship account, or ESA, is the most extensive in the country. Now, students whose families want to send them to a private …
2 years, 10 months ago
Asked and answered: We cover listeners' queries on water crisis, education and more
Every week on The Gaggle, we dive into political topics and subjects that affect Arizonans. We interview politicians. We ask questions of political a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Arizona is on the front line of US culture wars. How did we get here?
For three years in a row, Arizona's Republican state lawmakers tried to pass legislation to bar what was described as "critical race theory" from bei…
2 years, 11 months ago
Will Chase Field get an upgrade? We find out if taxpayers are on the hook
It’s the All-Star break for baseball. The good news for the Arizona Diamondbacks is the team is tied for first place in the National League West. The…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Arizona Republic reads the Declaration of Independence
On July 4th 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring the newly formed 13 colonies as one United States of America.
By this charter, they formed a new …
2 years, 11 months ago
Legislative exits, vetoes, water: The most important Arizona politics stories so far in 2023
Summer is here. The temperature is consistently in the triple digits, and the state Legislature is out on break. The first six months of the year are…
2 years, 11 months ago
It's been one year since Dobbs. What's changed in Arizona?
It’s been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court erased federal abortion rights in a ruling that divided Americans and injected the issue into the 2022 …
3 years ago
Arizona Republic reporters read the 14th Amendment
On June 19th, 2022, President Joe Biden, by executive order, made this day a federal holiday. Juneteenth, as it’s commonly called, marks the day when…
3 years ago
Why Representative Andy Biggs and other Freedom Caucus conservatives held up Congress
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal to stave off a default by the federal government.
It passed on a bipartisan basis, …
3 years ago