Advertise with Googlier.com state | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:34:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg state | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Fewer Californians are moving to Texas, but more are going to Arizona and Florida https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/10/19/fewer-californians-are-moving-to-texas-but-more-are-going-to-arizona-and-florida/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:34:41 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=483392 The number of former Californians who became Texans dropped slightly last year, but some of that slack was picked up by Arizona and Florida, which saw their tallies of ex-Californians grow, according to new state-to-state migration figures released Thursday.

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]]> ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of former Californians who became Texans dropped slightly last year, but some of that slack was picked up by Arizona and Florida, which saw...

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]]> 483392 Public schools will be inspected regularly, committee will update campuses for safety https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/30/public-schools-will-be-inspected-regularly-committee-will-update-campuses-for-safety/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/30/public-schools-will-be-inspected-regularly-committee-will-update-campuses-for-safety/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:13:05 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=480016 Public schools across Arizona will be inspected regularly to make sure they meet minimum standards to educate students under a new executive order issued by Gov. Katie Hobbs. And in a separate order, the governor formed a committee to update those to 2023 levels to ensure the schools have what it takes to help protect students during a campus shooting.

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]]> Public schools across Arizona will be inspected regularly to make sure they meet minimum standards to educate students under a new executive order issued by Gov. Katie Hobbs. And in...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/30/public-schools-will-be-inspected-regularly-committee-will-update-campuses-for-safety/feed/ 0 480016 Bill Gates: ‘great concerns’ about state’s election future  https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/03/05/bill-gates-great-concerns-about-states-election-future/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/03/05/bill-gates-great-concerns-about-states-election-future/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2022 15:00:18 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253650 Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates told a national panel Wednesday he has “great concerns about the future” of election integrity in Arizona, after threats following the 2020... […]

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]]> Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates said Friday he believes that settling the dispute with the state Senate was preferable to the potential loss of nearly $700...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/03/05/bill-gates-great-concerns-about-states-election-future/feed/ 0 253650 How fake electors tried to reverse results  https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/27/how-fake-electors-tried-to-reverse-results/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/27/how-fake-electors-tried-to-reverse-results/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 04:38:55 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253520 State attorneys general and the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol are digging deeper into the role that fake slates of electors played in Donald Trump’s... […]

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]]> Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress as it convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/27/how-fake-electors-tried-to-reverse-results/feed/ 0 253520 Senate OKs making State Bar membership optional https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/25/senate-oks-making-state-bar-membership-optional/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/25/senate-oks-making-state-bar-membership-optional/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:30:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253409 A bill requiring the Arizona Supreme Court to license attorneys in Arizona and making State Bar of Arizona membership optional passed out of the Senate on party lines February 23. ... […]

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]]> A bill requiring the Arizona Supreme Court to license attorneys in Arizona and making State Bar of Arizona membership optional passed out of the Senate on party lines February 23. ...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/25/senate-oks-making-state-bar-membership-optional/feed/ 0 253409 Senate says yes to funding border walls https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/24/senate-says-yes-to-funding-border-walls/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/24/senate-says-yes-to-funding-border-walls/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:28:03 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253415 Republican lawmakers are ready to use state funds to build a wall along the border with Mexico.  The only question that remains is how much they’re willing to spend.  On... […]

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]]> In this March 2, 2019, file photo, a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the U.S. side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along Mexico east...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/24/senate-says-yes-to-funding-border-walls/feed/ 0 253415 House panel OKs gender standards for state documents https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/07/house-panel-oks-gender-standards-for-state-documents/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/07/house-panel-oks-gender-standards-for-state-documents/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:55:27 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253043 Insisting that boys are boys and girls are girls, Arizona lawmakers are moving to block state agencies from giving a third option for those who identify as neither.  HB2294 would... […]

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]]> Insisting that boys are boys and girls are girls, Arizona lawmakers are moving to block state agencies from giving a third option for those who identify as neither.  HB2294 would...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/07/house-panel-oks-gender-standards-for-state-documents/feed/ 2 253043 Border ‘invasion’ theory gains steam https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/27/border-invasion-theory-gains-steam/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/27/border-invasion-theory-gains-steam/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:38:29 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=252787 A group of former Trump administration officials are pushing a novel legal theory they say could give Arizona broad powers to conduct immigration enforcement.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/27/border-invasion-theory-gains-steam/feed/ 1 252787 Ducey plots $1 billion water plan, few details in final State of the State address https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/10/ducey-plots-1-billion-water-plan-few-details-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/10/ducey-plots-1-billion-water-plan-few-details-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:18:09 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=252392 Gov. Doug Ducey touted his accomplishments and outlined a legislative agenda that includes action on water issues, education, border security and infrastructure in his eighth and final State of the State address on Monday.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/01/10/ducey-plots-1-billion-water-plan-few-details-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/feed/ 0 252392 Cities taken aback as lawmakers clamp down on local authority https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/05/27/cities-taken-aback-as-lawmakers-clamp-down-on-local-authority/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/05/27/cities-taken-aback-as-lawmakers-clamp-down-on-local-authority/#comments Fri, 27 May 2016 11:00:36 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=96702 Gov. Doug Ducey leveled an unprecedented threat to Arizona cities in his State of the State address: Create a patchwork of laws that conflict with the state’s interest, and you’ll pay for it.

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]]> Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Gov. Doug Ducey leveled an unprecedented threat to Arizona cities in his State of the State address: Create a...

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