PHOENIX, ARIZONA— As the Trump Administration continues to remove criminal illegal aliens from Arizona communities, a bill to allow the federal government to use the empty Marana Prison as a holding center for these dangerous individuals passed out of a Senate committee today with only Republican support. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is calling on Arizona's public universities to end all illegal Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) programs, and to restore commonsense merit-based opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is requesting a meeting with the U.S. Interior Secretary in hopes of reversing former President Joe Biden's land grab of nearly one million acres in northern Arizona. This 2023 unilateral action from the Biden Administration effectively blocks mining, threatens national security, harms the economy, and unnecessarily asserts federal dominance over the Grand Canyon State with more than 40% of Arizona currently owned by the United States.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Federalism Committee Chairman Mark Finchem is joining a national bipartisan effort calling on Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, so that state legislatures may ban or limit foreign spending influencing state elections, with a goal of protecting the voices of voters.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Carine Werner is working to hold sexual predators flying under the radar in Arizona's district and charter schools accountable with legislation requiring school board members to report misconduct complaints to law enforcement. SB 1437, sponsored by Senator Werner, passed out of the Senate Education Committee today with bipartisan support.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is joining President Donald Trump at the White House today for the signing of an executive order to ban men and boys from competing on women and girls' sports teams.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— In response to the propensity of year-round wildfire risks across Arizona, Senator David Gowan and Senator Kevin Payne are working to strengthen both preparedness and response efforts by equipping rural and municipal fire departments with the resources they need to protect Arizona communities from disaster.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— In response to the growing teacher shortage in Arizona, Senate Education Committee Chairman David Farnsworth is advancing new legislation that expands access to the Arizona Teachers Academy for community college students.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Concerning practices revealed during a probe on how the Hobbs Administration awarded $15 billion worth of state Medicaid contracts, as well as large rate increases to a troubled group home, are prompting new legislation to ensure the state's procurement process moving forward is lawful, transparent, fair, and keeps Arizonans' best interests at the forefront of decision-making.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is naming the team of Senators that will be charged with leading the Senate Standing Committees for the 57th Legislature.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are ready to tackle major issues facing our state with a new leadership team, selected by the Majority Caucus during a post-election organizational meeting this afternoon.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Once again, frustration is mounting among Arizona voters and candidates running for office over how long it's taking to count votes in the Grand Canyon State just one year after Governor Katie Hobbs, with little explanation, vetoed commonsense legislation from Senate Republicans to address this reoccurring problem. It’s a problem that has made Arizona the subject of ridicule across the country each election cycle and why we won’t know the outcome of many races for a week or more.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Justine Wadsack is launching an investigation into the Pima County Recorder's Office following potential violations which may have suppressed thousands of Southern Arizona voters.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is challenging the legality of the massive federal government overreach demonstrated by the Biden-Harris Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after it overstepped its authority in issuing radical and costly electric-vehicle mandates without Congressional approval. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— One month after a Ninth Circuit panel of judges out of San Francisco blocked an Arizona law banning biological males from participating in female-only sports competitions, the Republican-led Arizona Legislature is now calling on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to take action to protect women and girls from this dangerous intrusion.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Frank Carroll is expressing unwavering support for Israel on today's one-year anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack against our ally nation and its people, as well as for the Americans and other hostages still being held in captivity.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Janae Shamp strongly condemns the obscene nude statue of President Donald Trump that was hung from a crane in Las Vegas and reappeared most recently in Phoenix. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— In an effort to protect against voter disenfranchisement, Senator Jake Hoffman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government, is calling on the Clean Elections Commission to comply with state law after it illegally enacted a rule blocking certain qualified Arizona candidates from participating in general election debates for statewide and federal offices.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA—Potential conflict of interest concerns under the Hobbs Administration are under a microscope again, after a judge found "serious flaws" with how Arizona's Medicaid program recently awarded $15 billion worth of contracts.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona State Senator John Kavanagh is calling on Attorney General Kris Mayes to launch an investigation into the public comment policy implemented by the City of Surprise after an activist was arrested during heated testimony at a city council meeting last month.