PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are championing efforts to protect the health and well-being of the state's furry, four-legged friends with final passage broadening the conditions under which animal cruelty can be charged. A bill to do just that passed out of the Arizona Senate with bipartisan support after being transmitted by the House of Representatives. The legislation will now await action by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Director Nominations Committee Chair Jake Hoffman releases the following statement on this morning's scheduled confirmation hearing for Karen Lee Peters of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA—Senate Republicans are congratulating Arizona's own Dr. Theodore Cooke on his nomination as Commissioner of Reclamation for the Department of Interior under the Trump Administration.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Majority Whip Frank Carroll is expressing unwavering support for Israel as it seeks to dismantle Iran's nuclear weapons program and protect the world from the terrorist Islamist Republic occupying Iran.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Governor Katie Hobbs is working to dismantle bipartisan legislation aiming to create oversight, accountability, and transparency of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry system in the wake of recent inmate murders and other atrocities occurring in state prisons.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Education & Transportation Committee Chairman David Farnsworth is continuing efforts to improve Arizona's transit system by advocating for strategic funding allocations within the state budget for innovative transportation solutions.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Senate Republicans are advancing a balanced state budget with strategic investments in public safety, education, transportation, water, and public health. This fiscally responsible proposal benefiting all Arizonans will be introduced later today.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate Republicans are condemning the devastating acts of political violence happening in Minnesota overnight, where democrat state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park. In a related incident, democrat state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their home in Champlin and are alive after undergoing surgery.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Committee Chairman David Farnsworth is working to improve Arizona's transit systems, both on the ground and in the air, with a new Senate Education and Transportation Committee overseeing innovative transportation solutions.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA—Chairman Mark Finchem is again inviting parents who have been affected by the Arizona family court system to join him at the Arizona Senate Monday, June 16 at 9 a.m. to share their personal stories during the third Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Senate President Warren Petersen is recapping a recent trip to the border he helped arrange with almost a dozen attorneys general from around the country and members of local law enforcement. 

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Arizona Senate Republicans are condemning the violence unfolding in Southern California in response to deportations being carried out by the federal government. The state lawmakers are now calling on Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes to cooperate with the Trump Administration with enforcing federal immigration laws to keep Arizona communities safe from harm.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp is denouncing the violent riots currently unfolding in Los Angeles, blaming democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass for their habit of letting California burn.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are celebrating a legal victory for second amendment rights and our nation's sovereignty after the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision today protecting the American firearms industry from being dismantled by the Mexican government.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are condemning Katie Hobbs after local media today revealed she spent millions in taxpayer dollars over the past year to reward a dysfunctional group home for its campaign contributions to her.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman Kevin Payne is doubling-down on his investigation of disturbing events transpiring within the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, & Reentry (ADCRR), including inmate murders, suicides, overdoses, confiscated weapons, and assaults against correctional employees.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Law enforcement and prosecutors are expressing strong support for legislation introduced by Arizona State Senator Shawnna Bolick to crack down on animal cruelty in Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp is condemning Governor Katie Hobbs for again endangering state and national security with her latest veto of legislation protecting Arizona military bases from Chinese threats.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Government Committee Chairman Jake Hoffman is reacting to today's decision by Katie Hobbs to withdraw a nominee for the Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) who went AWOL and would not be present in Arizona to fulfill the duties of the position for the next several months, nor would attend this afternoon's scheduled Senate confirmation hearing.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is continuing to work with the Trump Administration to deliver results for the Grand Canyon State.

Last week, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with Trump Administration officials at the White House and the U.S. Department of Interior, as well as to attend the unveiling of a groundbreaking Make America Healthy Again report from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.