State Lawmakers Escalate Probe Into Child Safety System Failures After Deaths of Three Arizona Children

Arizona Senate President Condemns Remarks by Senator Ortiz, Calls for Federal Investigation of Potential Unlawful Actions

President Petersen Announces New Senate Committee Chairmanships

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Governor Katie Hobbs is creating the illusion of oversight without real action by signing legislation Wednesday establishing Arizona's new Independent Correctional Oversight Office, yet she is refusing to allocate a single dollar to make the office operational.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA—Senate Republicans are taking action to protect national security and sovereignty in Arizona, from foreign adversaries seeking to cause harm, with new legislation just signed into law from Senator Janae Shamp.

SB 1082 prohibits a foreign principal from a nation identified by the federal government as a direct threat to the United States from purchasing, owning, or acquiring real property in Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Senate Republicans are defending a Wyoming law requiring new voter registrants to provide documentary proof of citizenship to cast a ballot in its elections. The Arizona Legislature, Montana, and Kansas are leading a coalition of 22 other states in a brief filed last Friday in the case of Equality State Policy Center v. Gray at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are announcing Senator John Kavanagh will serve as the new Senate Majority Leader, effective immediately.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Republicans are calling on Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, & Reentry (ADCRR) Director Ryan Thornell and Governor Katie Hobbs to answer for another alleged inmate homicide unfolding at Lewis Prison Complex this week. If true, this latest incident marks 11 inmate homicides occurring within state correctional facilities in FY 2025. This represents a drastic increase from the previous four years in which the department averaged two homicides per year.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – A big victory for Arizona as the Republican led Arizona Senate and House announce this evening they've come to an agreement on a balanced 2025- 2026 state budget that will be enacted upon the governor's signature.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – A big win for Arizona after the Republican-led Arizona Senate passed a balanced 2025- 2026 state budget in the overnight hours that includes tax cuts and strategic investments in public safety, education, transportation, water, and public health. This fiscally responsible proposal benefiting all Arizonans will be considered by the House following tonight's bipartisan approval in the Senate.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— A bipartisan bill designed to help Arizona conserve water while increasing homebuilding to bring housing prices down for hardworking Arizona families is headed to the House for consideration after passing out of the Senate this evening.

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.