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A GOP-led panel Wednesday investigated claims that Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives engaged in disorderly conduct when they shouted at Republican colleagues for blocking efforts to repeal a near-total abortion ban in state law. In April, Democrats made the first of several attempts to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban after it was upheld by the state Supreme Court. Republicans used procedural maneuvers to block that initial effort.

When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her for 20 minutes. The conservative lawmaker was in the middle of a heated debate in the Republican-led Arizona Senate on a bill to repeal an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions.Democrats needed at least one more vote from the right to advance the bill.Bolick, head hung low and tripping over her words, described her three difficult pregnancies, including one that ended in miscarriage. She said she wouldn't have got through it "without the moral support of my husband.”

In our latest installment of the Tiny Desert Concert series, we’re featuring a local psychedelic cumbia band called Pijama Piyama. The group recently treated us to an exclusive outdoor performance at Calle 16 in Phoenix, flanked by a pair of iconic Phoenix murals.

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Got an opinion on abortion? Ranked-choice voting? Border security?For $75, you can share your thoughts with pretty much everyone registered to vote in November.That's all it takes to get a 300-word argument in a ballot pamphlet that's going to be mailed to about 4 million registered Arizona voters ahead of the Nov. 5 election.And you might want to start thinking about what you would say now.

Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.Eastman, who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the election, is the first person charged in Arizona’s fake elector case to be arraigned.Eastman made a brief statement outside the courthouse, saying the charges against him should have never been filed.

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond.To talk about a border security ballot measure stalling — at least temporarily — in the Legislature, another ballot measure on elections moving forward and more, The Show sat down with Lorna Romero Ferguson with Elevate Strategies and former state lawmaker Aaron Lieberman.Conversation highlightsOn a pair of housing bills approved by the state Legislature

This weekend is predicted to be the hottest so far this year in Arizona.Austin Jameson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, says temperatures should reach triple digits on Saturday, but it won’t last long."Early next week with the work week, we’ll have a little bit of additional cooling to drop a few more degrees so that we’ll be still warm, but pretty seasonal with highs in the mid to upper 90s," Jameson says.

West Valley Republicans voted Thursday to replace a withdrawn state legislative candidate on the July primary ballot, but election officials say they missed the deadline to hold that vote. Rep. Austin Smith (R-Wittman) withdrew from the House of Representatives race in Legislative District 29 in April after facing accusations he forged signatures on his candidate petitions.

Alisa Reznick/KJZZ Yvonne Nevarez, Raymond Mattia's niece, says her family decided to file suit after failing to get answers from federal investigators about what led to her uncle's shooting the night of May 18, 2023.