Photo: Former Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert founded the National Association of Christian Lawmakers. He describes the NACL as a place for lawmakers to debate, construct and distribute model legislation from a “biblical worldview.” (Photo courtesy of National Association of Christian Lawmakers) In the harshly lit breakfast bar of a Fairfield Inn, a dozen men
Photo: Construction equipment prepares the site for two new Intel Corp. chip factories in Chandler in this 2021 file photo. Intel’s plan to spend $20 billion on the project, along with TSMC’s later pledge to invest $26 billion for semiconductor manufacturing in Arizona, made up the bulk of the $58 billion in private investment in
The newly installed chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says the force, still struggling six months after an insurrection that left its officers battled, bloodied and bruised, “cannot afford to be complacent.” The risk to lawmakers is higher than ever. And the threat from lone-wolf attackers is only growing. In an interview with The Associated
After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals, moving instead in the other direction by granting greater powers to officers, making it harder to discipline them and expanding their authority to crack down on demonstrations. The sponsors of the GOP measures acted in the wake of
They didn’t have the high profiles or long tenure of some other members of Congress, but Arizona lawmakers in the last Congress ranked relatively high on a recent scorecard of congressional effectiveness. The Center for Effective Lawmaking study, by researchers at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, ranked members on the amount of substantive legislation they
President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown. The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities