"I was completely and totally boxed out from the very beginning," Surprise Republican Sen. Janae Shamp said in an interview ...

Republicans in the Arizona Senate voted to boot Majority Leader Janae Shamp from her leadership role minutes after adjourning for the year.

Arizona's legislative session culminated with a weeks-long budget showdown that could have transpired in Tombstone.

Republicans in the Arizona Senate voted to boot Majority Leader Janae Shamp from her leadership role minutes after adjourning for the year.

That was made plain when the Senate, minutes after adjourning for the year, met and replaced Majority Leader Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, with Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills. The Senate had held its ...