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State Sen. Wendy Rogers is at it again — making news with head-popping tweets and lawsuits.

A former assistant to Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, is suing the senator and the state for assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and wrongful termination.

State senators won’t pursue any action against first-term lawmaker Wendy Rogers about her interactions with a now-fired staffer. On a party-line vote, the three Republicans on the Senate Ethics Committee concluded that there was no “clear and convincing evidence” that the Flagstaff Republican had violated any rules of conduct in her interactions with Michael Polloni. That is the standard a staff attorney says committee members must use in determining the truth. But the two Democrats on the committee suggested their Republican colleagues were reading the rules in too narrow a fa...

The Senate Ethics Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to dismiss a complaint that accused a state senator of creating a hostile work environment. Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, will face no punishment from the Arizona Legislature in regards to the complaint filed by a former assistant, Michael Polloni. He filed the complaint just a few days into the session. Senate Ethics Committee Chair Sen. Sine Kerr, R-Buckeye, said "the ethical behavior is defined but it has to be backed up again by clear and convincing evidence. "We're charged with that very, very high bar of clear and convi...

A Senate panel voted along party lines Tuesday to dismiss an ethics complaint against a freshman Republican senator accused of mistreating her former assistant.