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Tibshraeny pushes through bill to license loan originators
A last-ditch effort to pass legislation seeking to license loan originators proved successful June 25.The Senate voted 20-6 to pass S1028 after a long battle by Sen. Jay Tibshraeny to... […]
Absent main opposition, Senate passes off-road fee
A proposal to charge an annual fee for off-highway vehicles and to use the money to manage trails, mitigate damage on land and educate riders about trail preservation passed its... […]
Protestors clash with affirmative action opponents
A debate over racial and gender-based preference programs in Arizona has grown increasingly volatile as backers of the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative cry foul over opposition efforts led by a... […]
Spotlight on… Rep. Eddie Farnsworth
Family has always been the most important thing to Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, and the values he learned growing up in a large family in rural Chandler now serve as his... […]
Statewide photo enforcement approved as part of budget
Violations will cost $165, won
Gould, Harper run out of maneuvers during 18-hour budget session
Only minutes after the sun rose June 26, the state Senate approved a budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins in July. The razor-thin decision came at 5:33 a.m.,... […]
Pending Initiatives
Several initiatives are expected to be filed before the July 3 deadline. Below is a partial list: Arizona Civil Rights InitiativeThis initiative, mirrored after similar and successful efforts in California... […]
Supreme Court says US Constitution gives Americans right to own
WASHINGTON – Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled June 26 in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment of... […]
Lawmakers decide against restoring Sheriff Joe's funding
Arizona lawmakers defeated an attempt to restore immigration enforcement dollars Gov. Janet Napolitano's administration cut from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. The Senate's Appropriations Committee narrowly defeated a proposal to... […]
Governor signs budget into law
Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed a $9.9 billion budget into law, preventing a shutdown of state government that had loomed large in recent weeks as lawmakers argued about how to... […]
Gay marriage ban, tricks and acrimony mark end of 2008 session
Disorder on the floor Sen. Paula Aboud, D-28, looking at Sen, Karen Johnson, R-18, is upset over an apparent breach of Senate rules. The underlying issue was a vote to... […]
Governor didn’t create mess; blame GOP tax cuts
Tom Jenny’s commentary (June 13, Arizona Capitol Times, “Napolitano should clean up her mess before she goes”) is misleading and has the basic facts wrong. As the facts show, the... […]
