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Napolitano signs clean-air bill, vetoes gun legislation
Gun owners won’t be able to lock up their pieces at public places and events that ban weapons, some Arizonans will have to watch their use of leaf blowers and... […]
Law shelters some work centers from minimum wage suits
Owners and operators of handicapped work shelters are breathing easier now that legislation shielding them from minimum wage-related lawsuits has been signed into law. The bill, H2245, frees work centers... […]
Elected county officials get 13% pay hike
Elected county officials are getting a pay raise. Giving county officials a raise is complicated as the Arizona Constitution spells out specifically how and when their salary can be increased.... […]
Fines sought against state in ELL lawsuit
A public interest attorney is asking a federal court to once again fine the State of Arizona for its failure to enact and fund an English language program for schoolchildren,... […]
Lawmakers target stores that sell out-of-date baby formula; Basha's CEO calls move political
Targeting formula sales Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-15, is joined at a news conference by other Democratic lawmakers in proposing legislation to keep outdated baby formula off store shelves. Photo by... […]
Former lawmaker becomes judge
New judge Bill Brotherton at his investiture ceremony, along with his wife, Uta, and two children, Bianca, 10, and William III, 15. Photo by Bill Coates Former state legislator Bill... […]
Governor signs particulate bill
Gov. Janet Napolitano today signed into law Arizona’s first major air quality legislation in a decade. Under the newly signed S1552 an estimated 10,425 tons of particulate matter will be... […]
Employer sanctions signed into law
Following her comments last month that states would forge their own immigration laws in the wake of Congress’s inability to pass immigration reform, Gov. Janet Napolitano has approved a law... […]
Bill clarifying Prop 100 for courts signed into law
Citing voter will, federal law and the opinion of Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, Gov. Janet Napolitano signed a bill that lowers the burden of proof required to deny setting... […]
Tax giveaways to attract businesses banned
Gov. Janet Napolitano has vetoed five bills and signed 29 others, including a proposal to ban cities and towns from offering tax incentives to lure businesses into their territories. Napolitano... […]
Final 34 bills signed, vetoed
Gov. Janet Napolitano today took action on the final 34 bills of the First Regular Session of the 48th Legislature, signing 29 of the bills and vetoing five. Included in... […]
Lawmakers discuss what they did, and did not, accomplish
Lawmakers face the chamber Sen. Barbara Leff, R-11, joined eight other legislators in a face-off with the business community today. Photo by Bill Coates Following breakfast at the Biltmore Resort... […]
