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Bill Status: House Bills, H2001-H2730
As of 11 am Feb. 21 1. Awaits House committee reference or action. 2. Cleared Rules comm; needs House debate &/or vote. 3. Passed House no amendment. TO SENATE 4.... […]
Bill Status: House Bills, H2731-HR2001
As of 11 am Feb. 21 1. Awaits House committee reference or action. 2. Cleared Rules comm; needs House debate &/or vote. 3. Passed House no amendment. TO SENATE 4.... […]
Extending tax deadline gets delayed by legislative rules
What was supposed to be a rubber-stamp vote in the House to extend the Arizona income tax filing deadline this year to April 17 hit a snag. A technical mistake... […]
Benson City Hall
Benson City Hall in the 1950s This seemingly innocuous building was for many years a thorn in the collective backside of Benson’s political mucky-mucks. Built in 1936 to house city... […]
Teachers union, civil liberty groups file suit against school voucher laws
After the Arizona Supreme Court declined to rule on the validity of a pair of private school voucher programs, a collection of education and civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit... […]
Immigration reform march planned for May 1
Reforms urgedNicolas Villagrana tells reporters that Hispanic immigrants are workers who have been unfairly swept up in the crackdown against terrorism. Villagrana and more than a dozen other pro-immigrant speakers... […]
Lawmakers considering fiscal shortcuts
Required to avoid red ink but also trying to deliver on politically attractive spending priorities, legislative budget-writers are considering fiscal shortcuts that include some last used during a recession earlier... […]
Real ID Act forces makeover of driver
Driver’s licenses across the country are going high-tech, with invisible features to stop identity thieves from scheming to commit credit card fraud or just hoping to buy a beer before... […]
Senate objects to national ID card : Gould calls it security risk, unfunded mandate
The Senate has unanimously passed a memorial objecting to the federal Real ID Act of 2005, adding to the growing number of local voices opposed to what is described as... […]
States try to calm ire over high property taxes
2 Arizona communities resort to novel approach
Don’t regulate loan originators
H2320 would add another regulatory agency to a list that is already far too long. We already regulate three mortgage-lending entities: commercial mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and mortgage bankers. The... […]
Arizona’s women by the numbers: State has long way to go to improve health, economic status for many females
Women have made tremendous economic gains over the last several decades. While women fare much better in some states than others, nowhere do women fare as well economically as men.... […]
