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Senate panel approves bill limiting city-issued ID cards
A Senate committee advanced legislation that would preempt efforts in Phoenix to create a city photo-identification card over protests from Phoenix residents, who labeled the effort an anti-immigrant bill in the vein of SB1070.
House set to vote on bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
The House of Representatives is fast-tracking legislation designed to outlaw “revenge porn” after an identical bill fell just short of passing in 2015.
Rep. Cardenas again introduces bills to legalize marijuana
As a campaign to legalize marijuana by a vote of the people picks up steam, Rep. Mark Cardenas hopes to convince his fellow lawmakers it’d be better if the Arizona Legislature legalized it first.
Donahue sworn in as newest senator
Mohave County Republican Sue Donahue was sworn in Thursday afternoon as the newest Arizona senator.
Year in Review: Senate’s abrupt adjournment led to the failure of ‘revenge porn’ bill
The Arizona Senate’s unilateral decision to adjourn left numerous bills for dead, including a measure designed to outlaw “revenge porn” and settle an ongoing lawsuit against the state.
Year in Review: Fallout from Begay switch may come next November
Surprising no one, Sen. Carlyle Begay left the Democratic Party in 2015.
Ducey reversal on land trust clears way for education settlement
Even before the special session that potentially resolved a years-long lawsuit over K-12 education funding, Arizona lawmakers’ spending on schools was the talk of the summer.
Woman locks herself to Capitol doors in child custody dispute
A Phoenix mother locked herself to doors at the historic Capitol building Tuesday afternoon to protest the Department of Child Safety, which she claims wrongfully took custody of her son.
Four Peaks owners hope to maintain control despite Anheuser-Busch sale
Arizona’s largest craft brewery can no longer be classified by the state as a microbrew mere months after brewers won a legislative victory for the little guys.
Automatic voter registration bill faces uphill climb – again
Arizona’s conservative Legislature will have an opportunity, however unlikely, to follow in the steps of neighboring Democratic states and adopt measures to automatically register new voters.
Lawmakers admonish Department of Child Safety
Arizona lawmakers voted to rebuke the Department of Child Safety on Tuesday afternoon, a striking statement against an agency that has struggled to impress the legislators who created it over a year ago.
Stuart Luther: A catalyst for high school civic engagement
After four years with R&R Partners and Axiom Public Affairs, Stuart Luther left the world of lobbying to engage the next generation of policymakers as the Arizona program director for the Junior Statesman Foundation, a nonprofit educational group that supports Junior State of America.
