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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Bill is real but nothing like textbook
So you think you know how a bill becomes law? Well, it isn't exactly the process from the Schoolhouse Rock song, "I'm just a bill on Capitol Hill.''
Lawmakers’ arguments to overturn election fall short
Arizona finally got its 11 electoral votes for Joe Biden counted late January 6 after Congress reconvened – and after a majority of federal lawmakers rejected claims on how the tally here was unreliable.
GOP lawmaker pushes legislation to give Trump AZ win
A Trump supporter in the state legislature has crafted legislation designed to give the president the state's 11 electoral votes even as some GOP lawmakers in Washington work to keep Congress from certifying the election Wednesday for Joe Biden.
Ward pleas to Alito to step into election dispute
The head of the Arizona Republican Party is making a last-minute plea to a member of the U.S. Supreme Court to give her the ruling she wants that could keep President Trump in the White House for another for years.
Attorney: GOP lawmakers want to give AZ voter information to Giuliani to examine
The attorney for Maricopa County is accusing state senators of demanding access to voting equipment and records to turn them over to an attorney for President Trump.
Court dismisses Ward election suit
A federal judge has tossed out a bid by Kelli Ward and other Arizona would-be Republican electors to force Vice President Mike Pence to use a different procedure when counting electoral votes this coming Wednesday.
Hoffman calls for 2-weeks of remote learning
The state's top school official wants Gov. Doug Ducey to keep schools closed to in-person learning for two weeks following the explosion of COVID-19 cases in the state.
SCOTUS accepts Arizona ballot harvest case
Attorney General Mark Brnovich will get one last chance to defend the legality of an Arizona law outlawing "ballot harvesting.''
AG sides with lawmakers in bid for election materials
The state's top prosecutor is siding with Republican legislators in their legal bid to demand access to election materials from Maricopa County.
Health director revamps COVID-19 vaccine distribution
The state is revamping its COVID-19 vaccine distribution system in hopes of getting more people inoculated faster.
Ducey doles out $115M CARES Act funds to universities
A program at the University of Arizona to test 250,000 people to see if they're immune to COVID-19 hasn't gotten the public demand that was expected. In April, UA President Robert Robbins announced the school would be offering the blood tests, first to students and staff and later to front-line medical personnel and first responders. Robbins, who is a medical doctor, said someone who shows a po[...]
Ducey fires agency director who defended tax hike
The head of the state Department of Revenue was ousted December 29, the apparent victim of taking a legal position on a new tax contrary to that of Gov. Doug Ducey, his boss.
