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Minimum wage bill on hold in Senate Rules Committee
A bid to slice the minimum wage for some young workers hit a speed bump Monday as some lawmakers questioned its legality.
APS admits spending millions in 2014 election of energy regulators
The state’s largest electric utility admitted late Friday that it gave $10.7 million to organizations that spent heavily in the 2014 race for the Arizona Corporation Commission, which regulates energy companies.
Gay rights groups sue over Arizona’s ‘no promo homo’ law
Two gay rights organizations filed suit Thursday in federal court in Tucson challenging the legality of what some call Arizona’s “no promo homo” law.
Sex offenders get chance to end life-long registration under House proposal
State lawmakers are weighing whether to give judges more leeway to eliminate the requirement that certain people register for life as sex offenders.
Efforts to boost penalty for pet abuse faces uncertain fate
A Senate panel agreed Thursday on the narrowest of margins to boost the criminal penalty on those who purposely and knowingly abuse and kill family pets.
Minimum wage change passes out of Senate committee
Legislation to allow employers to pay some young people less than the voter-mandated minimum wage cleared a crucial hurdle Thursday after its sponsor agreed it would not be tied to whether the worker was in school.
Pima County tax hike proposal gets Senate panel’s approval
HB 2109 would empower the Regional Transportation Authority to seek a full penny when it asks voters in the next few years to extend the levy.
Former AG revs up initiative to end ‘dark money’
Armed with volunteers and 15 months until a deadline, former Attorney General Terry Goddard launched a new bid Tuesday to end "dark money'' anonymous donations to Arizona political campaigns.
Senate bill would give rural areas more medical marijuana dispensaries
State lawmakers are taking steps to ensure that rural residents have easy access to medical marijuana without having to grow their own.
‘Dreamers’ tuition proposal likely dead
A bid to legally create a special community college and university tuition for "dreamers'' and others who don't qualify for the in-state rate has run headlong into a potentially fatal snag.
House dumps bid to make marijuana extracts legal
Republican lawmakers rejected a bid Thursday to clarify that edible forms of marijuana made from extracts are legal.
Stringer attorney: ‘hands are tied’ on disclosing documents
The attorney for embattled state Rep. David Stringer said Thursday the Ethics Committee can have a document it is demanding – if it goes to court.
