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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Timeshare bill passes out of House committee
State lawmakers are weighing whether it should be necessary for someone to die to get out of a timeshare contract.
Goldwater loses bid to unveil information on experimental drugs
A federal judge rejected efforts by the Goldwater Institute to force the Food and Drug Administration to detail publicly how dying people can get access to unapproved medicines.
Law to levy tax for city band nears final note
If you're counting on music to keep the local kids out of trouble, with a Capital T, you'd better act quickly: The state House voted along party lines Feb. 14 to repeal a law that now allows cities to levy a tax to finance a municipal band.
Bowers forges ahead with water bill that could torpedo drought plan
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is blowing off a threat by the Gila River Indian Community to pull out of the drought contingency plan − and deny the state its water − if he pursues his own legislation on forfeiture of water rights.
Gila River threatens to pull out of Drought Contingency Plan
A major player in the drought contingency plan on Thursday yanked its scheduled ratification of its part of the deal, potentially upending any chance of the state meeting the March 4 deadline set by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Republican bill makes citizen initiative process more difficult
Republican lawmakers and their business allies are moving once again to put new hurdles in the path of citizen groups that want to propose their own laws.
Bill meant to control cell phone spying passes committee
Rep. Kelly Townsend says she knows her phone is watching and listening to her, even when she's not talking on it.
Bill proposes municipal judges face retention election
Saying magistrates can be squeezed politically, a House panel voted Wednesday to all but strip city councils of their ability to fire them.
Bill gives citizens right to sue schools, cities over elections
Saying state and county prosecutors may balk, a House panel voted Tuesday to let anyone file suit to claim that public dollars are being used to influence elections.
Kelly: Border is porous, no opinion on single-payer health care
Former astronaut Mark Kelly waded into the political arena Tuesday, making a bid for U.S. Senate and hoping to prove to Arizonans he about more than just gun control.
Senate bills aims for Arizona to pay half of in-state tuition
Without dissent members of the Senate Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development approved legislation to put an extra $102.7 million into universities for the upcoming school year above and beyond what is now allocated.
Young people exempt from minimum wage under Republican bill
Insisting it will be good for young people, a House panel voted Monday to let employers pay students who are part-time workers just two-thirds as much as they do anyone else.
