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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
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.
Senate passes repeal of car registration fee, showdown with Ducey imminent
State lawmakers are picking another fight with Gov. Doug Ducey over taxes and fees.
Senate committee approves bill to legalize nunchucks
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 on Thursday to remove the ban on nunchucks.
Bill allows for double dipping on tax deductions
Hoping to help charities fearing changes in federal tax laws, a House panel voted Wednesday to let Arizona residents take both the standard deduction on state tax forms and also write off their charitable giving.
Court declares state law to limit minimum wage initiative illegal
The state Court of Appeals has slapped down efforts by Republican lawmakers to block local governments from mandating that private employers provide workers with even more fringe benefits than required by state law.
Hoffman: Repeal law that restricts classroom discussion on homosexuality
The state's new schools chief is calling on lawmakers to repeal a law that prohibits any courses on AIDS and HIV from portraying homosexuality "as a positive alternative lifestyle.''
Ducey committed to conformity on his terms
Gov. Doug Ducey is waiting for Republican lawmakers to blink in his bid to collect more taxes from Arizona residents.
Brnovich drops defamation lawsuit against billionaire activist
Attorney General Mark Brnovich dropped the defamation lawsuit he filed last fall against backers of the Proposition 127 campaign and the California billionaire who financed it.
Record of Stringer’s application to practice law gone
A spokesman for the Arizona Supreme Court told Capitol Media Services on Friday that his agency is unable to find Stringer's 2003 application form seeking permission to practice law in this state.
