Rep. Steve Pierce wasn’t looking for something to fill his days when he stepped up to fill the vacant Legislative District 1 House seat.
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The Breakdown: Off the books
Last week, the state struck down a decades-old law prohibiting education around safe homosexual lifestyles. What led to the removal of the so-called “no promo homo” law 28 years later?
Read More »House passes proposed repeal of ‘no promo homo’ law
The House voted today by a wide margin to strike down the state’s “no promo homo” law and render a lawsuit against the decades-old provision moot.
Read More »House to vote on repeal of ‘no promo homo’ law
The amendment would strike the portion of the state’s law on AIDS instruction that prohibits the promotion of a homosexual lifestyle and safe homosexual sex.
Read More »The Breakdown: In other news
Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk has been targeting medical marijuana patients using extracts – until recently anyway. We’ll actually have that story for you this week.
Read More »Former Senate President Pierce to join House today 
The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to appoint the legislative veteran to former Rep. David Stringer’s Legislative District 1 House seat today.
Read More »APS parent company again discloses grand jury subpoenas in filing
Arizona Public Service’s parent company received federal grand jury subpoenas for documents related to the 2014 elections at least a month before APS released similar documents to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Read More »House suspends floor votes until Republicans at full strength
The House worked through a record-setting agenda on the floor today - not.
Read More »The Breakdown: The end
After nearly a year of resisting calls for his resignation, David Stringer has left the House of Representatives. Who will take his place?
Read More »Former Senate president Pierce among three in bid for Stringer replacement 
Former Senate President Steve Pierce easily secured a place on the shortlist to replace former Legislative District 1 Rep. David Stringer today. Steven Sensmeier and former Secretary of State Ken Bennett also won nominations by the Yavapai County Republican Committee.
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