A migrant justice organization spoke out against a wave of legislation targeting immigrants Thursday as an Arizona House panel passed a bill that would cut off state shared revenue from municipalities that obstruct immigration enforcement.
Read More »Arizona panel OKs tax credit for concealed carry permit
Arizona residents are one step closer to getting a tax credit for attending a firearms safety class after Republican lawmakers passed a measure offering a dollar-for-dollar credit for concealed-carry permit holders Monday.
Read More »House tentatively outlaws most early ballot collection
The House has given initial approval to a measure that would block voter-outreach groups from collecting and dropping off early ballots.
Read More »Arizona Senate panel passes measures targeting immigrants
Republican lawmakers want stiffer penalties for Arizona cities that skirt federal immigration laws and for immigrants who break the law while in the country illegally.
Read More »Senate committee passes photo-radar ban on state highways
A Senate committee has passed a ban on photo radar along state highways that would only affect two cities.
Read More »Arizona House panel OKs bill to regulate sober living homes
A House committee passed a bill Monday to regulate sober living homes after hearing testimony from Prescott residents about problems the homes are creating in their communities.
Read More »Pot legalization measure on track for 2016 ballot in Arizona
A proposal to legalize marijuana in Arizona is on track to qualify for the ballot as the state joins a growing movement looking to loosen pot laws around the country in the November elections.
Read More »House passes first measure of session, bars ‘revenge porn’
Arizona's House of Representatives passed its first measure of the session which bars so-called "revenge porn" with unusual swiftness Wednesday.
Read More »Arizona copper mine stirs debate pitting profits vs religion
Outside of an aging mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, a copper company has burrowed a shaft 1.3 miles into the high desert landscape in what is believed to be the deepest such mine in the U.S. Resolution ...
Read More »Gov. Doug Ducey vetoes bill to reinstate Mining Museum
The rocks and other materials at Arizona's Mining and Mineral Museum will continue to gather dust after Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a measure Thursday to reopen the museum, which closed in 2011.
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