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Take your litmus tests and shove ’em
The big question facing the Arizona Chamber of Commerce as it hunkered down to pick candidates to support this year has been answered, and the answer is pretty definitive: The group did not hold opposition to two of the chamber’s biggest policy positions against many incumbent legislators.
Let the challenges begin
As of the end of business yesterday (May 29), the secretary of state has received requests to inspect 81 candidates’ qualifying signatures. Depending on what they find, those requests can become the precursor to candidate challenges.
Bing, bang, boom
The second special session of the 51st Legislature officially ended today at 12:56 pm. Only a single vote was cast against the CPS reform package, with Ward voting no on S1002 (appropriations; Dept of Child Safety)
The reason for the rubbernecking
There was a reason why yesterday’s first day of special session got off to a slow start – Biggs and other conservative lawmakers wanted to hold back some of the funding for more staffers until certain benchmarks were met, our reporter was told.
If the ducks aren’t in a row, suspend the rules
The House suspended rules in order to make up for lost time waiting on the legislation. The lower chamber suspended Rule 9(C)(7) requiring notice to lawmakers and the general public by 4 pm the day before a special meeting can be called, as well as Rule 33(B), which prohibits committees from taking action on a measure unless the measure is posted on a committee agenda by 4 pm the previous day.
Ruffling feathers is the Brewer way
According to Brewer’s office, roughly $30 million out of the $55 million the governor is asking for to fund the proposed Dept of Child Safety comes from savings realized following her vetoes this year.
Signed, sealed and delivered
Brewer issued a call today (May 22) for lawmakers to return to the Capitol May 27 for a special session to overhaul the state’s child-welfare agency and close out an ever-growing backlog of 14,777 abuse and neglect cases.
Brewer eyeing Ducey, Smith for endorsement
Brewer, who has expressed her desire to endorse a candidate in the gubernatorial primary, has narrowed down her choices to two. She conceded in an interview yesterday that one of them is Smith, the lone Republican in the race who supports her controversial proposal to expand Medicaid and to maintain the Common Core standards, but wouldn’t say who the other candidate is.
All it takes is a single spark
The relatively quiet CD1 Republican primary erupted yesterday (May 19), as Tobin called on Kiehne to end his campaign following comments at a debate Friday concerning guns and immigration.
Hitting two birds with one special session stone
Associated Press reporter Bob Christie broke the news late Friday afternoon that police and fire unions are pushing for a special session that would allow voters in November to vote on an overhaul of PSPRS to deal with the pension’s underfunding.
The complaint that launched a thousand lawsuits?
Sarah Beattie’s complaint against Horne could be the spark that ignites an expected legal battle over Laws 2014, Chapter 225 (S1344: contribution limits; Clean Elections authority), which seeks to bar the Clean Elections Commission from regulating nonparticipating candidates.
Pro-Ducey IE’s poll yields pro-Ducey result
Just one week after the Republic reported that Ducey was bringing up the rear in most gubernatorial campaigns’ internal polls, a new poll commissioned by the pro-Ducey IE Conservative Leadership for Arizona shows him not only leading the GOP primary, but with about twice the support of any other candidate.
