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Pot shop lottery unsettles some would-be entrepreneurs
Cancer may pick its victims randomly, but previously hopeful business people looking to get into the new medical pot industry think that’s a lousy way for the state to decide who gets licenses to sell medical marijuana.
Voting centers bill clears House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 3 unanimously passed a measure that will allow Arizona counties to join a growing election trend: creating voting centers.
Democrats’ tax-credit legislation makes Republicans squirm
Grossly outnumbered, Democrats in the Arizona House have discovered a way to place the Republican majority in an uncomfortable position on tax legislation.
Redistricting panel taking shape, as Adams, Campbell make choices
The top two legislative leaders of the Arizona House of Representatives have selected the first two member of the Independent Redistricting Commission.
Vacancy-filling proposal would chuck county supervisors
Filling legislative vacancies, which now ends up in the hands of boards of county supervisors, would become totally the responsibility of political party operatives if a bill proposed by Rep. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, becomes law.
Dumping a Burden: Counties pick right time to challenge voting-rights strictures
In two Arizona counties, the civil rights movement may soon be giving way to a new era, one in which elections officials don’t need the federal government’s permission to make such mundane administrative changes as moving polling places or changing voter-registration deadlines.
Bill would force cities to open municipal-services bids to businesses
Sen. Frank Antenori wants cities to let private businesses bid for contracts on many services that city workers traditionally have performed.
Bill to deny public housing to illegals advances
With a bill that seeks to deny undocumented aliens from getting public housing assistance, Arizona Republican lawmakers are positioning to wade deeper into a battle with the federal government over immigration.
Michael Crow: ASU tuition hike coming
Arizona State University President Michael Crow told lawmakers Tuesday his administration will ask for a tuition fee increase to help offset the governor’s proposed higher-education budget reductions.
Brewer signs anti-casino bill
Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at preventing the Tohono O’odham tribe from building a casino in Glendale.
Bill allowing military veterans to pay in-state tuition advances in committee
A Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill to automatically qualify honorably discharged military veterans for a program that allows them to pay in-state tuition in colleges and universities.
‘Professionalizing Arizona’s economic philosophy’
Supporters of the Arizona Commerce Authority say public-private economic development agencies play important practical and psychological roles in attracting new jobs to the state.
