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Mid-term quiz from 2013 Legislative Session
These 14 questions will determine how closely you have been following the first 2 months of the 2013 legislative session. Answer 10 correctly and you’re guaranteed a front-row seat for the next 5-hour House Appropriations hearing. Answer 12 right, and you qualify to chair your own House or Senate committee.
Optimism abounds on revenue districts, but Biggs still has his doubts
Advocates of a financing mechanism that would allow cities to bond against future tax revenues to fund special projects are hoping 2013 will be a year of success after running into roadblocks in the past several legislative sessions. But the foe who blocked a similar proposal two years ago appears poised to strike it down once again.
Judge upholds immersion approach to teaching English
A 20-year legal odyssey took a step closer to completion Friday when a federal judge ruled the state’s way of teaching English to kids who don’t know the language is “a valid educational theory.”
Pro-life dispute: Conflicting definitions further complicate Brewer’s Medicaid expansion proposal
Gov. Jan Brewer forcefully declared that her proposal to expand the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to hundreds of thousands of new patients is a pro-life plan. As a pro-life governor, she said, she will not sit idly by while people suffer. Since then, opponents of her plan have taken up the pro-life mantle in the Legislature.
Montgomery rejects dismissal for Horne case, hearing is back on
A May 7 evidentiary hearing in Attorney General Tom Horne’s campaign finance case is back on after Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery officially rejected an administrative law judge’s recommendation that the case be dismissed.
Campbell recall shows huge campaign finance loophole
If the recall effort against Rep. Chad Campbell is unsuccessful, organizers may end up doing a lot more good than harm to the House minority leader and prospective gubernatorial candidate, thanks to a unique loophole in Arizona’s campaign finance laws.
Negotiations remain divided over sales tax simplification
Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposal to simplify the state’s tax code continued to make its way through the Arizona Legislature despite warnings from local officials and some lawmakers that one portion of the plan could threaten the passage of the entire measure.
Democrats deny Republican allegations that redistricting process was rigged
The future of Arizona’s legislative map is in the hands of three federal judges, who wrapped up four days of trial testimony March 28 and heard pointblank denials from Democrats that they gerrymandered the districts.
Senator says he went to Yuma school to discuss bullying aimed at his grandchild
A visibly upset Sen. Don Shooter entered a classroom against a school official’s will and verbally confronted a teacher during class, frightening the students and the teacher, Yuma police reported.
House committee approves bill to arm teachers
Teachers, administrators and school employees will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun into classrooms next school year if a bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday becomes law.
Commerce Committee hears one side of federal regulation problem
The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said during an informational session Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Agency is pandering to the far left wing of the Democratic Party as it burdens Arizona with unnecessary regulations.
Despite heavy opposition, ‘bathroom bill’ passes House Appropriations Committee
Despite a two-hour marathon of opposition testimony from dozens of transgender people and their allies, the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a measure that has become known as the “bathroom bill.”
