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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.
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.
AG won’t defend ‘no promo homo’ lawsuit
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is not going to defend the state's controversial "no promo homo'' law.
House, Senate OK Colorado River drought plan
Two weeks after water officials told Congress there was “urgent” need to approve the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan, the House and Senate both passed a plan Monday and sent it to the president’s desk.
Proposal to lower minimum wage for young workers dead
A bid to allow employers to pay some young workers less than the voter-mandated minimum wage is effectively dead. The Senate Rules Committee voted this afternoon that the proposal by Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, would effectively amend two separate public votes that established a state minimum wage. The first, in 2006, included a definition of "employees;'' the second in 2016 pushed the wages [...]
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.
Arizona schools at risk of losing federal funds over standardized tests
The federal government has threatened to withhold a huge chunk of Arizona’s school funding if the Arizona Department of Education allows schools to choose their own standardized tests for students.
One county’s take on medical marijuana makes some users criminals
Roughly 100 hundred miles – the distance between Phoenix and Prescott – meant the difference between a felony arrest and freedom to use medical marijuana for Adam Hight.
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?
Police report: Stringer had sex with minors
Former Rep. David Stringer repeatedly invited underage boys into his home for sex, according to records obtained during a House ethics investigation of the recently-resigned lawmaker.
Efforts to boost penalty for pet abuse faces uncertain fate
A Senate panel agreed Thursday on the narrowest of margins to boost the criminal penalty on those who purposely and knowingly abuse and kill family pets.
Minimum wage change passes out of Senate committee
Legislation to allow employers to pay some young people less than the voter-mandated minimum wage cleared a crucial hurdle Thursday after its sponsor agreed it would not be tied to whether the worker was in school.
