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Wounded war hero, Arizona native is State of Union high point
Wounded veteran Cory Remsburg had met President Barack Obama three times before Tuesday nightai??i?? once in France and twice since a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on his 10th deployment.
Senator tries again to ban tickets from lobbyists
Against the odds, a new bill has been introduced to ban free tickets from lobbyists for sporting and entertainment events.
200 border cameras: Worsley proposes virtual fence to monitor illegal immigration
After three years of jockeying over how to spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised to construct a fence along Arizona’s border with Mexico, a state lawmaker is proposing to use those funds — and another $30 million — on a virtual fence to patrol the border.
Senate panel advances spending bills, including $6.86 million for child welfare
The bulk of the funding, $6.86 million, would be used to hire caseworkers and other child welfare aids in an effort to resolve the backlog of 6,554 cases that went uninvestigated by Child Protective Service, a gross oversight that caused Gov. Jan Brewer to abolish the agency at the outset of the 2014 Legislative Session in favor of a new department that reports directly to the Ninth Floor.
McComish won’t seek re-election, will support Dial for Senate seat
The Arizona Senate GOP’s second in command won’t seek re-election this fall. Senate Majority Leader John McComish announced Monday afternoon he’ll leave the state Legislature when his term expires in January 2015.
AG’s Office reaches settlement agreement with Horne whistleblower
A former Attorney General’s Office employee who accused Tom Horne of retaliating against her for initiating an FBI investigation against him has reached a settlement with the state, potentially avoiding a headline-grabbing trial in the middle of Horne’s re-election bid.
Arizona lobbyist gets community service, probation
An Arizona lobbyist who was targeted in a Fiesta Bowl corruption probe has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service and one year of unsupervised probation.
State GOP censures McCain
More than a decade of hostility and opposition that grassroots conservative activists have directed at U.S. Sen. John McCain came boiling over as the Arizona Republican Party’s state committee voted to censure Arizona’s senior senator for allegedly turning his back on his party.
Brewer attempts prudent approach to the new budget
Gov. Jan Brewer speaks proudly of her role in lifting the state out of the massive deficit she inherited in 2009. And with her final budget proposal, she seems intent on making sure her successor doesn’t have to say the same thing.
Experts: Brewer has as much power as ever during final year as governor
This may be Gov. Jan Brewer’s last legislative session on the Ninth Floor, but denizens of the Capitol expect it to be a year like any other for her.
Lawmakers navigate maze of legal questions with proposed election law repeal
Faced with the threat of voters turning out in droves to rebuke them, Republican lawmakers who drafted and approved the election reform law HB2305 are preparing to repeal the controversial measure before the voters have a chance to repeal it themselves in the November election.
Fine-tuning last year’s oversights and unintended consequences
When it comes to cleaning up legislation, there’s always an opportunity next year, which is the case with these bills that were heavily vetted and debated in 2013, but still require some fine-tuning in the 2014 legislative session.
