Sign In
Free Newsletter
Biggs confident in Senate budget, others not so sure
The Senate is poised to pass a $9.13 billion fiscal 2015 budget on Thursday, and the House may follow suit next week when it begins its own debate on a plan expected to mirror the one proposed by Senate President Andy Biggs. Yet a question remains, one that Sen. Steve Pierce asked in the Senate’s GOP caucus meeting on Wednesday afternoon: “Do we really expect this to be signed by the governor?[...]
Senate panel moves budget forward, but questions go unanswered
The Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a $9.13 billion budget package fiscal 2014-2015 on Tuesday afternoon, with all votes breaking on party lines as the chamber’s Republican majority took charge.
For-profit universities in Arizona balk at proposed federal regulations
For-profit universities in Arizona said Monday that proposed federal regulations that would make them report average student debt levels, loan default rates and other “key outcomes” are unfair and may be based on flawed data.
Lawmaker says APS lobbying to hike solar panel taxes
Arizona Public Service insists it is not involved in the dispute over the taxation of leased residential solar panels, but that’s not what a Republican legislative leader says.
Despite some concerns, federal agency scraps plans to end Arizona State Hospital certification
The Arizona State Hospital is finally meeting federal standards and will not lose its certification -- and millions in federal dollars.
“Revenge porn’’ bill passes 58-0 in House
The Arizona House approves bill criminalizing “revenge porn.”
House approves “academic intervention” bill
Students with poor grades may have to buckle down on their studies before they can play in the football game or dance on the cheerleading team if a bill approved by the House on March 4 becomes law.
Bill would use medical pot fees to discourage pot use
State lawmakers hope to use fees paid by medical marijuana users and dispensaries to convince everyone else not to inhale.
Horne, Winn deny coordination on the stand
Testifying in the campaign finance case against him, Attorney General Tom Horne emphatically and repeatedly denied that he illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure campaign.
Reagan bill seeks to force ‘dark money’ disclosure
A long-awaited bill by Sen. Michele Reagan aims to force independent expenditure campaigns to disclose the source of the anonymous “dark money” that has played an increasingly large role in Arizona’s elections.
Bill requiring licenses for health care navigators advances
After more than two hours of discussion, the House Committee on Insurance and Retirement passed a bill Feb. 4 mandating health insurance marketplace navigators and certified application counselors (CACs) undergo background checks and obtain licenses before aiding health insurance marketplace applicants.
In Arizona, getting patient therapies approved is an out-of-date proposition
Health care will be an issue of reckoning for legislators this year. A less covered but extremely important topic is setting higher expectations in Arizona when it comes to incorporating technology into a patient’s access to care. Specifically, improving how insurers act upon prior authorization, a process required by insurance plans before certain medications are approved for patients.
