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Senate OKs Higher Limits For Officeholder Accounts
The Senate voted April 18 to let legislators and other state elected officials have bigger officeholder accounts and to accept larger contributions to fill them. Lawmakers use the accounts to... […]
Lawmakers Propose Gasoline Tax Rebate For Summer Drivers
Legislators’ latest idea for tax relief is a three-month gasoline tax rebate. House Republicans proposed the rebate in a new bill packaged with 17 recycled budget bills previously vetoed by... […]
State Issues Permit For 1st Arizona Refinery
A clock is ticking for promoters of what would be Arizona’s first refinery. The state Department of Environmental Quality on April 14 announced it has issued an air quality permit... […]
Napolitano Vetoes Bill On Divorce Property Splits
Governor Napolitano on April 18 vetoed a bill to let judges consider marital misconduct when deciding how to resolve financial issues involving divorcing couples. The bill (S1145) would have affected... […]
House Approves Compromise On Eco-Terrorism Bill
After receiving vetoes in consecutive years — including once last month — on legislation that would include animal and ecological terrorism to the racketeering statutes, two East Valley lawmakers sat... […]
Look To School Boards To Fix School Failures
It’s good news that the nation’s governors have decided to get serious about the failures of America’s high schools. As the National Governors Association heard recently, only 68 of every... […]
Immigration Prompts Legislative Action
Democrats Decry Bills Targeting IDs, English As Official Language
Senator Says Amended Meth Bill Unacceptable
An amendment that would restrict sales of some common cold medicines and require stores to stock them behind the counter in a pharmacy was added in the House to a... […]
LULAC Leader Ousted Over
The embattled director of state’s oldest and largest Hispanic organization has been replaced by a 24-year-old Tucson man until the organization holds elections next month. On April 16, Javier Herrera... […]
Arizona’s Population Projected To Double By 2030
A relatively attractive housing market, mild climate and steady stream of transplants frustrated with the high costs of living in southern California are expected to fuel a doubling of Arizona’s... […]
Suspended Doctor Sues State Over Internet Prescriptions
A Tempe physician whose license was suspended by the Arizona Medical Board for prescribing drugs over the Internet has filed a lawsuit against the board in Maricopa County Superior Court.... […]
Governor Mulls ‘I’m Sorry’ Medical Malpractice Bill
Governor Napolitano has until April 25, to act on a medical malpractice bill she says will draw a court challenge if enacted. As is her practice, she did not answer... […]
