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Starbucks drinks now served at Capitol coffee shop
The coffee shop in Arizona’s Old Capitol is now serving Starbucks drinks and may soon have televisions showing legislative hearings.
Senate panel says emergency witnesses who don’t dial 9-11 deserve jail
The next time you see someone in distress and pull out your phone to record it rather than calling 911, you could risk going to jail.
GOP senator wants to let Arizonans pay taxes in bitcoin
Sen. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, wants to require the state’s Department of Revenue to accept cryptocurrency as payment for personal income taxes.
Grantham’s bill would allow Tasers, Mace, stun guns on university campuses
Rep. Travis Grantham wants to give those on public university campuses more self-defense options, including Tasers.
Kavanagh wants to ban driving with pets on laps
Sen. John Kavanagh wants to ban pets, be they dogs, birds, reptiles, amphibians or other mammals, from resting on the laps of a person who’s driving a vehicle.
Senate panel approves hike in drivers’ liability insurance coverage
Rebuffing claims it will harm some low-income individuals, a Senate panel agreed yesterday to increase the amount of liability insurance that motorists must purchase to drive on Arizona roads.
Rep. Syms AWOL from Legislature in French Polynesia
Syms has been absent since making a brief appearance at the opening day of session on Jan. 8.
Some lawmakers call for time limits on filing harassment complaints
The House harassment policy does not currently include a statute of limitations on sexual or workplace harassment claims, but the question of the time limit led to a heated debate on the House floor January 9.
Legislature first in nation with captioning service for deaf, hard of hearing
People who are deaf or hard of hearing can now watch Arizona legislative hearings live through looping technology and access a live captioning service.
Lawmaker wants to make public records on personal cell phones secret
A veteran state lawmaker is carving out what one lawyer calls a large and "blatant'' exemption to the state's public records law.
Pair of lawmakers at odds over display of confederate flag on laptop
Peten said she’s undecided on whether she’ll file a formal complaint under the House’s harassment policy, under which she could make her case that displaying the flag constitutes a hostile work environment.
Medical pot proposal forces patients to pay for drug prevention
Rep. Vince Leach introduced HB 2066 which would let the state Department of Health Services use what it does not need to run the program for "education, awareness and prevention messaging.''
