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House panel hears about bot attack on Taylor Swift tickets
A House panel passed two bills on Tuesday aimed at protecting event venue ticket buyers from price-gouging and fraudulent tickets like when a bot attack prevented thousands of people from buying tickets to see Taylor Swift during her 2023 “Eras” tour.
Lab meat measure gets committee’s approval
Saying they want to prevent consumer confusion, members of a House panel voted Monday to make it illegal to call anything grown in a laboratory as meat or poultry.
GOP lawmakers scrutinize Commerce Authority
A Senate committee recommended with a 4-3 vote Jan. 17 to effectively reshape the Arizona Commerce Authority during a sunset review hearing.
Lawmakers debate whether sunset reviews becoming weaponized
Arizona’s Freedom Caucus leader tightened the reins on state agencies Wednesday by announcing the Senate Government Committee would recommend only two-year continuations for the 10 agencies on the agenda up for a sunset review.
Lawmaker wants non-planet designated state planet
Pluto may not be a planet according to the guidelines uses by astronomers. But as far as Rep. Justin Wilmeth is concerned, it should still be Arizona's planet.
Lawmaker wants to address ‘deep fake’ imagery in elections
The way Alexander Kolodin sees it, a well-crafted "deep fake'' video or audio has the capacity to swing an election.
Hobbs, GOP expect to find common ground on some issues
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ State of the State Address on Jan. 8 shared some mutual policy goals between Democrats and Republicans, but already the two sides are showing their differences for how to meet them.
LD8 nominates 3 for vacant House seat
Democrats in Legislative District 8 picked three candidates for consideration to fill a vacant seat in the state House of Representatives.
Freedom Caucus slams Hobbs’ plan to regulate school vouchers
Arizona’s Freedom Caucus leader said today any legislation Gov. Katie Hobbs proposes to modify the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program is “dead on arrival at the legislature.”
Lawmakers consider tightening oversight of Department of Child Safety
In a debate over how long the Arizona Department of Child Safety should be allowed to continue, a state representative denounced the agency at a sunset review hearing Wednesday and two legislators voted against recommending the agency’s continuation.
Hobbs takes aim at regulating school vouchers
Gov. Katie Hobbs released an eight-point plan to curtail the Empowerment Scholarships Account program, but the proposals, slated to run in Hobbs’ executive budget and in the upcoming legislative session, caught near-immediate opposition from Republican leadership who claimed the governor fundamentally misunderstands the program.
Salman announces resignation from state House
A Democratic state representative is resigning Dec. 31 to join a political action committee seeking to establish access to abortion as a constitutional right in Arizona.
