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Apr 2, 2015

Gov. Doug Ducey signs bill outlawing aggressive panhandling

Gov. Doug Ducey signed two bills Wednesday that prevent aggressive panhandling. Republican Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said the bills are an attempt to limit fear and apprehension surrounding panhandling.

Apr 1, 2015

Utah lawmaker says Arizona should take mismanaged federal lands

Western states need to band together to get the federal government to relinquish control of lands in Arizona and elsewhere, a Utah legislator told a group of Arizona lawmakers Wednesday morning.

Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 1, 2015

Arizona Senate president aims to end session Thursday night

Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs said he wants to end the 2015 legislative session by Thursday ai??i?? a target that would make it the shortest session in nearly 50 years.

Apr 1, 2015

Gov. Ducey signs bill increasing cap for craft breweries

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Tuesday increasing the production cap for state microbreweries while at Four Peaks Brewing Company's original restaurant in Tempe.

Jen Joyce, a community manager for the Uber rideshare service, works on a laptop before a meeting of the Seattle City Council, Monday, March 17, 2014, at City Hall in Seattle. The Council was voting on rules and regulations that have pitted supporters of ride-share and other non-traditional transportation companies against taxi and for-hire drivers and operators. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Mar 31, 2015

Senate carves out exemption for taxi ride-hailing firms

Arizona taxi companies that also operate ride-hailing services won a major concession Tuesday on insurance in a bill overhauling regulations for firms such as Uber and Lyft.

Mar 31, 2015

Common Core support stalls Ducey nominee to Board of Education

A nominee for the Arizona Board of Education won’t be confirmed this year over one senator’s objections to his support of the Common Core education standards.

Mar 31, 2015

Ducey to sign microbrewery production bill at Tempe brew pub

Gov. Doug Ducey plans to sign a bill allowing microbreweries to keep running their restaurants even as they grow into large beer producers at a Tempe brew pub.

Mar 31, 2015

Senate passes bill to join interstate land transfer compact

The Senate has pushed through two proposals to transfer federal public lands to the state.

Mar 30, 2015

Ducey signs income tax bill

Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation to permanently index Arizona’s income tax rates to inflation, a top priority he laid out in his first State of the State address.

Mar 30, 2015

Ducey vetoes bill barring traffic ticket quotas

Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that would have barred law enforcement agencies from imposing quotas for traffic citations on police officers. In his veto letter on Monday, Ducey said... […]

Mar 30, 2015

Governor vetoes bill shielding names of officers

As the son of a cop, Gov. Doug Ducey was sympathetic towards the aim of a bill giving police officers involved in shootings a two-month period of anonymity. But he vetoed it today because it went too far.

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Mar 30, 2015

Lawmakers favor more campaign cash, tougher rules for ballot measures

State senators voted Monday to let special interests give candidates more cash, even as they threw another roadblock in the path of voters wanting to enact their own laws.

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