Candidates could keep addresses secret under Townsend proposal
A GOP lawmaker wants to allow candidates to keep their home addresses secret, an effort that could make it more difficult to verify that an elected official or candidate for office lives in the district they claim to represent.
GOP lawmaker abandons proposal to add “non citizen” to Dreamers’ licenses
Rep. Jay Lawrence abandoned his proposal to add the words “non citizen” to Dreamers’ driver’s licenses after discovering there’s no problem that the legislation would solve.
Legislature to fast-track civics test legislation
The Arizona House of Representatives is fast-tracking a bill to create a new high-stakes civics test that high school students would be required to pass before they could graduate.
Lights out for daylight savings plan
Arizona won’t be springing forward with the rest of the country, at least not this year.
Lawmaker files bill to prevent children from being used as guinea pigs
Rep. Kelly Townsend is going to bat for two sisters who, according to social media advocates, have been taken from their mother by the state and allowed to become medical guinea pigs.
Ducey calls on business leaders to help him cut regulations
New Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is reaching out to the business community to help him fulfill his campaign promise to make government more efficient for companies.
Amending the state Constitution could become tougher
An Arizona lawmaker wants to make it more difficult for voters to amend Arizona’s Constitution, but first he has to convince voters that it’s the right thing to do.
Lawmaker wants to ban EBT fast food purchases
Calling it bad use of public funds, a Mesa lawmaker wants to bar people from using their public benefits cards on fast food.
Talking and listening at the same time: Majority Leader Burton Barr
Burton Barr had a hand in virtually every major piece of legislation that passed through the Arizona House of Representatives during the 20 years he held sway as the indomitable, tireless majority leader.
Dem compares immigrant proposal to Nazi Germany
Sen. Robert Meza was one of several activists who said Friday that Rep.-elect Jay Lawrence’s proposal to add the words “non citizen” to Dreamers’ driver’s licenses was comparable to Nazi Germany’s efforts to require Jews to wear yellow badges and armbands.
Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling could help Democrats and lead to more competition
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift the requirement that Arizona and other states get federal pre-approval for election law changes could lead to an era of greater competitiveness in the Grand Canyon State’s rigidly partisan legislative districts.
GOP lawmaker proposes adding ‘non citizen’ to Dreamers’ driver’s licenses
A proposal from a newly elected Republican legislator to add the label “non-citizen” to licenses now being issued to Dreamers is drawing fire from on Democratic legislator as “another SB1070 waiting to happen.”