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Appropriations chair: AZ spending too much on unneeded college educations
Arizona is spending too much money providing a university education to students who really do not need it, according to the head of the House Appropriations Committee.
Lawmaker proposes $2,000 tax credit for hiring vets
A Lake Havasu City lawmaker wants to add some teeth to the concept that it pays to hire a vet.
Following Yarnell deaths, bill would limit access to autopsy photos
An Arizona lawmaker wants to ensure autopsy photos and videos can only be released with a Superior Court judge's approval.
Senate panel OKs strengthening laws allowing guns in public buildings
A Senate panel voted Thursday to strengthen laws that let people bring weapons into public buildings if there's not an easy and immediate way to check them.
AZ lawmakers target guns, unions, marijuana & more in 2014
As Arizona’s economy rebounds and revenues stabilize, Gov. Jan Brewer and legislators can finally focus on more traditional policy debates, instead of mightily trying to save a sinking fiscal ship.
Religious freedom bill moves forward in Senate
An Arizona Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that opponents argue would invite discrimination based on religious beliefs.
Republican lawmaker proposes repealing Medicaid expansion
Rep. Adam Kwasman, R-Oro Valley, introduced legislation today that would repeal Arizona’s Medicaid expansion, reversing the outcome of the most contentious legislative fight of 2013.
Legislators consider preemptive repeal of controversial election bill
Lawmakers are considering introducing legislation to repeal last year’s election reform bill, HB2305, which remains on hold because opponents gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the law this November.
Republican seeks to allow cuts in public pensions
An Arizona lawmaker wants the state constitution amended to allow cuts to public employee pensions and increases in employee contributions if the systems are badly underfunded.
AZ GOP lawmakers want state to pay for SB1070 supporters’ legal fees
Republican leaders in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature are pushing legislation to pay for the legal fees of current and former lawmakers whose memos and letters have been subpoenaed by opponents of SB 1070.
Bills trickle in as lawmakers assess effects of last year’s bitter session
If the number of bills that have been pre-filed in advance of Arizona’s 2014 legislative session are any indication, lawmakers won’t have much to do at the Copper Dome this year.
AZ lawmakers hint at what’s in store for 2014
One lawmaker will be targeting aggressive panhandling and “vexatious’’ litigants. Another has his sights set on people who aim lasers at airplanes. Two legislators hope to make the roads a safer... […]
