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Sen. Pamela Gorman, who represented District 6 in the Senate since 2007, has resigned her seat to run for Congress.

Rep. Jerry Weiers is fed up with fellow lawmakers who skip floor votes. His solution: Dock their pay and list their names on the Web.

Lawmakers are not the only ones who are prone to explain why they didn't like a bill but approve it anyway.

Political insiders said voters are naïve to object to the practice of a lawmaker voting for a bill that he or she actually opposes.

Last year, Sen. Jack Harper gave his word that he would vote for a bill to restrict notary publics from notarizing documents that would present a conflict of interest. He made good on his promise by voting for it in committee. But when the bill failed there, Harper said he was relieved that it didn't pass. The situation illustrates the fact that lawmakers sometimes vote for measures they don’t necessarily like.

The end appears near for speed cameras on Arizona highways. The biggest question is which method will be used to get rid of them. So far, lawmakers have introduced three measures to repeal the statutes that allow the photo-enforcement system. Another bill doesn't exactly repeal photo enforcement, but it would render the system useless.

For the first time in at least six years, the annual release of budget plans by the Arizona Legislature and the governor didn't result in bickering. Of course, it helps that the legislative Republican majority didn't put out anything even closely resembling a budget plan this year.

Gov. Jan Brewer's budget proposal will be a hard sell to Democrats. And some provisions, such as her temporary sales tax increase, will be difficult for Republicans to embrace.

Three lawmakers who plan to run for Congress are planning to leave the Arizona Capitol even before the legislative session heats up.

Arizona political candidates who chose to run their campaigns with public money might have made a foolhardy decision.