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Tucson, Toma clash on city ordinance establishing housing source of income protection
The city of Tucson responded to a complaint from the incoming Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives alleging the city is breaking state law with its recent housing ordinance that forbids source of income to be considered in rental housing applications. Rep. Ben Toma, R-Peoria, filed the complaint with the Attorney General’s Office.
Husband, wife lawmakers will attend after long absences
Rep. Athena Salman, D-Tempe, and her husband Sen. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe, will return to in-person meetings at the Legislature next session, according to Mendez. Salman and Mendez have avoided coming to the Capitol in-person since the onslaught of the Covid pandemic in March of 2020, but the other 88 lawmakers came back to work in person last year.
Lawmakers seek data on pot-related DUI
Arizona lawmakers are seeking to better understand drug-related DUI cases for future legislation that appropriately addresses marijuana and other drugs. The Legislature created the Driving Under the Influence Data Collection Study Committee, which met twice, once in October and once earlier this week.
Report: Most adolescent suicides caused by firearms
Health officials in Arizona recently reported firearms have become the top cause of adolescent suicides, passing strangulation-related deaths in 2021.
House poised for new faces, new leaders
The next Arizona House of Representatives will look much different than it did in 2022 with many members losing their primary election races or moving to a different area of government.
Republican in Democratic district omits party affiliation
Republicans are campaigning for Legislative District 22 candidate Steve Robinson in a Democratic district by omitting his party affiliation in messages to voters.
Crowded write-in race in LD22 splits Dem party focus
A West Valley Senate race has gone from a sure win for an unopposed Democrat in the general election to a nine-person race of write-in candidates.
Dem House leaders seek probe over alleged insults
Top House Democrats want an investigation into allegations that a male lawmaker made disparaging comments about a female colleague.
Special session pushed to avoid over $1B in school funding cuts
Democrats and public school officials are again asking Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special legislative session to avoid over $1 billion in K-12 funding cuts this school year, months after Republicans used the promise of a special session as a carrot to bring Democrats on board with this year’s historic bipartisan budget.
Federal judge blocks Arizona law limiting filming of police
A federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of a new Arizona law restricting how the public and journalists can film police, agreeing with the American Civil Liberties Union and multiple media organizations who argued it violated the First Amendment.
Brnovich doesn’t want to enforce police video law
Attorney General Mark Brnovich won't defend a new law that makes it a crime to videotape police activity within 8 feet.
Youth access to mental health care improved under Jake’s Law, but persistent barriers hamper its reach
In March 2020, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a sweeping set of measures designed to help curb rising rates of suicide and expand access to mental health treatment for Arizona residents with and without insurance.
