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Kern demands apology from Boyer over comments on sex abuse bill
A key House lawmaker is demanding an apology from Sen. Paul Boyer over the tactics the Phoenix Republican has used to push his legislation giving victims of child sex abuse more time to sue their assailants.
House Republican threatens vote against budget
Saying the budget agreement crafted by GOP legislative leaders and Gov. Doug Ducey is “not a conservative budget,” Rep. Tony Rivero, R-Peoria, vowed to vote against it Thursday unless his colleagues agreed to several significant changes.
Boyer makes offer to end stalemate on sex abuse bill
Sen. Paul Boyer extended an olive branch to Republican legislative leaders, offering his vote for an $11.8 billion budget in exchange for their support of his effort to give child sex abuse survivors more time to sue their assailants.
House, Senate propose increases to their budgets
If state lawmakers get their way, Arizonans will be spending an extra $6.2 million a year to support the folks who make our laws.
Bill allows 10 Navajo Nation students to use Arizona vouchers across state lines
The Arizona Department of Education and state legislators came to a compromise that would no longer punish students and parents on the Navajo reservation who use school vouchers to attend out-of-state schools.
House set to introduce bill to allow vouchers for out-of-state schools
The House Rules Committee on Monday granted permission for the late introduction of legislation to allow parents to use Empowerment Scholarship Accounts out of state.
Bret Roberts: Diverse background fits good at Capitol
Rep. Bret Roberts once thought he’d have to be nuts to run for a seat at the Legislature.
Kern spurns sex abuse victims in House committee hearing
A Republican dominated House panel approved changes in laws about when those who have been sexually abused can sue their assailants, but in a form that the victims and their advocates say really won't help them at all.
Company free from lending laws under ‘sandbox’ statute
Attorney General Mark Brnovich has given the go-ahead for an Illinois firm to "lend'' up to $12,500 to Arizonans without state regulation - and potentially at a higher cost than state law allows traditional consumer finance companies to charge.
Lawmaker, farmers make pitch for $20M for water plan
Insisting the state made a "commitment,'' a Central Arizona lawmaker and farmers he represents is making a last-ditch pitch for $20 million in taxpayer dollars to drill new wells and water delivery canals.
Senate approves horse racing bill despite sponsor’s objections
The Senate passed a bill Wednesday regulating horse racing simulcasts Wednesday over pleas from the original sponsor to kill it.
Ducey’s signature starts study of missing and murdered indigineous women
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Tuesday to study the prevalence of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
