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Hearing on Ducey gun violence bill cancelled
Lawmakers hope to take another look at the governor’s proposed school safety plan before the legislation is debated in committee.
Ducey’s office paid $695,000 in losing legal battle
Gov. Doug Ducey’s office paid nearly $700,000 to private law firms in a losing effort to defend an embattled ballot initiative that increased school funding disbursements from the state land trust.
Gov. Ducey signs bill creating minimum Arizona marriage age
Arizona has become the latest state to prohibit some child marriages under a bill signed by Gov. Doug Ducey, preventing anyone younger than 16 from getting hitched.
House kills bill to allow eye tests for pot impairment
Unwilling to trust untested technology, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to block employers from firing workers based on their eye movements.
House approves abortion questionnaire bill
Saying they're protecting women's health, the state House voted Monday along party lines to require hospitals and clinics to ask patients the reason they are seeking an abortion.
Ducey defends ‘boots on the ground’ at border
Gov. Doug Ducey today defended his decision to deploy 338 National Guard soldiers to the border, saying it's not about politics even as he boasted there is finally an administration in Washington that cares about the issue.
Matthew Simon: School choice should be for all students
Matthew Simon’s path to his current position as the Goldwater Institute’s new director of education policy may be surprising.
Senate president to kill highly supported ELL bill
A bill to eliminate the state’s four-hour-a-day English language learning requirement for students whose second language is English has reached the Senate with nearly unanimous support, but Senate President Steve Yarbrough may kill it.
Proposal to require questions of women who seek abortion returns
A controversial reporting requirement stripped from an abortion bill is back, and this time lawmakers also want to require doctors to save a sample of the fetal tissue if the pregnancy was the result of sexual assault.
Bill to set minimum age for marriage awaits governor’s signature
Arizona is on the verge of finally setting a minimum age for marriage.
Ducey signs bill to keep secrecy of anonymous campaign donors
Arizona cities are losing their right to demand that nonprofit groups seeking to sway local elections divulge who is financing the effort.
Customers at odds with indicted utility owner for years
The name George Johnson has gained-state wide notoriety in the last year, but his reputation precedes him in Pinal County.
