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Feb 21, 2018

Judge won’t delay decision on school funding

A judge won't delay deciding whether the state is violating constitutional requirements to adequately fund school capital needs while lawmakers decide what -- if anything -- they are going to do about the problem.

Feb 21, 2018

House passes resolution to amend minimum wage law

State lawmakers are moving to make it harder for workers to claim retaliation if they are fired in the wake of claiming they were denied wages or legally entitled time off.

Feb 21, 2018

Capital gains tax break passes House

Got stocks, land or similar investments? The state House voted 35-25 Wednesday to give you a tax break when you sell those items.

Feb 20, 2018

Republicans reject vote on proposal to ban gun bump stocks

Republicans rejected a Democratic maneuver to force a vote on a proposal banning so-called bump stocks or accessories designed to accelerate the rate of fire of semiautomatic rifles.

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, middle, pauses as he gives his state of the state address as he is flanked by House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, left, R-Chandler, and Senate President Steve Yarbrough, right, R-Chandler, at the capitol, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Feb 20, 2018

Lawmakers call on Ducey to form task force to prevent school violence

Three years into office, Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday he has no clear idea of how to prevent mass shootings at schools.

Feb 19, 2018

House panel moves bill to lower minimum age to be elected

Arizona lawmakers don't want to share their power with 18 year olds. But they might agree to let those at least 21 join their ranks.

Bob Burns (Photo by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services)
Feb 19, 2018

Court denies regulator’s request to look at utility’s campaign spending

A judge won't help Bob Burns force Arizona Public Service to disclose the money it has spent -- and may spend in the future -- to elect candidates of its choice.

Feb 19, 2018

Senate president to amend redistricting commission overhaul

A raft of changes is coming to a Republican-led effort to overhaul the Arizona commission responsible for redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative district boundaries.

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Director Jeff Hood (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 19, 2018

Jeff Hood: Hooked on juvenile corrections from an early age

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Director Jeff Hood stumbled into working with kids at a formative time in his own life.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 18, 2018

Trump administration challenges Arizona’s DACA legal arguments

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is getting no help from the Trump administration in his last-ditch bid to deny driver's licenses to "dreamers.''

Senate President Steve Yarbrough (R-Chandler) (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 16, 2018

Senate president ready to pull key provision from tax credit bill

Senate President Steve Yarbrough threatened to strip a key provision out of a bill that would severely reduce the annual growth of a tax credit for private school scholarships.

Debbie Lesko and Steve Montenegro, both former state senators, are the frontrunners in the special election for Arizona's 8th Congressional District.
Feb 16, 2018

Lesko, Montenegro take spending lead in CD8 GOP primary

While a dozen Republicans are on the ballot for the special election primary in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, campaign spending shows the field of viable candidates is far less crowded.

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