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Business group asks Congress for protection for marijuana
A group representing marijuana business owners in the West is urging Congress to include language in a government spending bill that would protect pot operations.
Arizona group again helping immigrants renew DACA status
An Arizona immigrant rights group will resume providing counseling and financial assistance to people who need to renew their status under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Attorney for state tells judge school funding is ‘political question’
Attorney Brett Johnson told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin the governor and the Legislature are working “very diligently” to resolve these issues, adding the “experts” in this area should be given the opportunity to deal with the question rather than having it decided by the courts.
Parent insists biology matters to keep ex-wife from sharing custody of child
Keith Berkshire, attorney for Kimberly McLaughlin, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn last year’s ruling by Arizona’s high court, which concluded that Suzan McLaughlin had the same right to claim parentage as if she had been Kimberly’s husband.
Rep. Syms AWOL from Legislature in French Polynesia
Syms has been absent since making a brief appearance at the opening day of session on Jan. 8.
Ducey budget proposal makes public school teacher pay raises permanent
One year after claiming local school officials can’t be trusted, Gov. Doug Ducey now has faith that state monies are going to pay teachers higher salaries.
Push on to fix adverse effect of Trump tax cuts on state taxpayers
One of the state’s three Republican legislative leaders has vowed he won’t let the Trump tax cuts have a negative ripple effect on Arizona taxpayers. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard acknowledged... […]
Q&A with Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs
In her last year at the Arizona Legislature, Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs must balance running for higher office and leading the Democratic Caucus.
Q&A with Senate President Steve Yarbrough
Senate President Steve Yarbrough is on his farewell tour at the Capitol. It’s his 16th year in office, but the Chandler Republican has some goals he hopes to accomplish on his way out the door.
Q&A with House Minority Leader Rebecca Rios
In this interview, Rios discussed Ducey’s 2018 address, her priorities for the legislative session, and what it would take for Democrats to consider this year a success.
Q&A with House Speaker J.D. Mesnard
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss his priorities for the 2018 legislative session and what it would take for him to call his last year in the House a success.
Bill to extend schools sales tax faces long odds to pass
An Apache Junction Republican has introduced legislation that would permanently extend a state sales tax that generates more than $644 million in annual funding for public schools.
