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Top 10 Issues of 2007
Budget dissent The House approved the budget in a series of votes June 19, despite dissent. In early January, Arizona Capitol Times laid out what were expected to be the […]
Napolitano signs clean-air bill, vetoes gun legislation
Gun owners won’t be able to lock up their pieces at public places and events that ban weapons, some Arizonans will have to watch their use of leaf blowers and […]
Law shelters some work centers from minimum wage suits
Owners and operators of handicapped work shelters are breathing easier now that legislation shielding them from minimum wage-related lawsuits has been signed into law. The bill, H2245, frees work centers […]
Elected county officials get 13% pay hike
Elected county officials are getting a pay raise. Giving county officials a raise is complicated as the Arizona Constitution spells out specifically how and when their salary can be increased. […]
Governor might call special session to ‘fix’ immigration law
Sanctions bill boosterRep. Russell Pearce, R-18, at a July 2 press conference praises Gov. Janet Napolitano for signing a bill (H2279) that sanctions employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. With […]
Kansas firm picked to run Arizona’s Web site
Arizona is close to hiring a company that will maintain the state’s Web site for information and services. For six years this service was supplied by IBM, but has now […]
Brotherton takes oath to become county judge
He’s been robedFormer Senator Bill Brotherton officially dons his robe as a Maricopa County Superior Court judge in an investiture ceremony. He was accompanied by his wife, Uta, and their […]
New law clarifies setting bail for illegal border crossers
(Some) employers bewareMaricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says questions remain on just how to implement a new law that sanctions employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, but adds he’ll vigorously […]
Lawmakers discuss what they did, and did not, accomplish
Lawmakers face the chamber Sen. Barbara Leff, R-11, joined eight other legislators in a face-off with the business community today. Photo by Bill Coates Following breakfast at the Biltmore Resort […]
Freshmen in 2007
House adjourned! Rep. David Schapira, D-17, embraces his colleague, Rep. Jackie Thrasher, D-10, at the announcement that the House had adjourned sine die June 20. Both are new to the […]
Lawmakers list top issues for 2008
Finished Sen. Jake Flake, R-5, announces to the House shortly before 11 p.m. June 20 that the Senate has adjourned sine die. Flake says state trust land reform is the […]
Courts & Legislation
The Arizona Supreme Court’s lobbyist regards a successful overhaul of the state’s jury selection process as the Legislature’s biggest court-affecting accomplishment this session. “Being the judicial branch, there are a […]
