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Bill Status: Senate Bills, 5 pm Feb. 14
1. Awaits committee reference or action in the Senate. 2. Cleared Rules comm; needs Senate debate &/or vote. 3. Passed Senate; no amendment. TO HOUSE 4. Passed Senate amended. TO […]
Bill Status: House Bills, H2001 – H2730
As of 5 pm Feb. 14 1. Awaits House committee reference or action. 2. Cleared Rules comm; needs House debate &/or vote. 3. Passed House no amendment. TO SENATE 4. […]
Bill Status: House Bills, H2731 – H22001
As of 5 pm Feb. 14 1. Awaits House committee reference or action. 2. Cleared Rules comm; needs House debate &/or vote. 3. Passed House no amendment. TO SENATE 4. […]
Non-profit spin-off focuses on environment, solar energy
A non-profit research and advocacy group has spun off its environmental section to concentrate on consumer protection and energy-efficiency issues. Environment Arizona was split from the Arizona Public Interest Research […]
New GOP executive director wants to heal party wounds
Sean McCaffrey Sean McCaffrey, the Washington D.C.-based political strategist recently hired by state GOP Chairman Randy Pullen as the Arizona Republican Party’s executive director, says the overall mood of the […]
Proposal scraps 8th grade certificates to encourage high school for minorities
A bill that ends the tradition of many school districts giving certificates to eighth-grade graduates received approval from a House panel and is the first step toward encouraging minority students […]
Tough DUI bill gets 2nd chance in Senate, passes
A bill requiring the most intoxicated drivers to serve 30 full days in jail was approved during a Senate committee of the whole session on Feb. 15. “I couldn’t be […]
School rules or threat to free speech?
Bill targeting political activity dies, then lives again
Pima County asks governor to preserve mountain land
Pima County’s administrator is asking Gov. Janet Napolitano to assure the county that a parcel of land on the lower slopes of the Tortolita Mountains’ west side won’t be sold […]
Property owners asked to waive some rights
Property owners across Arizona are being asked to waive their rights to be compensated for lost property value if they decide to develop their land. Proposition 207, which was approved […]
Message to Supreme Court on self defense advances
The Arizona Senate sent a clear message to the state Supreme Court on Feb. 15 by approving a measure that says a self-defense justification law enacted last year is retroactive. […]
