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State ombudsman role expands to mediate public records requests
A bill authorizing two additional state employees to help mediate disagreements between those who are seeking public records and government agencies and school districts was signed into law June 21 […]
Judge rejects request to change voter ID law
A federal judge has rejected a request to temporarily prevent Arizona election officials from requiring that federal mail-in voter registration forms be accompanied by additional proof of citizenship. Lawyers for […]
States explore limits of abortion policy
The U.S. Supreme Court looms large in the history of abortion in the United States, but state capitols from the 1800s to now have been the crucibles of America’s evolving […]
Arizona Guard backing up Border Patrol in Yuma
Arizona National Guard troops have begun practicing the skills they’ll need in the coming year, assuming support roles to free Border Patrol agents to handle law enforcement assignments in the […]
National Park employees spend more time aiding Border Patrol
Four years after drug smugglers fleeing Mexican police fatally shot park ranger Kris Eggle, an $18 million, 30-mile steel-and-concrete vehicle barrier has almost stopped such incursions at this desert park […]
Session numbers
Session length: 164 days The record: 173 days* Number of bills passed: 438 Bills filed this year: 1,453** Vetoes so far: 34 *In 1988, partly due to the impeachment of […]
Bills passed on day 164
Lawmakers passed 12 bills during the final legislative day June 21. The day stretched into June 22, with adjournment coming at 12:12 a.m. H2177: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit H2702: […]
Signatures filed for statewide smoking ban initiative
No Smokes Bill Pfeifer, president of the American Lung Association’s Arizona chapter, backs a statewide initiative to ban smoking in shops, bars and restaurants. The signatures of what appears to […]
Report: Arizona in top 10 for increase in carbon dioxide emissions
FYI: Arizona’s overall carbon-dioxide emissions rose to 87.6 million tons from 15.5 million tons in the four decades surveyed, a fivefold increase. Talk about greenhouse gases is in the air, […]
Final hours: accolades, angst, antics
Is it over≠Sen. Thayer Verschoor peeks to see if the Senate’s still in session late into the night. It is “We end the session. We passed the budget and we […]
Lawmaker questions justice’s involvement in veto court challenge
Rep. Tully: ‘There is an obvious appearance of conflict of interest there’ By Paul Davenport The Associated Press One of the five Arizona Supreme Court justices who will decide Republican […]
Bill Coates joins ‘Capitol Times’ staff
Bill Coates Bill Coates joins the Arizona Capitol Times staff following a stint of freelance writing — for the Capitol Times and other publications. During that time, Mr. Coates often […]
