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US appellate court precedent is mixed on whether a state can prohibit per-signature payment structures for petition circulators in initiative and referendum campaigns, but ASU law professor Paul Bender said opponents of H2404 (initiatives; circulators; signature collection; contests) would likely ...

Proponents of the citizen initiative are already starting to plan for the worst-case scenario: That H2404 (initiatives; circulators; signature collection; contests) passes the Senate and Ducey signs it into law. To read more on this item plus all the stories ...

State Parks Director Sue Black came under fire following allegations of misconduct, according to a story published late Tuesday by the Republic’s Craig Harris. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the March 1 Yellow Sheet Report, ...

Ducey had planned to put out a statement opposing Borrelli’s S1142 (riot; planning; participation; racketeering), but that ultimately became unnecessary after learning that Mesnard was going to kill the bill, a Capitol railbird who’s familiar with the situation told our ...

Legislative Democrats may be protesting now over H2404 (initiatives; circulators; signature collection; contests), which would ban petition circulators from being paid on a per-signature basis for initiatives, it wasn’t long ago that they were pushing for almost the exact same ...

Ducey spokesman Daniel Scarpinato took to social media this morning to denounce House Dems for voting against H2372 (public benefits; fee waivers; requirements). He also sent an email saying the bill “does nothing OTHER than expand benefits for Arizonans. To ...

The House today was scheduled to take up Ugenti-Rita’s HCR2002 (repeal 1998 proposition 105), but a new poll by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling shows the people don’t want to mess with the Voter Protection Act. To read more on ...

Trump’s Dept of Homeland Security yesterday issued two sweeping memos implementing his plan to identify and deport more undocumented immigrants.

Ducey last month asked Arizonans to tell him what regulations they want sent to the scrap heap, and the people delivered. Some want Ducey to roll back environmental regulations. Others want to make it easier to do their jobs and be subject to less regulatory oversight.

Forese wants an attorney who spoke at the commission yesterday to apologize for what he deems to be an insensitive comment. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the Feb. 17 Yellow Sheet Report, go to www.yellowsheetreport.com (Yellow Sheet ...