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GOP Senator to seek redo of ‘dreamers’ measure
Immigration activists and supporters of the Dream Act protest Attorney General Tom Horne’s decision not to drop his lawsuit against community colleges that offer lower in-state...
Tag: Proposition 206
Minimum wage to bump up in new year
DES asks for permanent funding to cover cost of minimum wage hike
The Department of Economic Security has requested more than $3 million in general fund appropriations to match wage increases, without which they say services for individuals with disabilities may be...
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AZ Supreme Court gives citizen initiatives wide berth
Russell Pearce threatens suit over ABOR’s ‘dreamers’ policy
Russell Pearce (Photo by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services) The prime architect of some of Arizona’s strongest laws aimed at illegal immigration is giving Attorney General Mark...
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AZ Supreme Court skeptical of minimum wage challenger arguments
Arizona’s Supreme Court justices spent time March 9 imagining a world in which the state’s voters may never get to pass laws by the ballot again. Justices repeatedly posed that...
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Court should strike down new minimum wage law
Arizona business owners have gone to court to challenge Proposition 206, Arizona’s newly enacted $12 per hour minimum wage. They argue that the law increases the costs of government services—often...
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State Supreme Court agrees to take up minimum wage case
Arizona’s Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments by the business community that the new voter-approved minimum wage violates the state’s Constitution. The court accepted jurisdiction of the case and announced...
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Lawmakers plan assault on voters’ right to make laws
State legislators are planning an assault on the constitutional right of Arizonans to enact their own laws unfettered by legislative interference. A series of measures being proposed would change everything...
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Ducey’s budget office, legislative leaders seek to block Prop 206
The governor’s budget office and the Legislature’s new leaders this afternoon joined the business community in asking the Supreme Court to stay the implementation of a minimum wage hike...
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Last minute effort underway to block minimum wage hike
Business interests are making a last-ditch effort to keep hundreds of thousands of Arizonans from getting a big wage hike on Sunday. Attorney Brett Johnson, representing the Arizona Chamber of...
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Arizona Chamber of Commerce sues to block new minimum wage law
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce is leading a lawsuit seeking to halt the minimum wage increase that Arizonans overwhelmingly approved in November. The state chamber, joined by several local chambers,...
