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Panel recommends less prison time for low-level offenders
A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to give people serving time for low-level felonies the opportunity to reduce their sentences by up to 60 percent, but selling the rest of...
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Montgomery to high court opens way for criminal justice changes
Newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery avoids reporters in the basement of the Executive Tower after being sworn-in. (PHOTO BY DILLON ROSENBLATT/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES) Lawmakers and...
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Prisoners need programs for success after release
I was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives on a promise that I would fight for individual liberty and hold those who break our laws accountable, and my fight...
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The Breakdown: Have you no honor?
Legislature passes bill to mandate reporting of school violence
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday approved new mandates on schools to report violent incidents in what Democrats say is feel-good legislation to hide the shortfalls in education funding. HB 2119 requires...
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Young people exempt from minimum wage under Republican bill
Insisting it will be good for young people, a House panel voted Monday to let employers pay students who are part-time workers just two-thirds as much as they do anyone...
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Republicans introduce bills to lighten criminal sentencing
(AP Photo/Matt York) A Republican-sponsored bill would allow judges to depart from mandatory sentences for certain crimes. Under House Bill 2245, the “Arizona Judicial Discretion Act,”...
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Walt Blackman: A graduate of ‘Real World U’
Walt BlackmanPHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES Walt Blackman could hardly believe that he was the first black Republican elected to the state Legislature. It’s true,...
