Efforts to redefine Arizona’s trespassing statute have hit another snag: Some GOP lawmakers in the Senate object to a proposal calling trespassing a violation of any state or local law.
Read More »Opponents: Revised trespassing bill still too broad
Common Core foes suffer through difficult week 
Common Core opponents took a beating this week when two bills were killed in the Senate followed by a sparsely attended press conference in which one of the Legislature’s most ardent foes of the learning standards was a no-show.
Read More »Optimistic Biggs expects Brewer to accept Senate’s budget package 
The Arizona Senate approved a $9.18 billion fiscal 2015 budget Thursday evening, a proposal supported exclusively by Republican lawmakers.
Read More »Anti-Common Core bills defeated in state Senate 
Five Senate Republicans again helped Democrats kill two bills that would have undermined Common Core.
Read More »Senators on SB1062: “We made a mistake” 
A trio of Arizona state senators urged Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a controversial “religious freedom” bill on Monday, just days after all three cast votes in favor of the proposal that opponents say will legalize discrimination.
Read More »Cancer patients deserve the best medical choices
As a young wife and mother, I endured the devastating effects of watching my beloved mother die of cancer. My mom was diagnosed with stomach cancer when I was expecting my second child. I attended her funeral with my 5-month-old baby in my arms.
Read More »Senate panel advances bill to restrict Clean Elections Commission 
An Arizona Senate panel advanced a bill that would bar the Citizen Clean Elections Commission from enforcing the state’s campaign contribution limits. That would leave the task of investigating and enforcing complaints involving traditionally-funded candidates to the Secretary of State and Attorney General.
Read More »Panel okays bill that would remove any doubt about legality of fantasy sports 
A measure approved by the Senate’s Commerce, Energy and Military Committee on Wednesday would clarify that fantasy sports are games of skill, not chance.
Read More »Panel approves dark money bill, but questions remain 
A bill aimed at requiring more disclosure of the anonymous and unlimited campaign funds known as “dark money” received a unanimous vote but not exactly a vote of confidence from a Senate committee.
Read More »Legislative candidates who supported medicaid expansion awash in money 
Republican legislators who are facing a backlash from the conservative right for approving the expansion of Medicaid tapped into a vast network of supporters to easily outraise colleagues and opponents last year.
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