Medicaid referendum faces uncertain future
Organizers of a grassroots conservative effort to refer Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan to the ballot are keeping quiet about their progress as they prepare for the final month of their signature-gathering efforts.
GOP candidates stay to the right in moderate Tucson district
On a recent Thursday night at a barbeque restaurant on Tucson’s east side, Rep. Ted Vogt sat in the front row of a PowerPoint presentation about the dangers on the U.S.-Mexico border, watching as a former Border Patrol agent clicked through slides of headless bodies that have been dismembered by drug cartels.
Ban on photo enforcement advances in Senate
A group of lawmakers wants voters to decide whether to completely ban photo enforcement in Arizona.
Bill would force cities to open municipal-services bids to businesses
Sen. Frank Antenori wants cities to let private businesses bid for contracts on many services that city workers traditionally have performed.