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Harper explores House bid
Sen. Jack Harper is now exploring a House seat. Harper, a Republican from Surprise, has amended his exploratory committee to reflect that he is considering running for the District 4 House seat. Harper's Senate term ends in 2010.
House panel backs ballot measure on bias
A House committee has endorsed new legislation to have Arizona voters decide whether to amend the state Constitution to generally prohibit discrimination and favorable treatment by state and local government based on sex, race, ethnicity, color and national origin.
House OKs bill aiding gas storage project
The Arizona House has approved a bill loosening state regulatory protections for groundwater to help a Texas company's proposal to store natural gas in a stadium-sized underground cavern.
Lawmakers eye pension fund for research cash
Lawmakers are trying to tap the state's main retirement system for public employees to replace state funding for research projects meant to help spur economic development.
Lawmakers compromise with Brewer on health care spending
A five-month battle over health care spending between Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican leadership reached a breaking point early this week after Brewer asked lawmakers to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars of additional spending for state-run health care programs.
House passes budget — sends message but not bills to governor
All of the wrangling by Republicans in the Arizona House to pass a budget devoid of tax cuts will likely be for naught if Gov. Jan Brewer follows through on expectations and vetoes the spending plan.
This week in the House: day laborers and school vouchers
Day laborers who solicit work from passing vehicles would face up to six months in jail if they disrupt the flow of traffic under a measure set to be debated by the Arizona House of Representatives this week.
Guns in cars bill clears House
Just two days before the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Phoenix, the state House of Representatives gave its approval to a measure that would allow gun owners to keep weapons in their cars, even if it is against a private property owner's wishes.
This week in the House: greenhouse gas resolution, leaders talk budget
The House will decide today whether to give a preliminary endorsement of a letter to Congress stating Arizona's concern that federal greenhouse gas regulation will hurt the state's economy.
Bill would bar gun bans for parked vehicles
A bill being considered by Arizona legislators is seen as pitting the rights of gun owners against the private property rights of businesses and others.
Brewer extends suspension of agency rulemaking
Uncertainty looms over all non-budget bills in the Legislature, and no one knows when, or if, lawmakers will have time to address issues such as a proposed one-year moratorium on state agency rulemaking.
Changes to budget plan could spike support from some members
The biggest differences between the Republican budget proposal released April 27 and a draft leaked to the press a month earlier were two components designed to generate more than $500 million in revenue without raising taxes. And those two ideas have created the biggest backlash against the latest proposal.
