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AZ House renews battle over Scottsdale sign walkers
When Scottsdale started cracking down on sign walkers, ticketing and generally harassing people on the side of the road carrying signs advertising for businesses, Republican Rep. Bob Robson called it a “total abuse of power.” He and Republican Rep. Warren Petersen drafted a bill to stop the city.
“Revenge porn’’ bill passes 58-0 in House
The Arizona House approves bill criminalizing “revenge porn.”
House votes to restrict public access to autopsy photos
Arizona lawmakers want to exempt autopsy photos from the Arizona public records laws, so the House of Representatives approved a bill March 5 stating photos of the dead taken by county medical examiners cannot be released to the public or media without a judge’s approval.
Ballot reconsideration measure advances
A measure asking voters every eight years to reconsider ballot measures that require spending money was approved March 5 by the House of Representatives.
Arizona House approves $40 million raise for DPS
The Arizona House has approved a bill giving state police and other Department of Public Safety workers a $40 million raise over the next three years.
Arizona House approves bill funding big events
The city of Glendale would get up to $2 million to pay security costs associated with next year's Super Bowl under a bill approved Wednesday by the Arizona House of Representatives.
Bill letting cities ignore federal rules defeated
The Arizona House has rejected a bill allowing local towns and cities to override the federal government and access federal land during emergencies.
Scottsdale businessman to challenge Kavanagh in primary
A Scottsdale businessman is challenging Rep. John Kavanagh for the Republican nomination for their district’s open Senate seat.
House votes to allow unannounced inspections of abortion clinics
Ignoring a virtually certain lawsuit, the state House voted Feb. 27 to let health officials conduct unannounced inspections at abortion clinics.
Legislative panel votes to increase cost of obtaining public records
Citing a need to protect government against the costs of excessive public records requests by citizens, lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a bill that would increase the cost of obtaining public records that take government employees more than eight hours to compile and redact.
Arizona House to debate abortion bill
The Arizona House will debate a bill allowing surprise inspections at abortion clinics that is being pushed by an anti-abortion group.
AZ Dems fire hostile, bizarre amendments at religious discrimination bills
As the minority party in both the House and the Senate, Democrats are powerless to stop what they see as bad legislation from passing through the chambers and heading to the governor’s desk.
