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Arizona Legislature

May 25, 2012

Best quotes – 2012 legislative session

Our reporters catch lawmakers during their happy, upset, frustrated and humorous moments . . .

May 25, 2012

She’s not all bad: Dems find silver lining in some Brewer vetoes

Democrats aren’t exactly viewing Gov. Jan Brewer as the second coming of Janet Napolitano, but they’re taking solace that her vetoes included bills that they viewed as some of the most onerous of the 2012 session.

May 18, 2012

Legislature passes job-creating reforms in taxes, regulations, civil justice and education

The two years of the 50th Arizona Legislature will go down in the history books as the years when the Legislature hit reboot on the Arizona economy and turned what was a basket case into a best case.

May 17, 2012

Legislature says no damage from website hacking

Legislative officials say their public website appears undamaged after a security breach by a hacker group.

May 16, 2012

Hacker group breaches Arizona Legislature’s website

A hacker group is claiming responsibility for a security breach to the Arizona Legislature's website.

May 15, 2012

Brewer completes action on Legislature’s bills

Gov. Jan Brewer's signatures on two last bills complete action on hundreds of pieces of legislation approved by state lawmakers during their 2012 regular session.

May 11, 2012

Brewer signs new business tax cuts into law

Gov. Jan Brewer's signing of a bill passed by the Legislature means businesses and investors in Arizona will be getting new tax breaks.

May 11, 2012

Time to give our first freedom as much respect as the second

A handful of elected officials in the Arizona Legislature have repeatedly tried to intimidate and silence Goldwater Institute analysts out of giving testimony in support of or in opposition to legislation this year. In one case, an elected official forced a Goldwater Institute attorney, who asked to speak on behalf of the Institute, to refrain from speaking because she was not a registered lobbyis[...]

May 9, 2012

Klein staying put in LD1; ponders House run

Sen. Lori Klein said she doesn’t plan to move to a new legislative district after all, an idea she once considered to increase her chances of getting re-elected.

May 9, 2012

Brewer now ‘more favorable’ on contraception bill

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says a contraception coverage bill now on her desk was improved in the time since she voiced reservations about an earlier version as being intrusive.

May 9, 2012

Mesnard jockeying for majority leader

Add Mesnard to the list of House Republicans who are interested in Court’s majority leader position.

May 3, 2012

Sine die: Conservative agenda dominates session

Lawmakers wrapped up their work at 8:25 p.m. on May 3 after nearly four months in session, having stashed away money for anticipated rainy days ahead, approved a sweeping measure that allows state workers to be more easily fired and fought on the unending battlefronts of abortion, taxation and border security.

And like the year before, lawmakers with conservative leanings shaped the age[...]

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