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Q&A with Senate Minority Leader David Bradley
As he enters his final year in the Legislature, Senate Minority Leader David Bradley is in a contemplative mood.
Q&A with House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez
House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez has seen the full scope of Democratic legislative power, from the bad old days when Democrats had only 23 seats to the present day, when they’ve accumulated enough power that a single defection from the other side has huge implications.
Q&A with Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers
Looking forward to what could very well be his last term as speaker of the House, Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, reflected to the Arizona Capitol Times about his expectations for the upcoming session
Q&A with Senate President Karen Fann
Senate President Karen Fann has simple goals for the session: Get in. Get along. Pass a budget. Go home.
Legislators aim to reassert authority with early budget
Republican leaders in the Arizona House and Senate are moving ahead with plans to draft their own budget proposal by the end of the year, reasserting legislative authority they say they lost during recent years.
Expect revival of pet bills that failed to survive
Even after settling on a multi-billion spending plan for the next year, there was plenty left unsettled when lawmakers went home for the summer.
Ex-Arizona lawmaker sentenced in fatal Alaska shooting
A former Arizona lawmaker convicted in the shooting death of a man at a remote cabin site in Alaska in 2016 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, with 20 years suspended.
Planned Parenthood files suit to overturn AZ abortion laws
Claiming the rights of women are being violated, Planned Parenthood filed a broad-based legal attack on a host of Arizona laws and regulations governing abortion.
Court rules divorced woman can use fertilized embryos against father’s wishes
A divorced woman is entitled to implant some fertilized embryos created before she was married despite the objections of her former husband, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
Legislature to tackle omnibus drought plan bill
State legislators will have mere weeks to pass a complex Colorado River drought plan by Jan. 31 — the deadline imposed by federal officials.
New GOP leaders of Arizona Legislature lay out priorities
The new Republican leaders of the Arizona Legislature hope to use part of a $1.1 billion state budget surplus to boost pay for corrections officers and state troopers.
Arizona leads the way in criminal justice reform
Arizona’s criminal justice system is not perfect. There is always room for improvement in any system, and I and other prosecutors remain willing to engage in productive discussions and initiatives to improve criminal justice system outcomes for crime victims, the public we serve, and defendants to reduce recidivism.
