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Kendra Tonan-Lizzarago: Showing world what being transgender means
Kendra Tonan-Lizzarago, president of Trans Spectrum of Arizona, has been working to educate Arizonans on what being transgender means and show them how they can protect trans people.
Guns, gold and billboards: Hundreds of new laws to take effect
Foes of the new law expanding the school voucher program have until close of business Tuesday to submit at least 75,321 valid signatures on referendum petitions. If successful, the law remains on “hold” until November 2018 when voters get the last word on whether to ratify or veto the change.
Precinct committeemen: Flexing clout when lawmakers leave
Precinct committeemen, the party faithful who show up at legislative district meetings and encourage people to vote, occasionally get a chance to have an even more influential role in state politics.
Experts say Arizona legislation a model for implementing 5G technology
Arizona lawmakers have been at the forefront when it comes to laying the groundwork for 5G, the next generation of wireless telecommunications technology, a group of experts said Tuesday.
Equal Rights Amendment scary to GOP, but is only way to equality
The ERA is the only method left to ensure women’s constitutional equality. The ERA has enjoyed massive public support for decades. Yet in Arizona, a state with historic high levels of women in the state Legislature, several women governors and at one time, five top state offices held by women, it can’t even get a hearing. What are they afraid of?
Testy session, debates marked by use of ‘impugning’ rule in House
Throughout the 2017 legislative session, the House floor was a hotbed of animosity, as Democratic lawmakers repeatedly tested the boundaries of what they could say about their colleagues, and Republican lawmakers repeatedly tested the limits of how far the chamber’s rules could stretch to limit speech.
Ducey signs $9.8B state budget
Gov. Doug Ducey inked his approval Friday to a nearly $9.82 billion spending plan for the new budget year that begins July 1.
House gives hemp farming preliminary approval
Arizona is on the verge of authorizing its farmers to start growing hemp. But how quickly fields of the relative of the better-known marijuana plant will start springing up around the state remains unclear.
Jan Brewer: Corporate tax cuts she signed were a little ‘too aggressive’
What’s not mentioned is that the state might have had more money to spend had there not been a series of corporate tax cuts approved by lawmakers half a decade ago which are still kicking in. For just this coming budget year, those changes will reduce state revenues by another $107.2 million.
Former Glendale Mayor to Arizona Coyotes: Blame your management, not the city
The City of Glendale, the home of the Arizona Coyotes, is not what ails the team, according to former mayor Elaine Scruggs.
Photo radar ban emerges again in Arizona Legislature
A freshman Republican lawmaker has taken the lead in the Legislature's yearly charge to eliminate photo speed and red light enforcement in Arizona.
Arizona legislators desire tax carve out for all that glitters
Arguing that federal policies have made paper money “virtually worthless,” Arizona lawmakers are moving to allow residents to invest in gold coins and not have to pay state taxes on any profits they make when they sell them.
