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Arizona Senate approves bill to reopen mining museum
The Senate has approved a bill to reopen the Mining and Mineral Museum that closed in 2011.
Arizona Senate Government Committee to hear firearms bill
A Senate committee is set to hear a bill that would allow prosecutors to charge someone who tried to take another person's gun with felony aggravated assault.
Death by assignments: Democratic bills far more likely to face tactic, review shows
A Cronkite News review of all bills introduced this legislative session found that those authored by Democrats are four times more likely in the Senate and three times more likely in the House to be assigned to multiple committees.
Arizona Senate set to debate bill banning photo radar
The Arizona Senate is set to debate legislation that would ban the use of photo radar and red light cameras statewide.
Legislative committee would oversee state carbon emissions plan
A Senate panel unanimously approved a strike-everything amendment that would provide legislative oversight while allowing a state agency to submit a clean power plan to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Arizona Senate panel OKs bills involving gun, privacy rights
Republicans who control an Arizona Senate committee approved four bills Tuesday designed to protect gun and other constitutional rights.
Advocates say consumer bill is an attempt to hamper solar industry
An Arizona Senate bill intended to protect consumers from potentially misleading solar leases unanimously passed through a committee Monday.
Senate panel advances bill to ban texting by Arizona drivers
With several relatives of those killed by distracted drivers urging support, a Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sending text messages while driving.
Rep. Hale blood test after suspicion of DUI arrest shows no alcohol
Navajo County Attorney Brad Carlyon said Monday that he will not file a driving under the influence charge against a state representative after a blood test turned up negative for alcohol.
Senator aims bill at panhandlers slowing down traffic
John Kavanagh wants to jail people who slow his nightly trip home and that of fellow commuters.
Incoming senator battles to open up the budget process
Try to change Arizona’s budget-making process, and you’re bound to bruise a few egos. Sen.-elect Jeff Dial found that out the hard way this week, as word of his proposal to bring back appropriations subcommittees – once a staple of the budget process for Arizona lawmakers – spread throughout the Capitol.
Rah-rah for subcommittees
Brophy McGee gave a resounding endorsement of Dial’s plan to restore the subcommittee process in crafting a budget, saying her colleague is “right on the money” with the idea. “The budget process has become much more the purview of leadership, and members are left out in a sense and given a package to vote on.
