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Public wakes up to a new state budget
As noted by our sister publication, the Arizona Legislative Report, lawmakers worked through Friday night and into Saturday morning to pass a $9.1 billion budget.
Ducey dropped as Medicaid expansion defendant
Gov. Doug Ducey will get to keep his name off of the court case over his predecessor’s controversial Medicaid expansion program.
Budget deal could force ballot reactions
Deep budget cuts to a host of programs, particularly education and health care, might prompt their advocates to ask voters in 2016 for dedicated revenue streams to restore their funding and also protect them from further reductions.
House to vote on ditching Common Core standards
The Arizona House is set to debate a proposal that would ditch the state's new Common Core school standards and strip the state Board of Education's power to adopt new standards.
Bill cutting income tax to offset Internet tax set for vote
A revived bill cutting income taxes if the state begins collecting sales taxes from online purchases is set for another vote in the Arizona House.
Supreme Court decision could cause state to reconfigure licensing boards
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will expose state regulatory boards to federal-antitrust lawsuits, a decision that lawyers say should put the boards on notice about anti-competitive practices.
Painting endangered species: Taiwanese artist to be featured at Arizona Capitol Museum
An exhibit featuring award-winning artist Chris Ho of Taiwan will be on display for several weeks at the Arizona Capitol Museum.
Warning signs: Supreme Court seems to lean toward Legislature in battle over congressional lines
Veteran U.S. Supreme Court watchers saw good omens for the Legislature in its lawsuit against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission as several key justices expressed sympathy with lawmakers’ argument that the U.S. Constitution requires them to draw congressional lines.
A Brief History of the Historian
Don’t let this picture of Sharlot Hall fool you. She may look gentle enough, but in 1926, around the time this picture wa s taken, she got the only slaughtering license ever issued to a woman and was quite proud of it. Her acclaim does not stem from this dubious distinction however, but rather from her work as a writer and a historian.
Medicaid waiver provides opening for premiums, higher copays
The Obama administration’s willingness to cut deals with Republican states as a way of getting them to cover more people under the Affordable Care Act has given Arizona’s conservative leaders the perfect opening to push for premiums and bigger copays on Medicaid members.
Ducey wants state to lead in solar jobs
Gov. Doug Ducey stressed the importance of solar energy and a diverse mix of energy resources in growing the state’s economy during a speech on March 4.
Arizona could face another Obamacare conundrum
The last time the U.S. Supreme Court gave states an option of whether to comply with a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, Arizona embraced Medicaid expansion, despite then-Gov. Jan Brewer’s stated opposition to the federal health care law.
