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Bing, bang, boom
The second special session of the 51st Legislature officially ended today at 12:56 pm. Only a single vote was cast against the CPS reform package, with Ward voting no on S1002 (appropriations; Dept of Child Safety)
ASU Alumni Law Group gives graduates real world experience
A few years back, Douglas J. Sylvester, dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, toured the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and he returned with a vision on how to stem the obturations facing recent graduates entering the legal fraternity: a shrinking pool of job offers, increased debt burdens, and lawyer skill preparedness for firms. The concept was in his words: â€[...]
Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition response to child welfare proposal — real reform is missing
This week, Gov. Jan Brewer called a special session of the Arizona Legislature to consider much-needed reform to our child welfare system.
Governor, lawmakers hope a new strategy will restore order to the state’s child welfare system
Gov. Jan Brewer signed two bills Thursday creating a new independent agency to handle reports of child abuse and neglect.
Vets group with ties to Ducey ally runs anti-Jones ad
A conservative veterans group is running ads attacking GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christine Jones for praising former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just months after 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that has become a cause célèbre among Republicans.
Arizona Supreme Court to rule on expert testimony
The Arizona Supreme Court is scheduled to rule Thursday on whether an expert witness in a criminal trial must be familiar with the facts of the defendant's case.
Report: 1,700 vets left off VA hospital wait list
Navy veteran Ken Senft turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in 2011 after his private insurance grew too costly. It could have been a fatal mistake, he now says.
US House panel blasts VA officials as report uncovers problems in Phoenix
WASHINGTON – A House committee subjected Department of Veterans Affairs officials to a two-and-a-half-hour barrage of questions Wednesday about waiting lists and veteran deaths at the agency’s medical facilities.
The reason for the rubbernecking
There was a reason why yesterday’s first day of special session got off to a slow start – Biggs and other conservative lawmakers wanted to hold back some of the funding for more staffers until certain benchmarks were met, our reporter was told.
AZ governor candidates Ducey, Riggs file day before deadline
Two Republican candidates vying to be governor of Arizona have filed necessary signatures to get on the ballot.
If the ducks aren’t in a row, suspend the rules
The House suspended rules in order to make up for lost time waiting on the legislation. The lower chamber suspended Rule 9(C)(7) requiring notice to lawmakers and the general public by 4 pm the day before a special meeting can be called, as well as Rule 33(B), which prohibits committees from taking action on a measure unless the measure is posted on a committee agenda by 4 pm the previous day.
Advances outpace investors: Insiders say in-state bioindustry investment is lagging
Bharath Takulapalli is co-founder and CEO of INanoBio in Tempe. His company is completing a prototype for a fourth-generation genome sequencing machine that would make genome diagnostics faster, easier and much less expensive, so that more doctors and patients could benefit from earlier diagnosis of disease.
