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Prudent oversight or political football: Highway bill rolls along
A state Senate bill is raising the question of how many committees it takes to build a highway in Arizona. The measure would require a legislative committee to review most new highway construction projects as a final hurdle before work could begin.
Mesa mayor says lifting bonds’ tax-exempt status could hurt cities
WASHINGTON – While much of Washington is focused on the impact of Friday’s “sequestration” cuts, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith is worried that a proposed solution to that problem could end up seriously hurting cities.
Supreme Court rally demands voting-rights protection in states like Arizona
WASHINGTON – Hundreds gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to rally in support of a federal voter-protection law that governs mostly Southern states with a history of discrimination, including Arizona.
Tucson lawyer tells senators assault-weapons ban is misguided
WASHINGTON – A Tucson lawyer told a Senate committee Wednesday that a proposal to limit the sale of semiautomatic weapons is a misguided response to recent headline-grabbing mass shootings.
Court ordered to consider death-row inmate’s case
A federal appeals court is ordering a lower-court judge to consider claims by an Arizona death-row inmate that he had ineffective legal representation.
Tech executives offer vision of online voting for Arizona
Two tech company executives called it the future of voting in Arizona: online voting systems in the digital age that provide faster and more reliable vote counts and make participation in the state’s elections easier than ever before.
House passes campaign contribution limit increases, Dems call it unconstitutional
Candidates will be able to raise twice the current campaign contribution limits from political committees if a bill approved by the House becomes law.
House approves changes to ASRS system
The House approved a measure that would repeal automatic benefit increases for new state employees, and change benefits for surviving family members of deceased Arizona state employees.
Arizona officials keep close eye as voting rights case goes to Supreme Court
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears an Alabama challenge to a federal voting-rights law Wednesday, Arizona officials and civil rights activists will be keeping a close eye on the case.
Supreme Court questions legality of warrantless DNA collection
As they grilled the lawyers arguing before them on the issue of whether police can collect DNA samples from unconvicted arrestees without a warrant, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged just how high the stakes are.
Millions paid, millions still at stake as deadline looms for tribal class-action settlement
About $42.8 million has been paid out to Native Americans in Arizona since December, and another $109 million could be distributed starting next month as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement of a lawsuit against the government.
Bill would state move toward implementing Affordable Care Act provisions
With Arizona declining to establish a health insurance exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act, a lawmaker wants to make sure the state maintains its oversight of insurers and policies.
