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Mesnard approves funding for legal expenses for lawmakers involved in sexual harassment inquiry
Four Arizona state representatives swept up in a sexual harassment investigation at the Capitol may hire attorneys paid for with public monies to represent them in the inquiry.
House to use untested policy in sexual harassment inquiry of Rep. Shooter
A draft policy on sexual harassment is now the blueprint for an Arizona House investigation of allegations nine women have made against Rep. Don Shooter, R-Yuma.
Ducey: ‘There is truth there’ when women allege sexual harassment
Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday his experience is that women who complain about being sexually harassed are generally telling the truth.
Number of women who accuse Rep. Shooter of sexual harassment climbs
Tara Zika, a 26-year-old business development director at risk management firm Ashton Tiffany, said Shooter, 65, made inappropriate sexual comments and gestures at her several times over the course of one day at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns conference in August 2017.
Rep. Shooter suspended from appropriations chair, Chamber of Commerce calls for resignation
After multiple allegations of sexual harassment, Rep. Don Shooter has been suspended from his duties as chairman of the Arizona House’s powerful budget committee.
House begins probes into sexual harassment claims against Rep. Shooter
“Multiple investigations” are underway at the Arizona House as Speaker J.D. Mesnard and staff members respond to a growing list of sexual harassment accusations lodged against GOP Rep. Don Shooter.
Capitol reacts to allegations Rep. Shooter harassed women, fellow lawmakers
After seven women publicly accused Rep. Don Shooter of sexual harassment, the Capitol community has taken to social media to condemn - or defend - the Yuma Republican.
Rep. Shooter accused of repeated sexual harassment of Capitol women
Seven women at the Arizona Capitol, including a legislator, say a prominent Republican state lawmaker has harassed them. The allegations against 65-year-old Rep. Don Shooter, R-Yuma, range from sexually-charged comments to unwanted touching.
Ugenti-Rita names Shooter as man who sexually harassed her
Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita named Rep. Don Shooter Tuesday as one of the men who harassed her at the Capitol. Shooter initially apologized but later retracted that statement.
Some GOP lawmakers vote solid red, support caucus bills
Representatives like Vince Leach, R-Tucson, and Don Shooter, R-Yuma, and Sens. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix and John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, are among the Republicans most faithful to their own caucus when it comes to voting.
Arizona Legislature’s budget analysts predict 2018 shortfall
The Arizona Legislature's budget analysts predicted a budget shortfall that could top $100 million in the current and coming year as the impact of corporate tax cuts continues to overwhelm increases in sales, insurance premium and personal income tax collections.
Arizona Democratic Party seeks to overturn ‘ballot harvesting’ ban
Attorney Bruce Spiva contends that the Republican-controlled Legislature acted illegally last year in making it a felony for an individual to take anyone else’s early ballot to a polling place.
