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Broken locks whistleblower claims retaliation
When Arizona Correctional Sergeant Gabriela Contreras first downloaded videos of inmates leaving their cells due to broken locks, the whistleblower lost a weeks worth of pay and a potential promotion.
Ducey, GOP legislative leaders agree on $11.8B spending plan
Gov. Doug Ducey would get much of what he asked for as part of an $11.8 billion budget deal struck with Republican legislative leaders, including savings of more than a billion dollars.
Teachers hope summer vacation comes before budget passed
The potential for red-clad teachers again descending on the Capitol could motivate legislators to wrap up budget negotiations before school is out for summer.
Legislature to start work on budget
House and Senate Republicans plan to introduce their budget bills Monday, Senate President Karen Fann and House Speaker Rusty Bowers said.
House Dem budget proposal aligns mostly with Ducey’s
Democratic representatives took their budget pitch public on Wednesday morning in an effort to appeal to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, while state senators in the minority party are keeping their plans close to the vest.
Preliminary Senate budget defies Ducey’s priorities
A budget proposal from Senate Republican leaders woefully fails to meet Gov. Doug Ducey’s biggest spending and saving priorities, and has isolated some rank-and-file GOP senators who’ve vowed to vote against it.
Board of education votes to settle ‘no promo homo’ lawsuit
Weeks after the Legislature voted to repeal Arizona’s no promo homo’ statute, the Arizona State Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to settle the lawsuit that prompted the change.
Ducey signs bill to protect vulnerable adults
Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed the first bill meant to better protect vulnerable adults like the woman who was victimized in a center charged with her care last year.
100 days of session and no end in sight
Senate President Karen Fann is pursuing what a fellow Republican lawmaker calls “the impossible dream” – a truly bipartisan budget with spending priorities that reflect Republican and Democratic priorities.
Ducey signs hair styling bill
Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed legislation that removes licensing requirements for people whose activities is limited to washing, drying, curling, hot ironing and styling hair. The governor, in a prepared statement, called it “a victory for common sense.”
Perfect storm brings swift end to ‘no promo homo’
The minority party was desperate to pass a law mandating HIV and AIDS education in Arizona schools. Officials feared that federal funding for sexual education would dry up if state officials couldn’t show that state law required those courses.
No deal on tax conformity as deadline to file tax returns looms
With two weeks until the deadline for Arizonans to file individual income tax returns, Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey have yet to strike a deal that will finalize the state’s tax laws for 2018.
