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May 18, 2020

House set to begin votes on bills Tuesday

The Arizona House of Representatives is set to hear potentially dozens of bills this week -- including a measure to shield businesses from legal liability if a patron or employee gets COVID-19 -- even as the Senate sits recessed, poised to finalize last week’s adjournment motion and end the session.

May 18, 2020

House resumes work, pushes liability bill

Republican lawmakers are moving to make it harder for someone who contracts COVID-19 to sue the business where they believe they were infected or a company that made a device... […]

Rep. David Stringer (Photo by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)
Jan 11, 2020

Ousted lawmaker accused of child molestation seeks top law enforcement spot in Yavapai County

Embattled former Rep. David Stringer, who was forced to resign last year over criminal charges that he sexually molested children in Baltimore in 1983 were reported, has filed to run for the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office.

Jan 3, 2020

House Code of Conduct should include funds for time-out chairs

Name calling. Bullying. Making faces. Walking out of a room mid-conversation. Refusal to listen. Playground behavior among 10 year olds? No. This is what happened daily during the 54th Legislature First Regular Session.

May 3, 2019

We deserve the full Mueller report, but our leaders aren’t fighting for it

Full access to the Mueller report – or lack of such – will impact a generation of young Americans. Therefore we need all of our elected officials to speak out in favor of the release of the Mueller report, so that we know they are listening to us, the voters, and we can trust them to advocate for us.

Mar 18, 2019

Democrats kill bill to fund school supplies

Democrats and the Arizona Education Association said the proposal, which would have given each teacher in the state $200 to spend on school supplies, was not enough money and not a permanent solution to the state’s funding crisis.

Jan 28, 2019

Republicans sidestep expulsion vote of Rep. Stringer, ethics committee to probe allegations

House Republicans today bypassed a motion to expel Rep. David Stringer in favor of an ethics investigation of recent allegations against their colleague.

Jan 25, 2019

Explosive news report intensifies calls for Stringer’s censure, expulsion

Rep. David Stringer faces renewed calls for his censure, and perhaps expulsion, following a report that he was charged with multiple sex offenses more than two decades ago.

The Capitol grounds were prepped for the state inauguration, which will take place on January 7, exactly one week before the opening day of the 2019 legislative session. PHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
Jan 7, 2019

The Breakdown: Session is coming

We’re just one week away from opening day, and already we’re off to an interesting start.

Dec 17, 2018

Judge rejects Don Shooter’s effort to get documents from sexual harassment investigation

Former state Rep. Don Shooter has no legal right to the notes and interviews of investigators whose report led his colleagues to eject him from the House of Representatives.

Raquel Terán PHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
Dec 10, 2018

Raquel Terán: One citizen’s road to the Legislature

You probably know Raquel Terán’s name by now. But she’s more than a name on a frivolous lawsuit.

Nov 30, 2018

Facing slim majority, House Republicans beef up key committees

House Republicans have stacked the legislative system in their favor even now when Democrats hold nearly half the seats in the chamber.

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