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J.D. Mesnard

Mar 12, 2018

Realtors seek ballot measure to ban taxation of services

An initiative launched Friday proposes to constitutionally prohibit a sales tax from being imposed on services. Backers need at least 225,963 signatures by July 5 to put the issue on the November ballot.

Teachers celebrate after West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Senate Republicans announced they reached a tentative deal to end a statewide teachers' strike by giving them 5 percent raises in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Mar 12, 2018

The Breakdown, Episode 10: Pardon me

Pardon the noise - the soothing sounds of Capitol traffic are back this week, but so are our reporters with the latest.

Mar 8, 2018

House Republicans take another crack at control of local elections; bill passes 34-22

Claiming it will increase turnout, the Republican-controlled House voted March 7 to set up a system that could force cities to move their local elections to even-numbered years.

Kotex pillows (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Mar 8, 2018

Lawmaker apologizes for Kotex-pillow delivery gone awry

A freshman Democrat in the House apologized March 7 to colleagues and staff who said they were offended by pillows made of feminine hygiene products she and activists handed out the previous day.

Students were greeted by supporters, signs and flowers as they returned to class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Parkland, Fla. With a heavy police presence, classes resumed for the first time since several students and teachers were killed by a former student on Feb. 14. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
Mar 2, 2018

Mass shooting could spur Arizona gun law changes

Every day since 17 students and faculty were gunned down in a Florida high school, Arizona’s Democratic legislators have pleaded with their Republican colleagues to do something, anything, to make sure such a mass shooting never happens again.

Feb 27, 2018

Panel to work on code of conduct for legislators

House Speaker J.D. Mesnard and Senate President Steve Yarbrough announced the creation of the bipartisan, bicameral committee in a press release Tuesday.

Feb 21, 2018

House passes resolution to amend minimum wage law

State lawmakers are moving to make it harder for workers to claim retaliation if they are fired in the wake of claiming they were denied wages or legally entitled time off.

Feb 21, 2018

Capital gains tax break passes House

Got stocks, land or similar investments? The state House voted 35-25 Wednesday to give you a tax break when you sell those items.

Feb 9, 2018

House adopts rules calling for anti-harassment policy

The House of Representatives has adopted new rules calling for a written anti-harassment policy and code of conduct.

Feb 6, 2018

Harassment policy left out of amended House rules

House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, said he pulled a clause concerning a formal anti-harassment policy from the amended rules because there are questions about what part of the rulebook the harassment policy best fits in.

Feb 5, 2018

Car registration fee boost proposed to end raid on road cash

Republican lawmakers are proposing an increase in vehicle license fees to end years of raids on dedicated local highway funding that paid for highway patrol operations.

Don Shooter awaits a vote by the state House on whether to expel him on Feb. 1, 2018. He was later removed from office by a vote of 56-3. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 5, 2018

The Breakdown, Episode 5: Expelled

The Arizona House of Representatives took a historic vote on Thursday to expel one of its members, Republican Don Shooter.

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