UPDATE: Republican Rep. J.D. Mesnard has apparently locked up the support necessary to become the next speaker of the House. Twenty-one Republican lawmakers and candidates who are likely to win their races in November – a definite majority of the future House GOP caucus – have publicly committed to supporting him.
Read More »That’s three for Mesnard
That's three for Mesnard
Read More »Yarbrough an albatross for Mesnard?
Yarbrough an albatross for Mesnard?
Read More »Would-be speakers of the House are courting the not-yet elected
Republican Reps. J.D. Mesnard and Darin Mitchell, along with Republican Sen. Don Shooter, who is planning to move from the Senate to the House this year, are all seeking the top post in the House.
Read More »Expansion may not have big effect on Supreme Court rulings, experts say 
Legal experts say the addition of two new justices to the Arizona Supreme Court will hardly be noticeable as long as the panel that screens judicial applicants remains free of politics.
Read More »No grand bargain, but still gains for Supreme Court in expansion plan 
A grand bargain that the Arizona Supreme Court hoped to strike over the proposed addition of two new justices never materialized as lawmakers approved the court’s expansion in exchange for more modest gains.
Read More »Budget ties court funding to additional Supreme Court justices 
Arizona courts won’t get a million dollars in funding for new probation officers unless Republican legislative leaders get their way and add two new justices to the state Supreme Court under the budget to be introduced today.
Read More »Nobody wants flex loans except out-of-state lenders
Representative J.D. Mesnard is wrong. Arizonans do not want payday lenders’ “flex loans.”
Read More »When is a benefit like sick leave not only a benefit?
A legislative attempt to stop Arizona cities and towns from regulating employee benefits hinges on the meaning of the word “benefit.”
Read More »House passes campaign finance overhaul
The state House gave final approval Tuesday to a major overhaul of campaign finance laws, including allowing individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money to help raise cash for candidates they like and never have to disclose that to the public.
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