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Candidates could keep addresses secret under Townsend proposal
A GOP lawmaker wants to allow candidates to keep their home addresses secret, an effort that could make it more difficult to verify that an elected official or candidate for office lives in the district they claim to represent.
Lawmaker files bill to prevent children from being used as guinea pigs
Rep. Kelly Townsend is going to bat for two sisters who, according to social media advocates, have been taken from their mother by the state and allowed to become medical guinea pigs.
Lawmaker wants to ban EBT fast food purchases
Calling it bad use of public funds, a Mesa lawmaker wants to bar people from using their public benefits cards on fast food.
Ohio governor stumps for constitutional convention in Arizona
Ohio Gov. John Kasich met with Arizona lawmakers Wednesday morning, urging them to pass a resolution calling for a balanced federal budget.
GOP lawmaker plans to introduce bill legalizing marijuana
With a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana looming over the 2016 election, Republican Rep. Ethan Orr of Tucson wants the Legislature to beat voters to the punch and legalize it.
Reps. Townsend, Coleman heading toward re-election in LD16
Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend is leading the pack in the Legislative District 16 GOP primary and Republican Rep. Doug Coleman is beating back former lawmaker John Fillmore for the district’s second House seat.
A massacre narrowly averted: Lawmaker can’t stop talking about life-changing weekend at Nevada ranch
Republican Rep. David Livingston of Peoria frustrated his fellow representatives on Tuesday when, during voting on a half-dozen bills, he stood to “explain his vote” but actually described his experiences over the weekend at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada.
Bill would allow cities to ignore federal land rules
An Arizona Senate committee has approved a bill that would allow cities and towns to enter restricted federal land without permission in emergencies.
Arizona Senate committee approves 5 pro-gun bills
An Arizona Senate committee approved five major pro-gun bills on Monday, advancing what Republicans call necessary legislation to protect Second Amendment rights but what Democrats say is unnecessary and a waste of time.
Killed bills: Nine measures die on House or Senate floor
Legislation is rarely killed on the House or Senate floor. By the time a bill has run the gauntlet through committees, caucuses and debate from the Committee of the Whole, and finally reaches an official floor vote, its passage is almost guaranteed.
Bill letting cities ignore federal rules defeated
The Arizona House has rejected a bill allowing local towns and cities to override the federal government and access federal land during emergencies.
Lawmakers look into legislative replacement process
Vacant political seats attract would-be politicians like manure attracts flies. Arizona lawmakers are stepping into a big pile of statutes governing how to deal with vacant seats with a pair of bills approved by a House committee last week.
