Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen wants medical marijuana dispensaries to pay personal property taxes, and the county’s dispensaries say they’re happy to comply.
Read More »Maricopa County to enforce business property tax on medical marijuana dispensaries
Lawmakers say Ducey must decide on civil war monuments if Legislature passes bill to remove them
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard said any decisions about removing those monuments and memorials likely have to come in the form of legislation which has to be signed by the governor to take effect.
Read More »Supreme Court could return Arizona to decades-old redistricting process 
If the U.S. Supreme Court returns authority for congressional redistricting to the Legislature, lawmakers will have to become familiar again with a process they haven’t used in nearly a quarter century.
Read More »Brewer nixes special session request on TPT 
Gov. Jan Brewer won’t call a special session requested by a contractors’ industry group to postpone the implementation of her 2013 transaction privilege tax reform law.
Read More »Experts: Brewer has as much power as ever during final year as governor 
This may be Gov. Jan Brewer’s last legislative session on the Ninth Floor, but denizens of the Capitol expect it to be a year like any other for her.
Read More »Wounds from Medicaid battle to haunt 2014 session 
A simmering ideological divide among Republicans surged to the surface this year, when Gov. Jan Brewer pushed unexpectedly for the expansion of Medicaid against the wishes of her party.
Read More »Capitol Quotes: Oct. 7, 2011
This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.
Read More »Lawmakers hope to gain more than they lose on incentives for movie companies 
Despite the bone-dry coffers of state government, Republican lawmakers are trying to provide new tax breaks for - get this - the movie industry.
Read More »UpClose with Kevin DeMenna 
When a major project is being pitched to lawmakers, Kevin DeMenna and his lobbying firm usually are involved in some capacity.
Read More »Lofty goal of transparency falls short 
Kirk Adams may have set the bar impossibly high. As part of his bid to become speaker in late 2008, he distributed a well-polished 16-page book that laid out exactly what he would do if elected by his Republican colleagues to lead the House of Representatives.
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