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Clean Elections says Ducey lobbying ban doesn’t apply
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission insists that it isn’t subject to Gov. Doug Ducey’s recent executive order banning state entities from hiring contract lobbyists, setting the stage for what may be the next installment of the ongoing battle raging over the extent of the commission’s authority.
Lobbyists question governor’s decision to end agency contracts
Several months after attributing the defeat of a key piece of legislation to “special interests,” Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the termination of state entities’ contracts with outside lobbyists, a move... […]
They should regulate, not lobby for industry
They should regulate, not lobby for industry
Appearance in a front row seat creates a stir at DBacks opener
When House Speaker David Gowan was spotted on live TV sitting in the front row directly behind the batter at the Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day game, tongues started wagging.
Lobbying records only disclose recipient for $1 out of every $8 spent
Less than 14 percent of the roughly $333,000 spent to lobby Arizona lawmakers in the first half of 2015 identified who the money was spent on, continuing a trend of scant disclosure going back years.
Corporation Commission chair Bitter Smith faces 2 new complaints
The chairwoman of the Arizona Corporation Commission is facing two new complaints that her work as a lobbyist poses a conflict of interest that should force her from her elected office.
Paperwork error lands Burns in hot seat
Bitter Smith isn’t the only Corp Commissioner whose lobbying activities are drawing scrutiny: Burns is registered as a lobbyist for a telecom trade group, the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council, the Republic reported this morning.
Public interest group asks Bitter Smith to quit jobs outside Corporation Commission
A group that went after former Attorney General Tom Horne is demanding that Corporation Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith quit her jobs outside the commission and stop any lobbying activities while she remains in office.
Pinnacle West board to shareholders: Reject increased disclosure proposal
When Pinnacle West Capital Corporation shareholders open their mail this spring, they’ll be asked whether the state's largest utility should provide more information about money it spends to influence policies and elections in Arizona.
Uncle’s death motivates lobbying of self-made billionaire
HB2645 is a relatively obscure bill compared to the debates surrounding school finance, private prisons and industry wars lawmakers are gearing up to engage in. But the country’s youngest self-made woman billionaire thinks the proposed law will revolutionize health care.
The power behind SB1062: Center for Arizona Policy wields substantial influence at the Capitol
Behind the legislation that engulfed Arizona in a firestorm over the treatment of gays is an influential Evangelical-Christian lobby that is deep in the trenches of America’s culture wars.
Investigators must tread lightly while following paper trail of attorney
Agents with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office had a sticky problem when they walked out of lobbyist Gary Husk’s office on Jan. 27, 2012, with documents and computer data seized as evidence.
