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Mike Gardner

Sep 4, 2020

Candidates spread conspiracy theory in bid to be elected

Republican Senate candidates who won uncontested primaries have expressed varying levels of support for a unfounded and wide-ranging conspiracy theory which holds that Donald Trump is fighting an elite cabal of business leaders, celebrities, media professionals and politicians engaged in Satanic worship and child sex trafficking.

Nov 4, 2016

Mike Gardner: Nobody saw the last Senate split coming

The November 8 election carries with it a possibility that the Arizona Senate will end up split 15 to 15 between Republicans and Democrats, which could lead to a rare show of legislative bipartisanship that hasn’t been seen since 2000, when the Senate last was split. Lobbyist Mike Gardner was the Senate chief of staff during the last split, so we sat down with him to learn more about the functio[...]

May 12, 2014

Chambers’ dilemma: After Common Core and Medicaid, who should they endorse?

In the last two years, more than two dozen legislators who had received the support of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the 2012 elections fought the business community on two of its biggest policy battles — upholding Common Core and expanding Medicaid.

Apr 22, 2014

Advocates push for junk-food tax on Navajo Nation

Facing a high prevalence of diabetes, many American Indian tribes are returning to their roots with community and home gardens, cooking classes that incorporate traditional foods, and running programs to encourage healthy lifestyles. The latest effort on the Navajo Nation, the country's largest reservation, is to use the tax system to push people to ditch junk food.

Apr 8, 2014

Compromise may prevent fed takeover of state safety program

Residential and commercial builders’ groups are hopeful that a compromise on Arizona’s safety standards for construction workers will prevent a federal takeover of the state’s decades-old worker safety agency.

Jan 30, 2013

Anti-union bills meet mixed fate in House committee

A trio of union-busting bills considered by a House committee on Tuesday met a varied fate: One passed, one was tabled to stave off a likely failure, and another was killed but later resurrected and approved when two Republican lawmakers changed their minds.

May 25, 2012

Hard-pressed: Reporters find increasing number of roadblocks to legislative access during 50th

During the two sessions of the 50th Legislature, members of the press increasingly had to think twice about where they were and were not allowed to go.

Jan 9, 2012

Capitol Quotes: Jan. 6, 2012

This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances

Dec 19, 2011

Capitol Quotes: Dec. 16, 2011

This week's most outstanding quips, jibes and utterances.

Dec 19, 2011

Revamp of legislative sessions proposed to get business interests more involved

Seeking some new perspective at the Capitol, a handful of politicos are looking at ways to bring more structure and efficiency to the legislative session in the hope that more people — particularly those in the business world — would be able to run for office.

Oct 3, 2011

Look what I did!

With Arizona’s jobless rate hanging stubbornly at 9 percent, next year’s election will come down to one issue that trumps all others: jobs.

And as dozens of lawmakers gear up for the campaign season — including the 25 freshmen elected last year — they know that voters will be expecting them to do something about it.

Sep 6, 2011

Capitol Quotes: September 2, 2011

This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.

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