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Olivia Cajero Bedford

Feb 11, 2022

Beloved former senator passes away at 83

Former Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford’s passed away on Wednesday, Senator Lisa Otondo, D-Yuma, announced on the floor of the Senate.  “She was incredible and represented Southern Arizona values to her... […]

Aug 28, 2018

Cajero Bedford long run in Legislature over

Early voting poll results show that two political newcomers could oust longtime lawmaker Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford from the state Legislature.

Feb 28, 2018

Bill proposes English as language that governs insurance contracts

HB 2083 would spell out that the English language version of any policy governs any dispute between insurance companies and their customers, even if a version in another language prepared by the company says something else. It would, however, require that there be a disclosure on the non-English version that it has no binding effect, no matter the difference.

tax cuts, GOP, Republicans, businesses, Cano, Livingston, Ways and Means Committee, Children's Action Alliance
Feb 1, 2018

Tax-break proposal for veterans fails in Senate vote

The Arizona Senate failed to pass a bill giving certain military veterans a tax break, as the 15-13 vote on Thursday afternoon fell one vote shy of approval.

Mar 24, 2015

Bill advances to allow guns in Arizona public buildings

Calling it a right of self-defense, a Senate panel voted late Tuesday to give the go-ahead for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans to bring their guns into public buildings.

Feb 4, 2015

Ducey pushes for another $70 million to house inmates in private prisons

The Ducey administration has begun its push for lawmakers to spend an additional $70 million a year to house more inmates in private prisons.

In this April 12, 2014, file photo, the Bundy family and their supporters fly the American flag as their cattle is released by the Bureau of Land Management back onto public land outside of Bunkerville, Nev. The federal Bureau of Land Management says six cattle died in the roundup of animals it says rancher Cliven Bundy allowed to graze illegally on public land outside his southern Nevada property.A Texas land dispute has outgoing Gov. Rick Perry and the Republican candidate favored to replace him, Greg Abbott, decrying the same federal agency currently embroiled in an armed standoff in Nevada. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean, File)
May 23, 2014

Lawmakers say the darndest things

Arizona lawmakers finished one of the fastest sessions in recent memory this April, but still found time for behavior that amazes, amuses and sometimes embarrasses the state’s legislative body.

Apr 16, 2014

Senate votes to expand voucher-like program for private school tuition

Up to 120,000 more youngsters living in low-income neighborhoods could soon qualify for taxpayer funded tuition to private and parochial schools.

Arizona Sen. Steve Gallardo (AP Photo)
Apr 1, 2014

Dem senator tells gay colleague to ‘act more gay’

Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford questioned Sen. Steve Gallardo’s honesty in regards to his sexual orientation in a closed-door caucus meeting on Tuesday and said Gallardo should “act more gay.”

Senate Minority Leader Anna Tovar (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Apr 1, 2014

Senate Dem leaders survive coup attempt, but caucus remains fractured

Senate Democrats held a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon that spiraled out of control, resulting in a bungled attempt at a vote to oust caucus leaders.

Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Oct 29, 2013

Democrats oust Landrum Taylor as Senate Minority Leader in favor of Tovar

In a dramatic turn of events, Senate Minority Leader Landrum Taylor was ousted as minority leader by her party-mates following a closed-door meeting in the Senate today.

Rep. David Livingston (R-Peoria)
Jul 5, 2013

Livingston scores a perfect legislative batting average

The award for best legislative batting average for the session — the calculation of bills introduced versus bills signed into law — goes to Rep. David Livingston, a freshman Republican lawmaker from Peoria who has been vocally critical of the governor.

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