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Panel cites local control to kill 2 transportation bills
Democrats killed two pieces of legislation on Jan. 22 with the help of a GOP senator — one proposing a ban on photo radar and the other seeking to eliminate bicycle lanes in municipal plans.
Arizona Indivisible overwhelmingly supports Gallego for U.S. Senate
Arizona has undergone a political transformation from red state to national battleground. It’s why political ad spending is going to be the highest in the nation here and why grassroots organizations like Indivisible have identified our Senate race as a top priority.
Audacious art rising – remembering Tiananmen Square
Only art could bring two people together from across the world, one living in Taiwan the other in Paradise Valley. We are the unlikeliest of creative couples, now surrounded by an incredible cast, director, writer and composer to bring to life, and music, one of the globe’s most important moments in the past 50 years: the stirring protests of 1989 and subsequent tragedy in Beijing’s Tiananm[...]
Hobbs signs legislation to eliminate right of cities, towns to set local rental tax
Arizona renters are going to get some small relief in their bills. But not just yet.
Another summer, another lifeguard shortage, as pools cut hours, openings
A $3,000 incentive program brought a boom in lifeguard applications to the city of Phoenix this year, but not enough lifeguards and pool managers to open more than 18 of the city’s 29 pools this summer.
GOP lawmakers push photo radar ban
A GOP bill that would ban photo radar and red-light cameras from ticketing Arizona drivers passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the governor’s desk.
Pass Senate bills to end probate system actions that cause abuse, abandonment, exploitation
Every citizen should be concerned that our rights are so easily eliminated and all that we hold dear and planned for, wiped away. It is incumbent on the Arizona Legislature to pass and Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign into law, SB1291 and SB1038.
Cholla Trail, part of Goldwater’s cherished Camelback Mountain, reopens
Many Valley visitors and residents recently welcomed the reopening of the Cholla Trail on the eastern ridge of Camelback Mountain, which the late, five-term Republican U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater made it his mission to protect.
Why party-house legislation is needed
We want the community of Paradise Valley and local law enforcement to know that if they ever wish to consider the regulations proposed under SB1379, we stand ready to work with local officials and help ensure that residents can continue to make ends meet by sharing their homes responsibly.
Time to crack down on short-term rentals abuses
In “The Conscience of a Conservative,” Senator Barry Goldwater wrote: “Local problems are best dealt with by the people most directly concerned.” I couldn’t agree more. At a fundamental level, every Arizona citizen deserves to be able to live in their home, free from nightly chaos, disruptions and crime. We encourage the Legislature to pass HB2481 and urge Gov. Doug Ducey to sign it into[...]
Bill proposes municipal judges face retention election
Saying magistrates can be squeezed politically, a House panel voted Wednesday to all but strip city councils of their ability to fire them.
Swing-district Dems use divergent vote tactics in Legislature
No legislative votes are picked apart come election season quite like those of lawmakers from Arizona’s swing districts. While Sen. Sean Bowie follows conventional wisdom, Reps. Mitzi Epstein and Kelli Butler don’t play by bipartisan rules.
