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Filing of birthright citizenship bills set for Thursday
Sponsors of legislation targeting automatic citizenship granted to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants say they plan to formally introduce their bills in the Arizona House and Senate on Thursday.
No-texting bill may have the votes, but its foes have the power
A no-texting-while-driving bill may have enough votes to pass this year in the Arizona Legislature, but it probably does not have enough firepower.
Budget Plan B may not exist, or it may mean ‘K-12, beware’
Last year, Brewer and the Republican-led Legislature adopted a budget plan that relied on revenues that never materialized. This year, the governor is proposing Medicaid cuts that the federal government may disapprove or worse, state courts may strike down as illegal.
Republicans get two new choices for redistricting commission
An apologetic screening commission not only chose two new nominees for Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission on Jan. 21, but it also sought to satisfy Republican legislative leaders by choosing one from outside Maricopa County.
It’s famous now, but SB1070 used to be a nondescript bill number
History is a fickle mistress, so no one today can say with certainty what the legacy of the Arizona Legislature’s 2010 session will be.
Fresh out of budget solutions, lawmakers warm up to trickery
Weary of scrounging for solutions to a relentless financial mess, some Arizona lawmakers have changed from criticizing budget gimmicks to shrugging and accepting probably the most blatant one of all.
Redistricted into a corner: Republicans had too many Maricopa County residents for boundary-drawing panel
Unaccustomed to losing, Arizona Republicans are pointing fingers in all different directions to explain how they have found themselves in the middle of a desperate last-ditch struggle to influence who will be responsible for redrawing the state’s legislative and congressional districts.
Two out of three for Adams and Pearce
The Arizona Supreme Court has ordered the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments to give Pearce and Adams two new Republican IRC nominees, but didn't declare independent nominee Paul Bender ineligible.
In redistricting skirmish, Republicans fail to oust Bender
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that two of 10 Republican nominees for the Independent Redistricting Commission are ineligible to serve and ordered a selection commission to choose candidates to replace them.
Leadership on the record
Democratic and Republican leaders from both chambers lay out some of their plans, hopes and concerns for the 2011 legislative session.
Q&A with House Speaker with Kirk Adams
Kirk Adams begins his second term in the House’s top post with a host of challenges that range from a budget deficit of $825 million to getting a “jobs bill” through and the inevitable rancor birthright-citizenship legislation would bring, but much of his first week on the job was driven by the shooting in Tucson in which six were killed and 13 wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords[...]
Arizona’s gun advocates in delicate spot
Arizona’s gun advocates, usually gung-ho when discussing proposals to further ease gun restrictions, are turning down the volume, at least temporarily.
