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Years after they became mandatory, employment checks are spotty
Five years after it took effect and more than year after it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, an Arizona law requiring that businesses check the citizenship of every new hire is often disregarded and rarely enforced.
Report: Arizona’s unfunded public pension liability carries risks
Arizona risks higher taxes and spending cuts to essential government programs if it doesn’t address a gap in funding for pensions owed to public employees, according to a reportby the Pew Center on the States and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
Dreamers sue Brewer over denial of driver licenses
A coalition of civil rights groups today sued Gov. Jan Brewer over her decision to preclude young illegal immigrants who have been granted relief from deportation from getting an Arizona driver license.
Supporters see possibility of reviving Tucson district’s ethnic studies program
Supporters of the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies curriculum banned by a 2010 state law see potential for reviving the program or something similar in an update to a desegregation plan set for review by a federal court.
Arizona and the feds clash – again – this time over voter registration
Arizona, already at odds with the federal government and civil-rights groups over immigration, is adding voter ID and the Voting Rights Act to the disputes.
Arizona to pick a side in medical marijuana issue
A federal judge has torn apart Arizona's medical-marijuana lawsuit, but stopped short of dismissing the case.
New abortion restrictions taking effect
New abortion restrictions are taking effect in Arizona in the wake of legal challenges that so far have failed to block provisions of state laws enacted this year and in 2009.
Arizona officials say medical pot questions remain
Arizona officials said a new federal memo they reviewed Friday on possible medical marijuana-related criminal prosecutions leaves unanswered questions as to whether state-licensed dispensaries and state employees who administer a fledgling medical marijuana program are at risk of prosecution.
Legislature adjourns without extending unemployment aid
By the time Republicans called it a day, it almost seemed like a textbook case of what to do — if you don’t want a special session to succeed.
Despite strong resistance, Brewer calls special session to extend jobless benefits�
Baring the same determination she employed in pushing for a temporary sales tax hike when she first took office more than two years ago, Gov. Jan Brewer called for a special session to be held June 10 to extend aid to unemployed Arizonans, despite the objections of many Republican lawmakers.
Bennett holds first lobbying workshop
Secretary of State Ken Bennett held a workshop with public sector lobbyists, the first in a proposed series of post-Fiesta Bowl meetings on state lobbying requirements.
Brewer signs another anti-abortion bill
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed another anti-abortion bill passed by the Arizona Legislature.
