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Despite prospects for a 15-15 Senate, voters keep the status quo
After all the talk of a split state Senate, with Republicans and Democrats evenly matched in voting power, the status quo reigned supreme.
Sen. Allen overcomes Democrat Nikki Bagley’s early lead in LD6
Republican Sen. Sylvia Allen surged to a commanding lead overnight in Legislative District 6, one that Democrat Nikki Bagley appears unlikely to overcome.
Civil forfeiture bill appears doomed, opposed by prosecutors
Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture laws are safe from any legislative changes this year.
Bill to end dispute between Douglas and school board falters again
The House Education Committee chairman today reluctantly held a bill that would put an end to a dispute between the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas.
Idea of Western states taking over federal land is back in vogue
Back in the mid-1990s, Republican Sen. Sylvia Allen was a rebel. A Sagebrush Rebel. Long before she was a state lawmaker, Allen was pushing back against environmentalists and the federal government as part of a long-standing movement to force the federal government to turn over federally-managed lands to the Western states.
Nostalgia, but no apologies: Senator explains church law comment
Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, on Wednesday explained – but would not apologize – for a comment made Tuesday during a committee hearing saying Arizona should pass a law that people should have to go to church.
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.
Budget clears first hurdle, now faces GOP opposition
Arizona legislators advanced a budget deal struck by Senate and House leaders and Gov. Doug Ducey, but the bills won’t move any further unless GOP leadership can change the minds of more than a dozen rank-and-file members opposed to the spending plan.
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.
Allen returning to the Senate after besting O’Halleran in LD6
Sylvia Allen will return to the Senate seat she left just two years ago after pulling ahead of independent Tom O’Halleran during overnight ballot counting in Legislative District 6.
Allen, O’Halleran compete to return to Legislature
No matter who wins the Senate race in Arizona’s Legislative District 6, the victor will be making a homecoming to the Capitol. Republican Sylvia Allen, 67, whose name will be printed on ballots in place of the deceased Sen. Chester Crandell, last served in the Senate in 2012. Her lone challenger, independent Tom O’Halleran, 68, was also once a senator, most recently in 2008.
The Comeback Caucus: Former lawmakers poised to regain seats in the Legislature
Just call them the “comeback kids.”
A handful of former lawmakers are poised to regain seats in the Legislature in the upcoming election, bringing with them experience and knowledge that they gained in their previous years of service.
