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The Breakdown

Gov. Doug Ducey showed up Thursday for this Independence Day event wearing sneakers made by the company whose conduct he had criticized just the day before. (Twitter/Coconino County Democratic Party)
Jul 8, 2019

The Breakdown: Last laugh

Arizona kicked off the holiday weekend with a fight with Nike that put the governor in the national spotlight. Was that the intent all along, and what might that signal for Gov. Doug Ducey’s future plans?

Jul 1, 2019

The Breakdown: Fun with funds

Affordable housing advocates scored a win this legislative session after lawmakers voted to reverse a decade-long trend of capping the state Housing Trust Fund’s budget.

State House members applaud after adjourning. PHOTO BY DILLON ROSENBLATT/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
Jun 24, 2019

The Breakdown: Wrap it up already

The 2019 legislative session is finally behind us. Or is it?

May 29, 2019

The Breakdown: Our watch has ended

Sine die watch is finally over after the Senate approved an $11.8 billion budget on Memorial Day

In this April 1, 2019 photo, Arizona Sen. Heather Carter, left, chats with Sen. Kate Brophy McGee during a break in the Arizona Senate in Phoenix. Carter and fellow Republican, Rep. John Allen, are facing off over competing proposals to regulate tobacco and vaping products. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)
May 20, 2019

The Breakdown: Rumor has it

Today’s the day lawmakers in both the House and the Senate hope to introduce budget proposals, but don’t hold your breath for sine die just yet.

Flagstaff firefighter Wes Forbach with his wife Evenstar. Forbach’s workman’s compensation claim was denied despite the presumption in state law that the type of cancer he has was related to his occupation. PHOTO COURTESY OF WES FORBACH
May 13, 2019

The Breakdown: Where there’s smoke…

State lawmakers tried to expand protections for firefighters two years ago, but the law does not seem to be working as expected.

State GOP Chairman Kelli Ward seeks to build support for a plan to ask voters to increase state sales taxes for education. But the proposal, backed by Sen. Sylvia Allen, center, and Rep. Michelle Udall currently lacks sufficient support from Republican lawmakers. (Phot by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)
Apr 29, 2019

The Breakdown: G-oh!-P

Phoenix is heating up and the sky may be falling. The state GOP led by Kelli Ward came out in support of a tax hike this week. But is it too late?

Apr 22, 2019

The Breakdown: #48

Arizona is on its way to joining 47 other states that have banned texting while driving.

Rep. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, sponsored the repeal of Arizona's so-called "No Promo Homo" law on April 10, 2019.
Apr 15, 2019

The Breakdown: Off the books

Last week, the state struck down a decades-old law prohibiting education around safe homosexual lifestyles. What led to the removal of the so-called “no promo homo” law 28 years later?

Apr 8, 2019

The Breakdown: In other news

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk has been targeting medical marijuana patients using extracts – until recently anyway. We’ll actually have that story for you this week.

Apr 1, 2019

The Breakdown: The end

After nearly a year of resisting calls for his resignation, David Stringer has left the House of Representatives. Who will take his place?

Gov. Doug Ducey waves to supporters at a Make America Great Again campaign rally for President Trump in Mesa on Oct. 19, 2018. Ducey has been a leading fundraiser in the 2018 election. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Mar 25, 2019

The Breakdown: Leave it up to fate

Gov. Doug Ducey is poised to appoint more judges than any other governor in the state’s history.

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