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Sampling errors: Small shops seek control over wine tastings
Rep. T.J. Shope’s HB2182 would get rid of a requirement in state law that says a beer and wine store must have a 5,000-square-foot building in order to be able to conduct its own sampling.
House opposes bill allowing liquor sales near schools
The House failed to pass a measure that would allow convenience stores to sell liquor within 300 feet of a school or church.
House again votes against moving up date of Arizona primary
The Arizona House has for the second time voted down a proposal to move the state's primary elections from the fourth Tuesday in August to the second Tuesday in July.
GOP lawmaker plans to introduce bill legalizing marijuana
With a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana looming over the 2016 election, Republican Rep. Ethan Orr of Tucson wants the Legislature to beat voters to the punch and legalize it.
Pratt, Shope poised to retain seats
Conservatives drew a target on the backs of Reps. Frank Pratt of Casa Grande and T.J. Shope of Coolidge for supporting Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan last year.
Armed with a mop and broom, Tea Party challengers make their case in LD8
When Republican Reps. T.J. Shope and Frank Pratt didn’t show up to a recent debate hosted by the Pinal County Tea Party, their Republican opponents in the Legislative District 8 House primary, Darla Dawald and Wayne Bachmann, set up a broom and a mop to represent the two incumbents.
Legislative candidates who supported medicaid expansion awash in money
Republican legislators who are facing a backlash from the conservative right for approving the expansion of Medicaid tapped into a vast network of supporters to easily outraise colleagues and opponents last year.
New Ariz. law classifies what is a service animal
People will soon no longer be allowed to carry parrots, squirrels, cats and ferrets into Arizona restaurants claiming they are service animals, under a new law that restricts the types of animals people can use to help them in public places.
