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State nullification bill is back — barely
Proving once again that no legislation is ever dead until lawmakers have wrapped up the year’s session, supporters of a proposal creating a state mechanism to nullify to a federal law managed to revive it on Thursday.
In Fox’s Super Bowl broadcast, God is benched
In the perennial post-game buzz about Super Bowl ads, the buff body of the new GoDaddy Girl (aka Joan Rivers) was a big hit this year.
Interest group ranks Arizona near the bottom in children’s health care
Arizona ranks among the lowest-performing states in the nation for children’s health coverage, riding the bottom line for access, affordability and equity, according to a national report.
Free state transportation planners from federal handcuffs
Despite transportation funds coming from taxes paid by Arizona drivers, the federal government puts conditions and mandates on the use of these funds before states can be reimbursed for expenditures. Gov. Jan Brewer and the Arizona Department of Transportation have been fighting for more local control of transportation funds to better meet the state’s short- and long-range needs.
Staff keeps Giffords’ office running after shooting
As Congress returned to debate the repeal of the health care law, the staff of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was holed up in a bustling office 2,000 miles away, paying little heed to what was going on in Washington.
Q&A with Senate President with Russell Pearce
Even before he became president of the Arizona Senate, Russell Pearce, a conservative Republican from Mesa, was dominating much of the action in the Legislature. But as he takes over the top spot in the Senate, he has lost some of the freedom he had to set his own course.
‘Get down! Get down!’ as gunfire erupts in Arizona
She arrived right on time a�� smiling, as Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords so often did, as she made her way through the small crowd that had assembled for her first "Congress on Your Corner" gathering of the new year.
14th Amendment model legislation unveiled
Gould and Kavanagh were at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., today for a press conference hosted by State Legislators for Legal Immigration, which unveiled its model legislation to end citizenship for so-called "anchor babies."
Pearce to skip national birthright bill unveiling in D.C.
The unveiling of what may become the most controversial immigration legislation of this era will have to go on without one of its primary architects.
Palin lawyer to work for Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar
Arizona Rep.-elect Paul Gosar has hired a Palin family lawyer as his legislative director and deputy chief of staff.
State Bar keeping ‘a close eye’ on Phillips and Phillips
Attorney Jeffrey Phillips has taken steps to maintain the name of his law firm, Phillips and Associates, after the Arizona Supreme Court ordered that he can’t be mentioned in advertisements or letterhead during his six-month suspension.
High-powered law firm coming to Phoenix
Top law and lobbying firms in the Valley will have to keep a closer eye on their employees after the first of the year.
