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Rep. Shooter apology peppered with deflection, denial
Rep. Don Shooter who has been publicly accused of sexually harassing at least nine women, including fellow lawmakers and lobbyists, began his formal apology to his colleagues today with a joke.
Some GOP lawmakers vote solid red, support caucus bills
Representatives like Vince Leach, R-Tucson, and Don Shooter, R-Yuma, and Sens. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix and John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, are among the Republicans most faithful to their own caucus when it comes to voting.
Lack of federal funding leaves proposed state veterans homes in limbo
In 2015, the state budget included $9.2 million for a new veterans state home in Yuma. In 2017, $10 million was designated to build a state home in Flagstaff. However, construction is stalled on both projects because this state funding makes up only 35 percent of total costs.
House Dem leader crosses aisle more often than party colleagues
In the Senate, minority leaders don’t often vote with the GOP. In the House, it’s the top Democrat, Rebecca Rios of Phoenix, who casts the most votes with her Republican colleagues.
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
All along the U.S.-Mexico border, about 840,000 mostly low-income, immigrant Latinos have settled in colonias – cheap plots of land outside city limits without basic infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, electricity and paved roads.
Theresa Ulmer turns one term as a lawmaker into a career as a lobbyist
Theresa Ulmer has been a Capitol regular since 2010, when she was elected to her first and only term in the House of Representatives. And what a difference nearly a decade has made.
Pancrazi opts not to seek re-election
Yuma Democrat Lynne Pancrazi won’t seek re-election to the Arizona Senate next year.
Yuma City Council accused of violating open meetings law
The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating nearly a dozen complaints that Yuma city officials violated open meetings law.
Yuma lawmaker plans e-cigarette taxation legislation
In light of devastating projections of a $1.5 billion budget shortfall in the current and next fiscal years, a Democratic lawmaker is proposing a tax on e-cigarettes, saying that the modest revenues the new tax could bring in would be a small start to bridging the deficit.
Shooter files criminal complaint against GOP challenger
Sen. Don Shooter’s campaign is asking prosecutors to investigate allegations that his Republican opponent, Toby Farmer, forged at least six signatures on his nominating petitions.
Drought declaration now covers all of Arizona
All of Arizona's 15 counties are now designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as natural disaster areas for drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible for federal low-interest emergency loans.
Park Service recommends Phoenix site as part of park honoring César Chávez
A National Park Service recommendation could bring federal designation to the building near downtown where farm labor leader César Chávez is said to have first uttered “Sí se puede.”
