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courts Jun 7, 2018, 3:11PM MST

Court upholds Phoenix anti-discrimination ordinance

[caption id="attachment_122893" align="alignnone" width="960"] Brush and Nib Studio owners from left are Breanna Koski and Joanna Duka. The business owners are fighting a Phoenix ordinance that bars them from refusing business to same-sex couples. (Facebook)[/caption] The state Court of Appeals has rejected arguments by owners of a [...]

Featured News Nov 24, 2017, 4:00AM MST

House to use untested policy in sexual harassment inquiry of Rep. Shooter

A draft policy on sexual harassment is now the blueprint for an Arizona House investigation of allegations nine women have made against Rep. Don Shooter, R-Yuma. The policy House Speaker J.D. Mesnard released on October 30 to solicit feedback is now being put through the ultimate test of its effectiveness. The policy is by [...]

Featured News Jan 25, 2017, 1:50PM MST

Ducey says state’s gap in anti-discrimination laws won't jeopardize future events

[caption id="attachment_102139" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday discusses the importance of the NCAA having its Final Four tournament in Arizona. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)[/caption] Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he does not believe that Arizona's lack of laws protecting gays and tr[...]

Gov. Doug Ducey discusses the importance of the NCAA having its Final Four tournament in Arizona. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
courts Nov 21, 2014, 6:51AM MST

LGBT groups seek to expand anti-discrimination strategies

The gay rights movement is going to try to parlay 2014 successes in the courts and Legislature into outlawing discrimination statewide. Leaders of gay rights groups say part of their strategy next year is to pass more city ordinances like Phoenix’s, which creates a new protected class based on sexual orientation and gender ident[...]

Featured News Jun 17, 2014, 5:52PM MST

Brewer: Arizona should consider anti-discrimination laws for gays

Gov. Jan Brewer said it may be time to consider extending the state’s civil rights laws to gays. “I do not believe in discrimination,” the governor told Capitol Media Services Tuesday. “We are in the United States of America and we have great privilege that is afforded to everyone.” But the governor conceded that, whi[...]

Home news Nov 21, 2013, 8:13AM MST

Anti-discrimination rule earns Phoenix top score in LGBT equality index

[caption id="attachment_46659" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Cronkite News Service photo by Christopher Leone)[/caption] After adding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and disabled residents to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance in February, Phoenix earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equa[...]

Home news Mar 31, 2006, 1:00AM MST

S1153 allows discrimination on college campuses

The House Committee on Universities, Community Colleges & Technology did a great disservice to the people of Arizona and students in this state. By advancing S1153, a majority of committee members (with the exception of Reps. Ted Downing and David Bradley) endorsed publicly funded discrimination on college campuses.As somebody wh[...]

Featured News Jan 9, 2023, 2:40PM MST

Arizona Freedom Caucus says will file lawsuit challenging Hobbs' first executive order

[caption id="attachment_259421" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, chairman of the Arizona Freedom Caucus, surrounded by members of the caucus, says Monday the group will sue to overturn Katie Hobbs' executive order extending the scope of anti-discrimination protections that govern state employees and [...]

Hoffman, Freedom Caucus, Hobbs, anti-discrimination, Republicans, Democrats, litigation, Department of Administration, budget, Prop 400
Recent news Jan 3, 2023, 4:53PM MST

Hobbs orders agencies to eliminate all barriers that restrict employment

[caption id="attachment_259252" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The new Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, second from left, shakes hands with new Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, right, as Hobbs' husband Patrick Goodman, left, looks on after an oath of office ceremony at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 2. Hobbs did somethin[...]

Hobbs, Ducey, governor, antidiscrimination, Napolitano, Cathi Herrod, Center for Arizona Policy, Human Rights Coalition
Home news Jun 7, 2018, 9:01AM MST

Arizona court rules for city on same-sex wedding invitations

An Arizona court on Thursday upheld Phoenix's anti-discrimination ordinance, denying a wedding invitation business owners' challenge that the local law violates their freedom of religion by compelling them to cater to same-sex couples. The state Court of Appeals' ruling upholds a trial judge's October denial of the business owner'[...]

legislature Jan 11, 2018, 5:40PM MST

Some lawmakers call for time limits on filing harassment complaints

[caption id="attachment_109488" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Photo by Ellen O'Brien/Arizona Capitol Times)[/caption] Some lawmakers are recommending a time limit to be placed on how long people have to file harassment claims under the Arizona House of Representatives new workplace harassment policy. The House harassment poli[...]

(Photo by Ellen O'Brien/Arizona Capitol Times)
Featured News Jan 8, 2018, 3:15PM MST

Ducey to call special session on opioids, promises ‘full commitment’ to K-12

[caption id="attachment_110537" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gov. Doug Ducey gives his State of the State speech on Monday. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)[/caption] Lawmakers will tackle the opioid crisis in a concurrent special session over the next month, the governor announced today in his annual State of th[...]

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