PHOENIX – This past week at the Arizona Legislature was the final week committees met to hear and discuss bills, which fueled long hearings and late nights. As of March 20, there were 103 House bills and 79 Aenate bills awaiting hearings – and as of the end of the day on March 23, they were all heard. When does…
PHOENIX – On Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, the capitol was full of gratuitous shows of love: singing on the House floor, heart-shaped balloons on the rose garden. Nothing was too cheesy. But whether state minimum wage workers will feel the love became the question. On Monday, the state Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction over a lawsuit to block Proposition…
Los reportes del Departamento de Seguridad Pública publicados por medio de la ley de registros públicos de Arizona no respaldan las declaraciones del gobernador Doug Ducey sobre el impacto que tiene su Grupo de Fuerza Fronteriza tal y como lo destaca en su informe del Estado. Ducey comentó que el grupo de fuerza llevó a…
PHOENIX — Following closed-door negotiations, Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican House and Senate leaders unveiled a budget deal this week and moved swiftly to push the budget bills through the legislative process. Late Thursday, it appeared the GOP leadership didn’t have the votes to pass the budget deal, but negotiations continued. The new $9.1 billion…
As a new legislature and a new governor prepare to settle into Phoenix, a projected budget shortfall is not far from anyone’s minds. Just a year ago, the outgoing governor boasted about Arizona’s “comeback” and now the state faces a grim budget situation as it heads into the next year. Revised projections show Gov.-elect Doug…
