From 2001-2011, legislators spent an extra 455 days in office—over four extra years.... Read more»
I’m a 22-year-old woman who has never touched a gun in her life, but obtaining a concealed weapons permit in Arizona took me little more than a lunch break and $100.... Read more»12
Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, once said, “There is no hunger like land hunger.” This may help explain why some legislators are again salivating over large tracts of Arizona’s topography.... Read more»
Rep. Daniel Patterson lived with Georgette Escobar for about a year, in extramarital bliss. But then things went very, very wrong.... Read more»
Calling the domestic troubles of state Rep. Daniel Patterson an “ongoing distraction from doing the important work of the people,” state Democrats called for an ethics investigation, and for him to step down. He said Monday that he’s being “blackmailed” and “will not resign.”... Read more»3
“Extremist” bills inspired by the Tea Party are taking the Legislature’s attention away from issues important to Arizonans, Democrats said.... Read more»
With unemployment benefits for nearly 20,000 Arizonans set to expire next week, Gov. Jan Brewer called a special session of the Legislature, asking lawmakers to make a one-word change to state law that will extend jobless aid.... Read more»3
Democratic lawmakers held a news conference with a group of patients denied organ transplants to demand a special session to reinstate the $1.4 million program. They blamed Gov. Brewer for keeping new organs out of the reach of those whose survival hangs in the balance.... Read more»2
Election officials across Arizona will have to process 1.75 million ballots again to determine whether the deadline for submitting citizens’ ballot initiatives will move up by two months. Proposition 112 trailed by just 123 votes in unofficial returns, setting up the first statewide general election recount anyone in the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office can recall.... Read more»
The outcome remained unclear Wednesday for a measure to move up by two months the deadline for submitting citizens’ initiatives for the ballot.... Read more»
A 1 percent sales tax hike is coming to a ballot near you this spring. Meanwhile, things like parking garages, driving schools and dog grooming will stay tax-free. Arizona’s tax laws include $9.1 billion in exemptions. Democrats think it’s time to close some of those loopholes to help ease the state’s budget woes.... Read more»
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