Arizona Legislature

Panel OKs tougher Ariz. vehicle emission rules

May 7, 2008

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A state panel gave final approval Tuesday to requiring vehicles sold in Arizona to meet new standards for greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2011.

Pearce raps Weiers for immigration bill delay

May 7, 2008

Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, says House Speaker Jim Weiers should not be holding up an illegal immigration bill that would let voters decide whether local police agencies should deal with federal immigration laws.

Pearce pushes immigration ballot measure

May 6, 2008

Mesa Rep. Russell Pearce wants Arizona voters to decide whether local police agencies should enforce federal immigration law.

State weighs lifting working-age restrictions

May 5, 2008

State lawmakers are weighing whether to let teens perform jobs now considered too hazardous for them as one answer to complaints by some businesses of a labor shortage.

Governor unveils plan to remedy fiscal woes

January 18, 2008

Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to use photo radar, jail inmates and borrowing to help balance the state budget for the coming year, which is projected to be even more out of whack than the current one.

Napolitano looks at photo enforcement as revenue

January 19, 2008

Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to turn a new statewide photo speed enforcement initiative into a major cash cow for Arizona.

Property tax repeal idea breeds new battle

January 9, 2008

Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday blasted some Republican lawmakers as “irresponsible” for acting now to permanently repeal a property tax that won’t be levied again for more than a year.

Lawmaker targets needy university students

January 10, 2008

Needy students at Arizona’s three public universities might be forced to pay more under a plan to help balance the state budget. The proposal Wednesday by Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, would require universities to charge students at least 40 percent of what it costs to attend the schools.

Lawmakers weigh AHCCCS program cuts

January 10, 2008

State health and welfare administrators Wednesday defended their agencies against deep cuts proposed by Republican legislative leaders in the second day of hearings aimed at closing a mid-year budget deficit.

Lawmakers find fixing deficit more complex

January 8, 2008

State lawmakers working to close a nearly $1 billion budget deficit found Tuesday that much of the money they hope to save is already gone.

Legislators want to open Feb. 5 vote to independents

January 7, 2008

The head of the Senate Government Committee wants to give nearly 755,000 Arizonans the chance to vote next month for Mike Huckabee. Or John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson or any of the 48 candidates on the ballots of the two major parties.

Campuses could be budget battleground

January 6, 2008

Higher education is the first fiscal target the Legislature will aim for when it convenes this week in an effort to close a budget deficit that continues to widen.

State lawmakers backing Boeing for Air Force deal

January 10, 2008

Arizona legislators are joining the knock-down, drag-out fight between Boeing and Airbus/Northrop Grumman over who will build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker for the U.S. Air Force.

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