A House panel voted Thursday to let Arizonans make their own guns and bullets - and offer them for sale - without having to comply with federal regulations.

The Arizona Department of Commerce dodged a bullet in this year’s session of the Arizona Legislature and will continue to perform its economic development activities as a separate entity under the budget plan approved by lawmakers this week.

November 29, 2004

Senator and Ahwatukee Foothills resident John McComish was recently endorsed by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s Political Action Committee among 35 other candidates for the state legislature.

A proposal for a California-style ban on smoking inside nearly all businesses in Arizona has hit a legislative brick wall.

Those who hope to scratch or pick their way to riches may soon get some protection from family and friends and foes.

Building a house has its headaches and hiccups. But moving an 83-year-old house through the streets of Mesa — that’s a whole different story.

Building a house has its headaches and hiccups. But moving an 83-year-old house through the streets of Mesa — that’s a whole different story.

WASHINGTON - Jubilant Democrats on Thursday elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the first woman speaker of the House, the crowning celebration of newfound power the party won in the November electoral sweep.

WASHINGTON - A veto threat from President Bush isn't deterring Democrats from pushing legislation that would require the government to negotiate drug prices for Medicare patients.

They talk casually to each other before and after campaign events. They debate the issues, not each other. Mudslinging and cheap shots are nonexistent.

Cutting red tape, closing sales tax loopholes, and making city streets safer were all topics of discussion at Friday’s Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s Public Policy Committee meeting.

Undocumented workers already in the state would be ineligible for employment under any guest worker program Arizona might set up under proposed legislation debated Monday.

WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly approved business tax breaks worth $1.8 billion over 10 years on Friday, a key step toward forging a congressional compromise on increasing the minimum wage.

Now that summer is over and kids are going back to school the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce is getting “Back to Business” with an open house this Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Two Mesa City Council members are criticizing what they call a rush job on a planned senior housing project in downtown, saying it’s bad policy for the city and the public to have just 24 hours to review a development proposal.

Shoppers who are charged too much at the register for items they buy won’t get a refund — much less a reward for pointing it out to management.

The state House gave preliminary approval Friday to legislation designed to convince renewable energy firms to locate or expand their operations in Arizona.

State lawmakers want to make it easier for you to get a buzz on Sunday morning — or at least have an early champagne brunch — even if you didn’t plan ahead and buy your liquor the night before.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spending, and it's aiming where it hurts the most - at home in Arizona.

February 18, 2005

The House defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and congressional leaders. 

WASHINGTON - House Republicans sweated out a victory on a major budget cut bill in the wee hours Friday, salvaging a major pillar of their agenda despite divisions within the party and nervousness among moderates that the vote could cost them in next year's elections.