Arizona legislator pushes flurry of bills aimed at updating state tech
State Rep. David Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, writes bills every session with one goal in mind: dragging the state’s public-facing technology infrastructure into the future.
Proposed bill would change requirements for service animals
It's not every day that a hearing room at the state capitol is filled with dogs and their owners, but today owners brought their service animals to the Senate to comment on Senate bill 1166.
DUI arrests in Arizona decrease for the fourth consecutive year
SCOTTSDALE— The Waste Management Phoenix Open is known for more than just being a golf tournament. People from all around visit Scottsdale for this event, the concerts after the rounds are done and the drinking.
New bills would drastically change Arizona’s marijuana laws
There are two new bills in the Arizona House of Representatives that would reform the possession and legality of marijuana in the state.
Report: Gay rights gain but Arizona, other states, still fall short
WASHINGTON - It's been a good couple of years for LGBT rights in America, with the Pentagon allowing gays to serve openly in the military and the Supreme Court declaring same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional.
Federal appeals court voids death sentence in 1980 Tucson rape-murder
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided court Thursday overturned Robert Douglas Smith's death sentence in a brutal 1980 rape and murder near Tucson, saying lower courts wrongly ignored evidence that Smith was intellectually disabled at the time of the crime.
Arizona Schools Superintendent Douglas testifies against authority-limiting bill
State Superintendent Diane Douglas passionately defended the importance of her job Thursday morning in front of the Senate Education Committee, whose members were interested in reducing her authority over the state board of education.
Efforts to reduce cellphone use while driving hindered by enforcement concerns
Using a cellphone while driving, especially if the driver is a teen, is known to be unsafe and a distraction. House Bill 2241 is an effort to take phones out of the hands of young drivers, but law enforcement says the proposed legislation would be difficult to enforce.
Arizona heroin users claim a controversial herbal supplement helps kick addiction
In the throes of his withdrawals from heroin, Chance Gullon turned to the controversial herbal supplement kratom, now used across the country as an alternative to treatment drugs like methadone.
Bill would allow concealed weapons on Arizona’s public universities
TEMPE — House Bill 2072 would allow people with permits to carry concealed weapons on Arizona public universities college campuses.
Lawmakers want to pull state from ‘oversized’ federal court circuit
WASHINGTON - Arizona lawmakers introduced bills Wednesday that would pull Arizona and four other Western states out of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and form them into a new circuit.
Arizona House bill would prohibit red light, speed cameras
House Representative Kelly Townsend has gotten a photo radar ticket just like the rest of us, but that didn't stop her from still sponsoring House Bill 2540, which would prohibit the cameras in the state. Similar bills have come close to passing in the past, but Townsend believes this one has a better shot.
