Stay on top of what's happening at the Arizona Legislature.
March 2013
Mail heading for Tucson will be processed in Phoenix starting this year. The U.S. Postal Service originally planned on the change next year, but moved up the date, as part of a its plan to save money.
March 27, 2013
A bill to allow school employees to carry guns is scheduled
for a hearing Wednesday afternoon in a state House committee. The measure would
apply to schools that have fewer than 600 students, do not have school resource
officers and are more than 20 miles and 30 minutes from a law enforcement
facility.
March 27, 2013
At a forum Tuesday evening, the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board heard
testimony from members of the public about the impact of Arizona's
immigration law SB 1070. The advisory board is gathering information
about the implementation law in order to make future recommendations.
March 27, 2013
Summer swimming season is around the corner and nearly 1,200
area first graders were at South
Mountain Community
College on Tuesday to learn how to make it a safer
one. Arizona had
the second-highest rate of children drowning in the country.
March 27, 2013
New jobs are
coming to the Valley. The New York company ZocDoc is bringing a second U.S.
office – and more than 600 jobs – to Scottsdale.
Gov. Jan Brewer poses with many of the faces of ZocDoc, including its CEO, Cyrus Massoumi.
March 26, 2013
Phoenix
Mayor Greg Stanton says gun owners can turn in their unwanted firearms at the
city’s buyback program in May. The city is using money from a private donor
to give out gift cards to anyone who wants to get rid of their weapons.
March 26, 2013
Arizona officials will be watching closely as the U.S. Supreme
Court considers gay marriage today. The outcome of the case could impact a
lawsuit over benefits for domestic partners for gay state and university
employees.
March 26, 2013
A done deal. That's how Arizona Senator Jeff Flake
describes the merger between Tempe-based US Airways and Texas-based American
Airlines. Flake was asked if Phoenix
will be hurt economically by the merger, but he did not think so.
March 26, 2013
Arizona
receives high marks in a new survey that evaluates public access to state
spending records. But researchers say there’s room for more government transparency
in the state.
The report
has been released by the non-partisan Arizona Public Interest Research Group,
or AZPIRG.
March 26, 2013
Senator John McCain held a town hall meeting at a North Phoenix community center Monday that covered a
broad range of topics, but immigration dominated the conversation.
Sen. John McCain told people at a townhall meeting Monday he feels hopeful new bipartisan legislation to reform immigration will be ready soon.
March 26, 2013