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Under a new California law that took effect on New Year’s Day, the state’s labor commissioner has published a list of trucking companies that have either not paid their drivers, or have been issued judgements over wage issues.
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Republican senators voted Wednesday to impose new requirements on initiative circulators, the paid workers or volunteers who collect signatures for ballot initiatives
Mar. 7, 2019
Some lawmakers say they are concerned that Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has too much influence over the Arizona Legislature
Mar. 6, 2019
The Arizona Senate has approved a ban on texting-while-driving. It now faces an uphill battle in the House, where lawmakers have been resistant to statewide action.
Mar. 6, 2019
How many wars throughout human history were preventable? From the standpoint of logic, perhaps every one of them, because one side or another could have chosen a more peaceful or strategically-sensible path.
Mar. 6, 2019
The realm of U.S. politics continues to be one where polarization dominates, and winning seems even more important than it did in the past.
Mar. 6, 2019
The Trump administration has implemented strong policies — labeled "draconian" by some — to limit undocumented immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. But the latest numbers from Customs and Border Protection show those policies may be having the opposite effect.
Mar. 6, 2019
Teachers in a handful of states, including Arizona, went on strike last year, demanding higher pay among other improvements. A recent report found, by and large, those teachers that walked out of the classroom got more money.
Mar. 6, 2019
President Trump has had an enormous impact on the U.S. Supreme Court, appointing Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. He has also claimed to have been incredibly influential on the lower courts as well, though that is much more difficult to quantify.
Mar. 5, 2019
All of Arizona’s three major public universities have been given a “greenlight” by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — or FIRE — for their policies on free speech.
Mar. 5, 2019
Last Friday, at Perry High School in the Chandler Unified School District, students wore “Make America Great Again” clothing and carried a Trump banner to school. The students say it was to celebrate the school’s “Party in the USA" theme day.
Mar. 5, 2019
Arizona’s primary election could be moving to the beginning of August instead of the last Tuesday of the month, as it is now.
Mar. 5, 2019
The Urban Phoenix Project PAC collected enough signatures to force a recall election against Councilman Michael Nowakowski. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge stopped the recall Tuesday.
Mar. 5, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence came to the Valley on Tuesday to speak at The Phoenician resort. KJZZ’s Casey Kuhn was there, and she joined The Show to give a preview of what he was here to talk about.
Mar. 5, 2019
What does citizenship mean to you? There’s the legal definition of what constitutes a citizen — someone who was born in this country or someone who became a citizen later in life. Then there’s the thing it represents: belonging, civic duty, nationality.
Mar. 5, 2019
Arizona shoppers who like soy milk won't have to start hunting around for the product to find it under some new label. Ditto for those who are fans of almond butter.
Mar. 5, 2019
The Arizona Senate has approved what may be Arizona’s first-ever universal ban on texting while driving. Senate Bill 1165 is far reaching: no driver would be able to hold a device in their hand while the car is in motion.
Mar. 5, 2019
The Show regularly checks in with Editorial Board of the Arizona Republic to talk about the big issues facing the state and the region — featured in the newspaper’s Viewpoints section.
Mar. 4, 2019
The ongoing political saga in Venezuela has taken another step. The opposition politician Juan Guaido, the man many countries — including the United States — consider the legitimate interim president of Venezuela, has returned there on Monday, risking arrest by the current administration.
Mar. 4, 2019
Former CIA Director John Brennan has been consistently willing to challenge President Trump’s negativity toward the intelligence community. Brennan was in Arizona last week as part of ASU’s Barrett Honors College’s John J. Rhodes Lecture.
Mar. 4, 2019
Committee agendas will pick up again this week at the Arizona Capitol, after last week’s work focused on sending bills from one chamber to the other. For our weekly look-ahead at what to expect at 1700 W. Washington St., Katie Campbell of the Arizona Capitol Times joined The Show.
Mar. 4, 2019
