Brewer: No more concessions on tax-reform plan

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she is opposed to making further significant compromises in her bid to revamp Arizona laws to pave the way for the state to start collecting taxes on Internet purchases.

New law makes it easier for vets to get AZ licenses

PHOENIX - Under a new state law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, military experience will count toward a commercial driver's license or a nursing license.

Brewer nixes gold, silver coin measure

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer refused Thursday to make Arizona the second state in the nation to declare privately minted gold and silver coins, bars and ingots to be legal tender in the state.

Gold, silver plan gets go-ahead in AZ Senate

PHOENIX - So if you think the lines at the grocery store move slowly now, imagine waiting behind someone who wants to pay with a few chunks of gold.

Guest Column: Arizona must do more to keep predatory car-title lending in check

In 2008, more than 1.2 million Arizona voters said no, by a 2-to-1 margin, to triple-digit interest rates and special exemptions from the state's usury laws for payday lenders by rejecting Proposition 200, which would have permanently legalized 300 percent APR payday loans in Arizona. Since …

New law: Winery-brewery can share turf

Sisters Megan Haller, left, and Shannon Zouzoulas run Arizona Hops and Vines in Sonoita, which regularly hosts wine tastings. It also has a vineyard. Under a recently approved law, the sisters will also be able to brew beer on the land. Below, Haller shows some of the brewing equipment on th…

New law: Winery-brewery can share turf

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New law: Winery-brewery can share turf

A pair of sisters whose plan for a combination brewery and winery in Southern Arizona was thwarted by liquor laws can now draw up blueprints and buy brewing equipment.

Guest Column: State leaders turn blind eye to socio-economic factors at 'bad' schools

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Guest Column: State leaders turn blind eye to socio-economic factors at 'bad' schools

Some of the state's "best" schools, judged just by test scores, are part of the same school district as some of the "worst."

Internal-review secrecy bill OK'd

PHOENIX - Arizona firms are on the verge of getting new secrecy protections for the internal reviews they do of their health and safety practices.

The latest from Arizona's Legislature

Bill advances to expand churches' tax exemptions

Brewer gets bill to give vets leg up on licenses

PHOENIX - The way Sonny Borrelli sees it, if you could drive a big rig in a war zone, navigating Arizona traffic should be a breeze.

Bill would redefine legal tender

PHOENIX - State lawmakers are on the verge of declaring privately minted gold and silver coins to be legal tender in Arizona.

Guest Column: Support HB 1421 to epinephrine auto-injectors in schools for emergency use

As an allergist I look daily into the frightened faces of parents as they tell me stories of how their children experienced their first life-threatening allergic reaction. The parents tell me about sleepless nights from the nightmares of seeing their children slip away from anaphylaxis.

Bill would refinance Arizona's unemployment insurance debt

PHOENIX - Before the economy collapsed five years ago, the fund that Arizona uses to pay unemployment benefits topped out at more than $1 billion and was considered one of the healthiest in the nation. The state then burned through the entirety of the fund and went an additional $420 million…

Arizona Senate rejects texting amendment

PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate has rejected an effort to create a statewide ban on texting while driving by amending an existing House bill.

Arizona panel says no liability for bathroom refusal

PHOENIX - A House panel voted Wednesday to void parts of local anti-discrimination ordinances designed to give protections to transgender individuals.

Arizona Senate gives early approval to 'living wage' ban

PHOENIX - Seeing what's happened elsewhere, the restaurant industry has persuaded state lawmakers to prevent cities and counties from dictating how much employers have to pay their workers.