By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times
The Arizona Senate Ethics Committee will investigate a Democratic state senator for allegedly violating signature-gathering laws, but won’t do any real sleuthing until the attorney general weighs in.
The committee voted 3-2 on party lines to pursue an investigation of Sen. Catherine Miranda, D-Phoenix, based on an ethics complaint filed by a Gilbert resident. GOP Sens. Kimberly Yee, Judy Burges and Steve Montenegro cast the votes in favor of the investigation.
The committee also voted to refer the complaint to Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and suspend any investigation of their own until after the Attorney General’s Office looked into it.