Newsmaker Feb. 8, 2044
Compiled by Rose Law Group Reporter
Congressional GOP leadership quashed a ny hope of a bipartisan border security solution this weekand both parties are looking to shuffle the blame.
Election deadline fix advances
On a party-line vote, two legislative panels approved a series of changes in election laws Tuesday that Republicans say are needed to ensure that Arizonans are not disenfranchised.
‘Issue of transparency’: Arizona Coyotes’ land interest raises ethics flags for Gov. Katie Hobbs
About three weeks after voters rejected the Arizona Coyotes’ plans to build a hockey arena and entertainment district in Tempe, the team CEO had a meeting with Gov. Katie Hobbs, according to a copy of Hobbs’ schedule.
Arizona proposal would let public know more about doctor misconduct. One lawmaker is blocking it
One state lawmaker is stalling a reform that would let Arizonans see whether their doctor has committed serious misconduct on the job, like sexual abuse and violence.
State Senate bill would ban Satan on Arizona’s public property. Run, Sparky, Run!
Opinion: Sen. Jake Hoffman wants to ban display of “memorials, statues, altars or displays, or any other method of representing or honoring Satan.”
Ariz. Democrat accuses fellow Latina lawmakers of ‘false imprisonment’ over political differences
In a fresh ethics complaint by a House Democrat, a state lawmaker is accusing fellow Democratic Latino caucus members of holding her hostage in her office for more than an hour last year over political differences.
Talk of an implosion of the U.S. electric vehicle market is verging on ridiculous.
While there are some serious challenges surrounding EVs—such as the need to build out the nation’s charging infrastructure—automakers are on track to continue on a path of substantial growth.
Yellow Sheet Report
THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE WHETHER JOURNALISM QUALIFIES AS “bona fide research” in an exemption to Dept. of Economic Security records otherwise deemed confidential. Amy Silverman, a freelance investigative journalist and executive producer for KJZZ’s The Show, sued DES after the department denied a request for closed cases of reports and investigations from Adult Protective Services and for incident reports received by the Department of Developmental Disabilities for a story for the Arizona Daily Star. …more
From The Agenda
DAMN COMMIES: Republicans on the Ariz. Senate’s governing committee gave the go-ahead to a bill that would cement a legal basis for Arizona residents to sue any level of government they think is “furthering Marxist ideologies.” Sen. Anthony Kern’s bill would also prohibit spending taxpayer dollars on promoting things like reducing greenhouse gas emissions or meat and dairy consumption, . . . (subscription)
