Rep. John Kavanagh, chair of the House Appropriations Commitee, says there’s some issues voters should decide on, like marriage. Then there’s other “complicated” issues better left to the Legislature, like the governor’s tax increase.
As a bill to refer a sales tax increase to Pima County voters for the purpose of building new baseball stadiums nears final approval, questions continue to pop up over how anti-tax Republicans can justify their support for the legislation.
The day after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared to Argentina, supporters of the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute actually received a letter from the southern Republican. Not a postcard — a letter.
We heard back from Rep. Steve Farley about his recollection that reporters were crying during a Monday morning press conference. But the “hardened” reporters he named say they were not crying
Early this week state House Democrats sought to put the Republican’s proposed budget cuts in context by highlighting a young Arizona woman’s emotional life story. But one Tucson Democrat apparently thought the story needed a little early helium when recalling it to his constituents.
