Church zoning: Churches would get some special protections against local regulations under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by the House.

The days of being able to evade photo radar and red-light cameras may be drawing to a close.

Public notices

Changes to DUI laws approved

Bill to protect certain school subjects vetoed

Senate OKs bill to limit emission rules

House allows guns anywhere in cars

State lawyers for the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission contend that Rep. David Burnell Smith should resign because he "completely flouted" campaign spending laws and "gamed the system" during the 2004 Republican primary.

State lawyers for the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission contend that Rep. David Burnell Smith should resign because he "completely flouted" campaign spending laws and "gamed the system" during the 2004 Republican primary.

An outside investigator for the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission says Rep. David Burnell Smith should be removed from office for overspending on his 2004 campaign.

March 9, 2005

Our legislative session wrapped up this year on April 20, in exactly 100 days. This is the earliest adjournment in more than a decade. Despite the relative brevity, it was the most productive session in my seven years at the state Capitol.

Our legislative session wrapped up this year on April 20, in exactly 100 days. This is the earliest adjournment in more than a decade. Despite the relative brevity, it was the most productive session in my seven years at the state Capitol.

Excellent Tribune piece Sunday by Garin Groff. Extremist overreaching by Russell Pearce, Kirk Adams and the "Tea Party Legislature" WILL be dealt with by rational moderates next election.

Marijuana legislation is not a simple issue. In fact, it is a muddled quagmire of complex concerns. Most people have seen the 1938 propaganda film Reefer Madness depicting the tragic events and eventual insanity of high school students lured into using marijuana. In the 72 years since the film was produced, much research has been done to bring valid awareness to the dangers as well as medicinal qualities encompassed in this herb. Laws, however, haven't changed much since a movement in the '70s and passionate arguments are being fired from both sides.

Marijuana legislation is not a simple issue. In fact, it is a muddled quagmire of complex concerns. Most people have seen the 1938 propaganda film Reefer Madness depicting the tragic events and eventual insanity of high school students lured into using marijuana. In the 72 years since the film was produced, much research has been done to bring valid awareness to the dangers as well as medicinal qualities encompassed in this herb. Laws, however, haven't changed much since a movement in the '70s and passionate arguments are being fired from both sides.