Rep. Cook says private investigators stalk him, invade privacy
The House Ethics investigation into Republican state Rep. David Cook has been not-so-quietly chugging along, even as the Legislature as a whole sits in suspended animation while the House and Senate...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers quash Dems effort to boost jobless benefits
Arizona’s jobless rate spiked last month to 12.6%, a figure that may be a record. And it’s certain to go higher as the figures reflect the number of people out looking for work in the second week of...
View ArticleCook lawyer accuses ethics committee of issuing hit piece
A report released Friday by the House Ethics Committee accuses Rep. David Cook of having had an undisclosed relationship with a lobbyist, one that the investigators said is romantic.
View ArticleEven amid COVID, scandals set the tone at the Legislature
The 2020 session was, in some ways, the story of two scandals: one that rocked the Capitol and continued reverberating weeks after the Legislature adjourned, and one that quickly fizzled into nothing...
View ArticleEthics committee chairman weighs holding hearing for lawmaker
The head of the House Ethics Committee is weighing whether to have full-blown hearings into the panel’s investigation of Rep. David Cook — assuming the matter gets that far. Rep. John Allen,...
View ArticleAG: Supreme Court case binding on sex discrimination in workplace in Arizona
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is going to begin enforcing Arizona's civil rights laws against private employers who discriminate based on someone's sexual orientation.
View ArticleCook off the hook, ethics probe dropped – for now
The House Ethics Committee will not pursue any action against Rep. David Cook at least at this time, special chair Rep. John Allen announced in a letter July 8, essentially ending the months-long...
View ArticleCook defenders, critics both have concerns about ethics process
The five-month House Ethics Committee investigation into Rep. David Cook followed a long, winding path through a muck of innuendo and half-truth, only to arrive at a determination that never was very...
View ArticleMaricopa County taxpayers treated to feud of 2 Republicans
Maricopa County’s lame-duck treasurer sent county homeowners letters suggesting they complain to state Sen. Vince Leach about wasting taxpayer money, in the latest salvo of an ongoing feud between the...
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Death sentence upheld in death of Arizona girl locked in box
The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and death sentence handed down to Sammantha Allen in the 2011 suffocation of her 10-year-old cousin, Ame Deal, who was locked in a plastic...
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