PROFILE
FROM Howard Fischer
Arizona seeks to quell protests Last night in Arkansas, cries of "Do your job! Do your job! Do your job" greeted US Senator Tom Cotton, the latest Republican to have a town hall disrupted by protesters. In Arizona no such disruption has taken place, but the state legislature is re-defining a law aimed at organized crime to apply to protests… just in case. Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services reports that the new racketeering legislation mean that protestors would not only could prosecuted, but could also have their assets seized.
Arizona's 'Religious Freedom' Bill Incenses Gay Rights' Activists Last night, the Arizona state legislature passed a measure allowing business owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians — by asserting their religious beliefs. Will Republican Governor Jan Brewer sign it into law? Howard Fischer covers the state legislature for Arizona Public Radio .
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