For Star subscribers: Arizona's legislative session that won't end at least comes with a fringe benefit: A per-diem that continues for each legislator even as nothing substantive gets done.
They've only been in session a couple of days in the last month, and they aren't scheduled to convene again until July 31.
People are also reading… Passing the bill undoubtedly pleased the GOP's supporters in the gun industry. They're worried that anti-gun bank policies could make it hard for the firearms industry to do business if the banks stop dealing with them. Legislators such as Rep. David Cook, a Republican from the Globe area, have been disappointed that some of their earnest work on real issues went unrewarded. He noted that his bill to support rural hospitals died for no good reason he could see, but said he's pressing on.The way this session has dragged on has annoyed many legislators, including freshman Democratic Rep. Nancy Burke Gutierrez, of Tucson. Her day job is as a yoga teacher at Tucson High.
Alas, it hasn't worked out that way. So now, the outstate legislators, who were collecting a $238 per diem earlier in the session, are collecting $119 per day as they wait to return. The Maricopa County legislators, who were collecting $35 per day, now get $10.
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