Senator Calls System 'Corrupt' for Endorsing Law as Written, Not as Intended

An Arizona Senate committee this week unanimously passed a bill that would add two types of cancers to the list of conditions presumed to arise out of employment for firefighters and peace officers, and preclude employers from rebutting the presumption. The Senate Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development on Monday voted 7-0 to pass Senate Bill 1160, by Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek. “This is personal. We have to get this done,” Carter said to the firefighters and peace officers at the hearing. “We’ve got to make sure there are no more ...