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Tourism director resigns in wake of conflict of interest accusations
The head of the Arizona Office of Tourism resigned abruptly Friday amid questions of a conflict of interest in a $700,000 expenditure for a new logo.
Lake, Richer settle defamation suit
The agreement comes eight months after Lake conceded in legal papers she had, in fact, made false statements about the Maricopa County recorder and the way he conducted the 2022 gubernatorial race that she lost to Katie Hobbs.
Lake likely to lose as vote counts nears end
There is no way for Kari Lake to become the state's next senator.
Lake attorney demands answers on Pima County ‘clerical error’
What Pima County officials say was a clerical error led it to reporting incorrect numbers of untallied ballots on Friday.
Hamadeh refuses to give up quest for re-vote of AG race
Republican Abe Hamadeh won’t give up his bid to challenge his loss to Democrat Kris Mayes in the 2022 race for attorney general even if Arizonans vote to send him […]
Arizona county recorders won’t have to check citizenship of federal-only voters, court rules
A federal judge has slapped down a bid by an Arizona group to force county recorders to immediately investigate whether more than 40,000 registered voters are citizens.
Gallego divorce records must be unsealed, Arizona appellate court rules
The public is entitled to see what is in the divorce records of Ruben and Kate Gallego – at least, most of it.
CD6 candidates debate abortion, border policy and personal barbs
The Democratic candidate for Congressional District 6, Kirsten Engel, said she is totally behind a ballot proposal to enshrine the right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution. During a debate […]
Students picking up more of the state university funding
A bid by the Board of Regents for another $732 million to finance state universities is rekindling a decades old fight about the financial responsibility of state taxpayers versus how much of the cost should be borne by students.
Ballot measure would penalize cities for homeless people damaging private property
Republican lawmakers are asking voters to approve a law that would put local governments throughout the state on the financial hook if property owners say they incurred expenses because of the failure to enforce various state and local statutes and ordinances, ranging from illegal camping and loitering to defecating or drinking in public.
Federal court rules part of Arizona election manual illegal
A federal judge late Friday blocked Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from refusing to include a county's vote in the statewide totals if the local supervisors failed to certify the results, calling what he proposed "utterly without precedent'' and comparing it to a nuclear weapon.
Supreme Court justice to retire, opens door for Hobbs’ to choose replacement
Justice Robert Brutinel, who had been named to the court in 2010 by then-Gov. Jan Brewer, announced Tuesday he is going to retire at the end of October.
