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Recent Articles from Evan Wyloge, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Clean Elections looking into Corp Comm texts
Arizona election regulators have taken note of records showing that Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump was in regular contact with the campaigns of candidates he supported and a “dark money” group that helped get them elected, and they want to see and inspect those records themselves.
Phone logs connect Corporation Commissioner to campaigns, ‘dark money’ and utility
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump repeatedly communicated with the executive director of a “dark money” group that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to help elect the candidates he backed, while also keeping regular contact with those candidates, their campaign manager, and a senior executive of the state’s largest utility, Arizona Public Service, according to recently released[...]
Pinnacle West board to shareholders: Reject increased disclosure proposal
When Pinnacle West Capital Corporation shareholders open their mail this spring, they’ll be asked whether the state's largest utility should provide more information about money it spends to influence policies and elections in Arizona.
Bizarre voting trends emerge again in Colorado City
Hundreds of voters in Colorado City made nearly identical choices when casting ballots in the November 2014 election, continuing a bizarre trend where a block of voters didn't choose any candidate in some races, but voted almost 100 percent for an individual candidate in others.
Ducey’s primer: Arizona agency transition documents
In the weeks following Doug Ducey's 2014 gubernatorial win, state agencies, departments and commissions prepared a report to provide a snapshot of the organization, from the perspective of its top staff, intended to inform an incoming governor.
APS employee drafted anti-solar letter signed by AZ congressmen
Rooftop solar companies are using deceptive marketing to push risky leases on consumers, and federal regulators need to step in. That was the message sent by six Arizona congressmen in letters to the Federal Trade Commission and the recently created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But one of those letters was originally drafted by an employee of Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest [...]
High-profile donors, familiar names dominate 2014 campaign contributions
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and wrestling magnate Linda McMahon might make a funny trio for the setup of a joke, but what they actually have in common is their outsized funding of Arizona’s 2014 campaign season.
