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Incumbent Andrea Dalessandro, D-Green Valley, handily won re-election maintaining a strong lead in the Legislative District 2 Senate race.

Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, has won re-election despite a last-minute flurry of spending against her.

Vance Phillips and Tasya Peterson were impressed with the popularity of a Fox News tweet featuring the indictment of Rep. Ceci Velasquez on charges related to food stamp fraud.

Gary Phillips’ case was one of several involving publicized arrests of DES employees, including one in which the agency may have unlawfully disclosed the name of an employee who was a food stamp recipient.

Rep. Ceci Velasquez, D-Phoenix, pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of unlawfully using food stamps.

Rodney Glassman has gone from Tucson Democrat to Phoenix Republican in a little more than a decade. Starting out as a city councilman in the Old Pueblo, he’s now in a coalition pushing to make kindergarten a full grade equal to one through 12.

The change coming to the Arizona Supreme Court might be more than just a couple of new faces.

Ohio’s ability to acquire a controversial sedative used in lethal injections has come into play in a lawsuit seeking to strip away secrecy surrounding Arizona executions.

A lawmaker’s colorful quotes about a piece of legislation can be a headache for an attorney later.

Gregory Valencia and Joey Healer went to prison as baby-faced and scrawny teens. As they approach 40, they’re trying to make a case for allowing them to go before a trial judge again for a new sentence that gives them a chance at walking free someday.