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Recent Articles from Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Arizona’s jobless rate ticks upward
The state's jobless rate is up a tenth of a point and stands exactly where it did a year ago.
Conservation group to spend $2.8 M to sway Corp Comm vote
If money is speech, the state's largest electric utility is not going to have the only voice this year in trying to affect who gets elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Billionaire helps Garcia, but no match for Ducey’s millions
Incumbent Gov. Doug Ducey is burying his Democratic foe in a landslide of dollars.
Prop 127 triggers record-setting spending
California billionaireTom Steyer has spent more than $18 million so far in his bid to convince Arizonans to support a constitutional mandate that half of all electricity come from renewable sources by 2030.
Treason, Trump, Obamacare at issue in Sinema, McSally debate
Hoping to remind voters of her foe's history, Republican senatorial contender Martha McSally said Monday that Kyrsten Sinema, her Democratic foe, is guilty of supporting "treason.''
State to open institute to develop autonomous technology
Four years after allowing companies to test driverless cars on Arizona streets, Gov. Doug Ducey is moving to make the state the center of testing for the next generation of autonomous automobiles.
Brnovich, Contreras debate on cases AG has taken
Attorney General Mark Brnovich found himself defending the decisions he made to challenge various federal laws, challenges that his Democrat foe said Wednesday worked against the interests of average Arizonans.
Prop 127 supporters target Brnovich for blitz of negative ads
Supporters of a renewable energy ballot measure have opened up a new front in their bid to get it approved: an expensive attack on Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
Carolyn Warner, former superintendent of education, dead at 88
Carolyn Warner, who died Tuesday, could have been the first woman governor of Arizona if it weren’t for Bill Schulz.
Treasurer debate turns personal, testy
Republican treasurer candidate Kimberly Yee labeled a plan by Democrat contender Mark Manoil to have the state help rural financial institutions do more lending as "socialized banking.''
Public health advocates campaign for Prop 127
Public health advocates urged voters Tuesday to support a renewable energy mandate on the November ballot even though not one of them could say how much of a difference it actually would make in ground-level air pollution.
Yes or no, ballot measure tricky vote
It seems a bit out of Alice in Wonderland. But if you support the goals of those who put Proposition 305 on the ballot -- opposition to expansion of vouchers -- you have to vote "no'' in November.
