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Silence of the hawks: Response muted to Ducey’s billion-dollar borrowing plan
Gov. Doug Ducey is proposing to add a billion dollars to Arizona’s outstanding borrowing load of $7.3 billion, a dramatic leap into indebtedness, and yet the opposition to it has been mostly muted, even from groups that traditionally balk at borrowing.
New AG opinion on electioneering by public officials in the works
Critics cheered when Attorney General Mark Brnovich withdrew an opinion they said would have led to electioneering by public officials with taxpayer dollars, but it won’t be the last word on the matter.
AG withdraws opinion on use of public dollars on elections
Following a barrage of criticism, an opinion by Attorney General Mark Brnovich that allowed officials to use public resources on election topics has been withdrawn.
Proxy war: Bill aims to limit abuse in intraparty elections
A Senate panel has advanced a bill that attempts to rein in the rampant use of proxies at Republican intraparty elections, but some local party leaders say the bill is unnecessarily overreaching.
Gov. Brewer’s backing helps incumbents, but not moderate challengers
The chorus of Tea Party anger that drove conservative candidates to challenge their party’s elected officials faltered on election night, as no Republican lawmaker who supported Medicaid expansion was defeated in the primaries.
New guv’s first crisis: Dealing with school funding while trying to cut taxes
The tax-cutting stance embraced by several candidates for governor is heading straight into a collision course with the reality of a judge’s ruling on school funding.
Outside spending, dark money fuel attack ads in race for Arizona governor
Conservative groups backed by dark money or yet to be-disclosed funding sources are trading blows on the airwaves now that a pro-Christine Jones IE began airing ads attacking Doug Ducey for his own alleged ties to dark money ads.
Pro-Jones ‘dark money’ group attacks Ducey over ‘dark money’ tactics
An Arizona conservative group released an ad Monday attacking GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey, alleging that Ducey has ties to attack ads from dark money groups that are smearing other candidates for governor.
Democrats oust Landrum Taylor as Senate Minority Leader in favor of Tovar
In a dramatic turn of events, Senate Minority Leader Landrum Taylor was ousted as minority leader by her party-mates following a closed-door meeting in the Senate today.
Senate approves sales tax reform compromise
By a 29-0 vote, the state Senate late Thursday approved Gov. Jan Brewer’s sales tax overhaul proposal after she obtained the buy-in of Arizona cities and towns.
Senate gives preliminary approval to Medicaid expansion
A block of five Republican senators joined forces with Senate Democrats on May 16 to wrest control of the chamber from Sen. President Andy Biggs and provide momentum to Gov. Brewer’s proposal to expand Medicaid in Arizona.
Senate president vows to block Medicaid expansion plan
Senate President Andy Biggs said Tuesday he would do “everything I can” to prevent Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposal to expand Medicaid from reaching the Senate floor for a vote.
