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Here’s why Democrats’ elusive dream of a blue Arizona won’t happen this year – unless…
With only a 6-point difference in voter registration between the GOP and the Democratic Party and more than one-third of voters registering as independents, some experts view Arizona as a potential swing state.
Olson, Jones clash in 5th Congressional District debate
Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, and former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones exchanged broadsides over residency and what it means to be a career politician during last week’s debate on the political talk show “Arizona Horizon.”
Bob Stump: Anger is conservatives’ proper response to Trump candidacy
Arizona Corporation Commission regulator Bob Stump is the highest-ranking Republican official in Arizona to publicly denounce GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
FBI interviews former Corp Comm chairman, Corp Comm staff in 2014 election probe
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation today interviewed former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce and Corporation Commission staffers as part of a probe into the 2014 elections.
The Outsider: Christine Jones crashes the party in CD5
Christine Jones is seeking to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District two years after her disastrous foray into Arizona’s gubernatorial race, where she spent $5.5 million and finished a poor third in the Republican primary.
There’s digital life after death
What happens to your digital life when you die? In many states, the answer likely depends on the terms of agreement and privacy policies of digital asset custodians, such as Facebook or Google.
McSally isn’t ready to endorse Donald Trump
Rep. Martha McSally, a Republican from Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, had been dodging the question over whether she will support Donald Trump as her party’s nominee. Now that Donald Trump’s path to the GOP nomination has been cleared by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich dropping out of the race, McSally said she’s not ready to endorse the presumptive nominee jus[...]
Prop. 123 tone gets ominous, focuses on impact if voters reject it
The campaign to put $3.5 billion more into schools over 10 years is shifting its tone now that early voting is underway.
Lessons learned on press restrictions from my home country
I couldn’t help but think about my former country’s experience when House Speaker David Gowan revoked reporters’ access to the chamber’s floor, a privilege journalists have enjoyed for at least four decades.
Robert Graham: Guiding Arizona’s Republican Party through turbulent times
Whether he admits it or not, Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham is in a tight spot. As head of the party, he quickly affirmed Republicans’ choice of Donald Trump on the night of the Arizona presidential primary March 22, and yet he also has to navigate through myriad complications that will surely arise after his party picked, to put it mildly, such a divisive figure.
Lack of skilled labor haunts Arizona’s construction industry
The lack of skilled labor haunts not only Arizona’s construction industry. It is endemic nationwide, and it is becoming more pronounced even as the construction industry steadily recovers from the great real estate crash of the last decade.
Elisa Villanueva Beard: Reflecting the joy of a rewarding career
Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach for America, talks about the rewards and challenges of teaching, and why she wouldn’t hire Donald Trump to join the TFA corps.
