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Can’t hurt to ask: Arizona lawmakers raise earmark requests by $194 million
Add another item to the long list of things that Republican and Democratic members of Arizona’s congressional delegation disagree on: earmarks.
Arizona donors double down after Jan. 6 panel questions Trump election fund
Thousands of Arizonans donated $1.51 million to the Save America PAC, after a flurry of emails from then-President Trump’s campaign begging supporters to help challenge Democrats’ plans “to count ILLEGAL ballots.”
Inflation, gas prices strain residents
The Phoenix area posted one of the nation’s highest inflation rates over the past year at 12.3%, compared to a national rate of 9.1% that was itself the sharpest rise in more than 40 years.
Court upholds Arizona prisons’ ban on explicit materials for inmates
A federal appeals court Friday upheld the Arizona prison system’s ban on sexually explicit material for inmates, rejecting claims by a censored prison magazine publisher that the policy violates the First Amendment.
National park tourism, spending recovering from pandemic
National parks in Arizona welcomed 10.7 million visitors, who pumped $1.12 billion into local economies in 2021, both sharp increases from the pandemic-induced lows of the year before, according to the National Park Service.
