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Electric utility lobbying efforts win big in 2025
Key Points: Electric utility companies had two bills passed to protect their financial assets in 2025 Companies like Arizona Public Service Co. have also donated huge amounts of money across […]
Gretchen Jacobs – Lobbying for a greater cause
It’s a rare instance when a lobbyist’s advocacy for a bill becomes personal, but that’s what the recently signed “Ava’s Law” became for Gretchen Jacobs. Jacobs, a lobbyist with Arizona […]
Megan Gilbertson: The transition from storyteller to advocate
Megan Gilbertson has held a number of journalism, communications and advocacy roles throughout her nearly 20-year career. Gilbertson started as an education reporter with The Arizona Republic. She then served […]
Patrick Adams: A fresh approach to the long history of water policy
Patrick Adams serves as the senior adviser for water policy to Gov. Katie Hobbs, where he helps implement her plans for Arizona’s water future. In an interview with the Arizona […]
Daniel Adelman: The fight for Arizona’s Constitution
Daniel Adelman took up the helm at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in 2018. During his tenure, he led litigation to keep people housed during the pandemic, […]
Nicole Newhouse: Searching for solutions to the Arizona housing crisis.
As housing prices in Arizona climb to half a million dollars, advocates like Nicole Newhouse and the Arizona Housing Coalition are urging a policy that makes home ownership more attainable […]
In Their Words: Amanda Aguirre
Amanda Aguirre was born and raised near the border in Sonora, Mexico, at a time she describes as friendlier. She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, and she discovered her […]
Lea Márquez Peterson: Bringing southern Arizona to the Capitol
Lea Márquez Peterson is the longest serving member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, having been appointed in 2019 and elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024. As the only statewide […]
David Duncan: Behind the red tape of state-sanctioned death
Before his report was cut short by Gov. Katie Hobbs, David Duncan, a retired federal magistrate judge, poured over banker boxes of records, interviewed dozens of people at the many […]
House passes ‘Valor Act’ unanimously, but Senate committee blocks it
Key Points “Valor Act” would criminalize impersonating a veteran. The bill passed out of the House unanimously but is held in the Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee. Republicans and Democrats […]
Duda, Leingang take new roles at the Arizona Capitol Times
Award-winning reporter Jeremy Duda, who covered the governor’s office for the Arizona Capitol Times, has been promoted to Capitol Reports Assistant Editor.
“Revenge porn’’ bill passes 58-0 in House
The Arizona House approves bill criminalizing “revenge porn.”
