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Three polls show Clinton ahead in Arizona
Hillary Clinton is now ahead in Arizona, three separate polls conducted within days of each other show.
Democrats confident they can finally win a House seat in LD18
The three-way race for LD18’s two House seats will feature the same players as 2014’s election: Democrat Mitzi Epstein is attempting to unseat one of the two Republican representatives, Bob Robson and Jill Norgaard.
Too little, too late? McCain abandons Trump as Kirkpatrick attacks over past support
U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., over the past couple of weeks has ratcheted up the pressure on U.S. Sen. McCain over his tepid but long-running support of Trump’s candidacy.
Same sex spouse of mother entitled to same rights as man, court rules
The same-sex spouse of a gay woman who has given birth is entitled to the same parental presumptions and rights as if she were a man, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
Republicans struggle to defend Donald Trump following lewd comments
The Republican Party is reeling from the fallout of a 2005 video of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, in which he bragged about groping women and kissing them without waiting for permission. Critics say Trump was doing no less than boasting of being able to sexually assault women.
State Supreme Court takes cases that could give hope to teenage murderers
Gregory Valencia and Joey Healer went to prison as baby-faced and scrawny teens. As they approach 40, they’re trying to make a case for allowing them to go before a trial judge again for a new sentence that gives them a chance at walking free someday.
McCain withdraws support for Trump
U.S. Sen. John McCain withdrew his support for Donald Trump following release of an audio recording in which the GOP presidential nominee boasted of being able to sexually assault women and made crude comments about them, becoming perhaps the most prominent of the numerous Republicans to do so amid the firestorm of recriminations that erupted after the audio was released Friday.
Departments jockey to create the most compelling pleas for money
A new helicopter, more prison beds, money to pay utility bills – state agencies sent the Governor’s Office their annual budget requests detailing big and small priorities they hope the governor will include in his executive budget proposal to lawmakers in January.
Decimated Department of Revenue down to four auditors
The agency in charge of making sure the state has the resources to operate at “the speed of business,” as Gov. Doug Ducey wants it to, has only four auditors monitoring thousands of corporations, the agency’s former chief economist said today.
Ducey embraces ‘lean’ management philosophy
Ever the businessman, Gov. Doug Ducey is taking a popular management system that’s sweeping the corporate world and applying it to state government.
Child safety director rejects much of auditor general’s critique
Inadequate reports and failure to attend some hearings by the Department of Child Safety may be delaying some Arizona children getting permanent placement, according to a new report on the agency.
Meyer envisions a split Senate, and Brophy McGee has ‘heck of a fight’
On the campaign trail, Rep. Eric Meyer is not shying away from the potentially historic significance his election to the Senate could have.
