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Ducey acknowledges challenges matching revenues with proposed spending
The successful gubernatorial candidate who promised to balance the budget without tax hikes or borrowing won't be presenting a truly balanced spending plan to lawmakers in January.
Ducey budget committee includes key Brewer staffers
Facing a billion-dollar deficit on the day he takes office, Arizona Governor-elect Doug Ducey formed a budget study committee to help him figure out the problem prior to his inauguration, and several key members of his predecessor’s administration are lending a hand.
Incoming lawmaker’s warrant quashed after friend pays fines
After getting a little help from her friend, Democratic Rep.-elect Ceci Velasquez is no longer wanted by police for a bench warrant from unpaid fines stemming from a trio of traffic tickets in 2010.
Who’s got the juice? Some of the biggest power brokers of 2014 election are unknown
Determining the most influential people of 2014 becomes far more difficult when so many of them are anonymous. Such was the case in Arizona, where a predominant feature of the election cycle was “dark money,” the anonymous campaign spending that has proliferated in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United ruling in 2010.
Caught in the middle: Democrats, Republicans rejoice in defeating Orr
In his attempt to walk the middle road in the highly partisan Arizona Legislature, Republican Rep. Ethan Orr of Tucson united the conservative right and the liberal left against him, creating strange bedfellows and a perfect storm that swept him out of office.
Lawmaker on the run from the law
Democratic Rep.-elect Ceci Velasquez is a wanted woman. Florence Municipal Court records show that Velasquez has a warrant out for her arrest due to her failure to pay fines associated with a trio of traffic violations in 2010, when she was cited for driving on a suspended license, in a vehicle with suspended registration and no mandatory insurance.
Recount next in Barber-McSally race in Arizona’s CD2
A recount will be needed to determine if Republican Martha McSally's lead over Democratic Rep. Ron Barber stands, according to unofficial election results from Pima County completed Wednesday.
Pima County officials find 208 more ballots
Pima County elections officials discovered 208 additional ballots on Wednesday from voters in the tightly contested 2nd Congressional District race.
CD2 race appears headed toward recount
A recount is likely to be triggered in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, where Republican Martha McSally leads U.S. Rep. Ron Barber by fewer than 200 votes.
County prosecutors seek high court opinion on dark money
Maricopa County prosecutors want the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that “dark money” groups cannot anonymously say nasty things about candidates just because they don't mention the upcoming election.
Garcia concedes schools chief race to Douglas
Democrat David Garcia conceded the race for superintendent of public Instruction late Monday to Republican Diane Douglas, who declared her slim margin of victory a mandate against Common Core learning standards.
No love lost: Incoming schools chief has little good to say about other educators
The people who Diane Douglas said are from the “ivory towers” are eager to meet with her and find out the rest of her ideas besides repealing Common Core.
