Dem Senator Navarrete arrested
A Democratic state senator was arrested Thursday evening, Phoenix police confirmed.
Top Ducey aides leave for new jobs
Two senior staffers for Gov. Doug Ducey are leaving their jobs after nearly seven years.
Judge refuses – for now – to grant TRO against Phoenix Union’s mask policy
A Superior Court judge did not rule on the claim by a teacher at Phoenix Union, which imposed a mask mandate, that the law banning schools from doing so is in effect. But he did not grant a request by Alexander Kolodin, the teacher’s attorney, for an immediate restraining order to bar the district from enforcing its new policy.
Court orders Senate to turn over audit records, appeal likely to come
A judge has ordered the Senate to immediately produce the records it has related to the audit of the 2020 election -- even those in the hands of Cyber Ninjas Inc., the private firm hired to conduct the review.
County supervisors defy Senate subpoenas
Maricopa County won't surrender the latest batch of documents and equipment the Senate demands.
‘Why don’t you listen to what I have to say?’
The crowd’s treatment of her raised the question of whether the Arizona Republican Party is doomed in the 2022 general election if this crowd was going to turn on one of the most conservative lawmakers in the state
Trump backers give $5.6M for Senate audit
Groups linked to Donald Trump and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election have put more than $5.6 million into the audit run by a man who himself has touted some of the same rhetoric.
State health director to leave post
Dr. Cara Christ, the Arizona state health director who helped lead the state through the Covid pandemic, is leaving her post to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.
Arizona won’t follow CDC mask advice
Arizona won’t heed new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control that most residents and all K-12 student and teachers resume wearing masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, Gov. Doug Ducey said late Tuesday afternoon.
Audit Twitter accounts suspended, Bennett frozen out
When the Arizona audit began, the public had two avenues to receive information – former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and the Arizona Audit Twitter account – three months later, it has neither.
Tucson man’s nightmare: cops lied, cats died
A Tucson man will get a new chance to seek financial damages from the city for an illegal search of his east side home more than a decade ago.
Group seeks court order to end referendum campaign
An organization that pushes for lower taxes and less government regulation is trying to deny Arizonans the option to decide whether they want to approve or veto the $1.9 billion in tax cuts enacted last month by the Republican-controlled legislature.