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Election 2016

Jul 13, 2016

Green Party makes it onto Arizona ballot

Arizonans who are concerned about Clinton, terrified of Trump and are jittery about Johnson are going to have another choice.

Jul 12, 2016

Olson, Jones clash in 5th Congressional District debate

Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, and former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones exchanged broadsides over residency and what it means to be a career politician during last week’s debate on the political talk show “Arizona Horizon.”

Jul 11, 2016

Opponents of legalized marijuana sue to block ballot measure

Foes of legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Arizona are trying to block voters from getting their say on the measure.

Jul 11, 2016

County seal, Trump sticker OK to be on official’s vehicle

Despite some resident's concern, attorneys say it is legal for a Yavapai County elected official to display both the county seal and political bumper stickers on his personal vehicle.

Jul 11, 2016

McCain, Kirkpatrick neck and neck in second-quarter fundraising

U.S. Sen. John McCain and Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick both announced strong fundraising hauls for the second quarter of 2016, raising nearly $2 million apiece.

Jul 6, 2016

Restaurant group preparing to fight minimum wage ballot measure

The head of state’s restaurant industry is gearing up to convince voters to quash an initiative that would boost the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020.

Jul 5, 2016

War chests filling for recreational pot proposal

Proponents of recreational use of marijuana in Arizona already have raised more than $2.2 million in their bid to get voter approval in November.

Jul 1, 2016

Sign anarchy: Aftermath of Supreme Court decision opens Pandora’s Box of sign code problems

As the political season begins in earnest and campaign signs start to pepper roads around the state, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is complicating cities’ abilities to regulate other kinds of signs.

Jun 30, 2016

Marijuana advocates turn in signatures for ballot measure

Supporters of recreational marijuana use turned in more than 250,000 signatures on June 30 to get an initiative to legalize marijuana on the November ballot in Arizona.

Jun 29, 2016

Clean Elections initiative calls it quits

A campaign for a proposed citizen initiative that would have dramatically expanded Arizona’s Clean Elections system for publicly funding political campaigns called it quits, saying it couldn’t collect enough signatures before the upcoming July 7 deadline because of “dirty tricks” by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce.

Jun 29, 2016

Marijuana advocates to turn in more than 200,000 signatures

Supporters of recreational marijuana use will turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures Thursday morning to get an initiative to legalize marijuana on the November ballot in Arizona.

Jun 29, 2016

Arizonans gave Trump their votes but not their dollars – yet

He may have received close to half the primary votes in the state, but presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump got just 3 percent of the money Arizonans gave to 2016 Republican presidential campaigns, according to the latest campaign finance numbers.

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