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Jun 29, 2020

Ballot order law constitutional, federal judge rules

A federal judge has tossed a bid by Democrats to get their candidates a higher spot on the ballot in Republican-dominated counties. U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa, a President... […]

Jun 29, 2020

Q&A with Emily Anne Gullickson

For the third in its new series of video interviews with movers and shakers from the world of Arizona politics, the Arizona Capitol Times sat down (virtually) with Emily Anne... […]

Jun 29, 2020

State universities implement plans to resume classes on campus

Officials at all three of the state’s public universities are gearing up for welcoming students back to classes in a midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has spiked sharply in... […]

Jun 26, 2020

Governor says he’ll protect right to assemble

Gov. Doug Ducey is defending indoor political rallies with thousands of people without masks even as he admitted the only way Arizona will stop the upward trend of infections is if people mask up and stay home.

Jun 26, 2020

University research experts fight pandemic on several fronts

No corner of the country has been spared from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. And although the virus has been with us since winter, only now is Arizona experiencing... […]

Jun 26, 2020

Democrats, Republicans adopt divergent campaign strategies amid pandemic

Democratic legislative candidate Felicia French, who just returned from volunteering as a nurse on the Navajo Nation for a month, went back to a campaign that couldn’t look more different... […]

Jun 23, 2020

Tribes take federal government to court over water-quality rules

Two Arizona tribes are suing the federal government over the decision by the Trump administration to dilute water quality rules. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Phoenix claims the... […]

Jun 22, 2020

Ethics committee chairman weighs holding hearing for lawmaker

The head of the House Ethics Committee is weighing whether to have full-blown hearings into the panel’s investigation of Rep. David Cook — assuming the matter gets that far. Rep.... […]

Jun 22, 2020

Q&A with Stephanie Parra

This second edition of the Arizona Capitol Times’ video Q&A feature is an interview with Stephanie Parra, executive director of ALL in Education. Parra spent three years as the government... […]

Jun 22, 2020

Q&A with Senate Minority Leader David Bradley

Senate Minority Leader David Bradley will end a 16-year career as a lawmaker this year with a rare accomplishment: having voted for a bipartisan budget. It only took a global... […]

Jun 22, 2020

Q&A with House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez

House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez led a wartime caucus. Besieged by a majority that alternated between hostility and indifference, a public health crisis and a state in general disarray, the... […]

Jun 22, 2020

Sex ed legislation fizzles early in effort to avoid controversy

This was supposed to be the year lawmakers fought hard for sex education legislation, but a controversial start to the session mixed with a pandemic put a pin in that... […]

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