Arizona Capitol Times Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business

Donna Hamm, executive director of Middle Ground Prison Reform, sent Dept of Corrections director Charles Ryan an email questioning his decision to host a “family day” at Douglas prison – kicking off a heated email exchange between the two.

Fontes’ office called the police on AZ Patriots last week after repeatedly asking members of the group to stop shooting video while the office was operating as a polling place.

Shope doesn’t believe Stringer is entitled to a full-blown Ethics Committee hearing where he can defend himself before any potential action to expel him, and the Ethics Committee chair wants to avoid that kind of “circus,” he told our reporter.

The Attorney General’s Office found that a slew of public officials violated the law prohibiting the use of public resources to influence an election after a host of small town and county officials pushed APS-backed resolutions opposing Prop 127, and Tobin sent a press release to that effect.

Triadvocates is working both sides of a fight between airports and a new type of car rental company, which several lobbyists said raises questions of conflict of interest.

Democrats resoundingly praised the governor for taking a strong pro-vaccination stance yesterday.

Two members of the AZ Patriots – an offshoot of the Patriot Movement AZ – were barred from entering the House today.

Arizona ranks first in something education-related, but not something to celebrate.

In a letter to the AG’s Office, Hobbs accused former Secretary of State Michele Reagan and her top deputies of destroying public records before leaving office in January.

Ducey’s announcement yesterday that he was named to Trump’s Council of Governors – a bipartisan group of 10 governors advising the president on homeland security and national defense issues – has some people wondering about his plans for the future.