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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.

Two GOP-backed measures to create geographical signature requirements for citizen initiatives would create barriers to the ballot that GOP leaders have fought to repeal for candidates.

Republican Jerry Sheridan, Joe Arpaio’s former chief deputy, is challenging Paul Penzone for Maricopa County sheriff.

Ninth Floor staffers met with House and Senate majority leaders this morning to outline a proposal that attempts to resolve the tax conformity stalemate, sources with knowledge of the offer told our reporter.

In one of his last acts as AZGOP chair, Jonathan Lines filed a complaint against the Sister District Project – a group devoted to electing Democratic down-ballot candidates that helped Democrats in LD6 and LD18 last year.

Ducey has been slacking on appointing members to the commissions that nominate judges across the state, despite multiple letters from the State Bar of Arizona prodding him to fill the positions that are “mandated by the Arizona Constitution.”

Ducey pulled out all the stops to try to kill tax conformity legislation before it reached his desk and put him in the awkward position of vetoing legislation designed to head off a tax increase.

Former lawmaker Todd Clodfelter has been spotted at the Capitol lately with his wife, former Arizona Cosmetology Board member Karla Kestner-Clodfelter, who just started a new lobbying firm, “Tag Team Strategies.”