A Senate panel voted Wednesday to allow dental patients to get their lips puffed up, cheeks filled out and brow wrinkles smoothed at the same place they now get their cavities filled. And at least part of the reason for ...
Read More »Townsend casts Congressional bid with eye on elections, Trump
IN THIS ARTICLE: Why she’s running out of home district, appearance at Trump rally, election security and navigating Republican challengers An Apache Junction lawmaker who continues to question the outcome of the 2020 presidential race now wants to represent southeast ...
Read More »Don’t Texas My Arizona
The Texas Heartbeat Act—the most restrictive abortion law in the country—is in full effect. Although the law commenced just a few months ago, the effects are widespread: women are seeking refuge in neighboring states, online pharmacies are overwhelmed with patient ...
Read More »MLK III comes to Phoenix, slams Sinema over filibuster
Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change the Senate’s Jim Crow-era filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass. King told a crowd campaigning to protect voting ...
Read More »Rep. David Cook’s HB 2581 swaps incumbent petitions for $250
The way David Cook sees it, once you’ve been elected to office you shouldn’t have to be bothered gathering signatures on nominating petitions for your reelection. The Republican state representative from Globe is proposing that incumbents have an alternate option ...
Read More »Trump points a big finger at Brnovich in Florence
IN THIS ARTICLE: Pressure on Brnovich, Trump shouts-out Masters, Kern defiant on alternate electors, Lake talks George Washington Arizona Republicans methodically hammered claims the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump at a rally in Florence on Tuesday, putting the ...
Read More »Ducey’s 2023 budget: $1 billion jump, rainy day fund stays at 10% 
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey proposed a $14.25 billion state budget Friday morning, adding $1 billion in expenditures compared to the 2022 fiscal year and detailing some of the spending priorities he outlined in Monday’s State of the State address. Following ...
Read More »Treasury: Arizona risks relief funds over anti-mandate rules
The Biden administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19 relief funds sent to Arizona over state provisions that it says discourage families and school districts from following federal guidance recommending face coverings in schools. At issue are two state programs meant ...
Read More »Ex-politician in prison for adoption scheme loses appeal 
A former Arizona politician in prison for running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands has lost an appeal of one of his sentences. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a ...
Read More »Ducey keys on border, water, schools before walk-off 
The 2022 legislative session will be Doug Ducey’s eighth and last as governor of Arizona. It’s starting as yet another wave of Covid washes over the state and partisan politics are as bitter as ever in the Arizona legislature. State ...
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