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Arizona

Mar 6, 2014

Strategist: Polls have revealed the real frontrunner

Republican political consultant Bert Coleman told our reporter yesterday that the results of the latest Public Policy Polling survey are clear evidence that perception and reality starkly differ when it comes to Ducey.

Mar 6, 2014

Arizona House approves $40 million raise for DPS

The Arizona House has approved a bill giving state police and other Department of Public Safety workers a $40 million raise over the next three years.

Mar 6, 2014

Arizona House approves bill funding big events

The city of Glendale would get up to $2 million to pay security costs associated with next year's Super Bowl under a bill approved Wednesday by the Arizona House of Representatives.

Mar 6, 2014

Interstate linking Phoenix, Vegas faces tough go

Phoenix and Las Vegas are linked by a road that narrows to two lanes, hits stoplights in a Depression-era town and until recently backed up traffic over the Hoover Dam.

Terry Goddard at his 2012 gubernatorial campaign headquarters (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Mar 6, 2014

Goddard filing to run for Ariz. secretary of state

Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is officially becoming a candidate for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state.

Mar 6, 2014

Experts: More than half of cancer cases in Arizona preventable

Experts offered lawmakers some grim statistics Wednesday on cancer in Arizona, including a forecast of 11,400 deaths this year and a 50 percent increase in cancer cases by 2050.

Arizona Sen. Steve Gallardo (AP Photo)
Mar 5, 2014

Gallardo: ‘I’m gay. It’s OK’’

Sen. Steve Gallardo quietly announced March 5 that he’s gay, citing the recent debate over SB1062 as part of the reason why he’s choosing now to come out.

Mar 5, 2014

Sinema ponders which will be the road not taken

Barely a year after winning a hard-fought battle to put Arizona’s 9th Congressional District in the Democratic column, U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema faces a fork in the road.

abortions, stethoscope, fetus
Mar 5, 2014

Lawsuit filed over new rules on abortion pill

Planned Parenthood and a Tucson gynecologist are asking a federal judge to block new rules that will limit their ability to perform abortions using drugs instead of surgery.

Mar 5, 2014

‘Undecided’ still leads gov’s race

Polling on the 2014 governor’s race is starting to show some consistent themes: none of the candidates is particularly well-known, most voters are undecided and DuVal appears to be competitive.

Mar 5, 2014

Report: Both parties have ‘work cut out for them’ to reach Hispanic vote

Arizona Hispanic voter engagement has not kept pace with the growth of the Latino population, but that is poised to change and political parties need to be ready to take advantage, a new report says.

Mar 5, 2014

Democratic leaders slam conservative group behind SB1062, abortion bill

The conservative advocacy group, Center for Arizona Policy, which was behind legislation such as SB 1062 and attempts to restrict abortions has too much power over the Legislature, Democratic leaders said Tuesday.

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