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Arizona to get $26 million in conservation funding
The state of Arizona is slated to receive nearly $26 million to go toward conservation funding.
Begay urges Senate panel to back bill giving Native students school choice
Arizona state Sen. Carlyle Begay, R-Ganado, told a U.S. Senate committee on April 6 that a bill to give Native American students school choice is the “true essence of self-determination and self-empowerment” that tribes are seeking.
Senator blasts administration’s fight against Islamic State
The Obama administration's fight against the Islamic State is at risk of becoming a "grinding failure for our nation," an influential Republican senator said Tuesday in a broadside that illustrated the mounting frustrations in Congress with the U.S. strategy to defeat the extremist group.
In anti-establishment year, endorsements a ‘complicated science’
Political experts put the value of an endorsement somewhere between “inconsequential” and “good for growing email lists and gathering volunteers.”
Wendy Rogers enters crowded GOP CD1 field
Republican Wendy Rogers is running for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, a move that ended weeks of speculation.
Breaking point? Once again, Sinema angers Democratic base
For disgruntled liberals who have spent the past three years watching Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema vote with Republicans on core partisan issues, her vote for a temporary halt on accepting new Syrian refugees into the United States was a tipping point.
How Arizona’s representatives voted on the refugee bill, HR 4038
Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted on H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015.
Power vacuum: Candidates from around Arizona vie to replace Ann Kirkpatrick in CD1
The power vacuum U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick will leave behind as she runs for the U.S. Senate is drawing many familiar faces into the contest for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District – including well-known politicians who live outside the district’s boundaries.
GOP congressman campaigns on his boycott of pope’s visit
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is touting his boycott of Pope Francis' address to Congress in a fundraising email.
Slain Mesa clerk’s uncle urges U.S. Senate to crack down on immigrant custody
Michael Ronnebeck was back in Washington on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to crack down on repeat offenders in the immigrant population in order to prevent another killing like that of his nephew.
Reaction to proposed Iran deal is swift, and split, from Arizona lawmakers
It took more than 20 months of negotiations to reach agreement on an Iranian nuclear deal, but it took mere hours for Arizona lawmakers to respond to the plan, with support falling along party lines.
House OKs bill aimed at curbing wildfires; critics call it ‘bad for forests’
The House voted 262-167 Thursday for a bill that supporters said will reduce wildfires by streamlining the process for managing federal forests before and after outbreaks.
