Gov. Doug Ducey signed off on Tempe’s “dark money” ballot initiative, a move that will likely open up the state to a lawsuit.

Solutions require a lot of different minds addressing the problem for a lot of different reasons. Recognize when you’re facing a “golden moment”–a time and place where everyone wants to see the same outcome, even if they weren’t working for the exact same reasons or in the exact same way. If the problem is addressed, recognize that as a win. You don’t all have to attend the same victory party, but you may end up inviting more new friends than you ever imagined.

Gov. Doug Ducey could upend elections in two major Arizona cities by effectively doing nothing.

The group responsible for forcing a public vote on the future of vouchers will now help a bit to block "dark money'' in future political campaigns.

Arizona cities are losing their right to demand that nonprofit groups seeking to sway local elections divulge who is financing the effort.

On a 33-25 margin the Republican-controlled House voted to prohibit local government from requiring organizations declared to be tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service from registering as political action committees, even if they are putting money into races.

Outlaw Dirty Money, a campaign led by former attorney general Terry Goddard, wants to let Arizonans vote on a constitutional amendment to ban “dark money,” the term given to campaign dollars spent by groups who don’t disclose the source of their money.

A former state attorney general wants Arizonans to vote to constitutionally ban anonymous donations from political campaigns.

A libertarian think tank contends that monopoly utilities could be violating the free speech rights of ratepayers by making political contributions without their consent to candidates and causes.

The parent company of the state’s largest utility spent more than $10 million on political ventures in 2016, according to an annual report released today.