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Gallardo files for ethics investigation into Bundgaard case
Democratic Sen. Steve Gallardo today filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Scott Bundgaard, asking for a full-blown investigation into the February fight the Peoria Republican had with his ex-girlfriend alongside a Valley freeway.
Redistricting commission to hear suggestions
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will be getting some advice Thursday.
Current IRC map became more competitive over time
Arizona Democrats have said they want a legislative map that will be used for the next decade to significantly increase the number of competitive districts in order to give more voters an actual choice when they go to ballot boxes every other November.
Carmona eyeing senate race
Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona is contemplating a run for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race.
Challenging race ahead for Jeff Flake?
It’s Christmas in August. I couldn’t be more excited that wealthy Mesa investor and businessman Wil Cardon announced last week that he was going to challenge Jeff Flake for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Recovery aside, Giffords’ vote was brilliant politics
If we are to take her staff’s word for it, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will retain — at least — her Democratic seat in Congress in 2012.
In the best-case scenario, she would be the heavy front-runner in a U.S. Senate race with Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, whose early entry into the contest has thus far scared off all other GOP contenders.
Arizona lawmakers vote overwhelmingly against successful debt-limit deal
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s congressional delegation voted overwhelmingly Monday to oppose a bill to raise the debt limit, which nonetheless passed the House by a comfortable margin and could be taken up by the Senate Tuesday.
Brewer-appointed privatization commission issues long-awaited report, recommends more privatization
The Commission on Privatization and Efficiency released its long-awaited report, nearly eight months after it was originally scheduled for completion.
Playing catch-up: Despite slow start, IRC targets fall map completion
The Independent Redistricting Commission was crafted to give the power to draw political maps to an appointed panel, free from political shackles. But now months behind the pace set by the previous IRC, there is a very real possibility that the job may fall to a panel of federal judges.
Democrats donate special session paychecks to nonprofit organization
A handful of Democratic lawmakers held a press conference today to announce they are donating their special session paychecks to a nonprofit employment assistance organization and chastise their Republican colleagues for not extending federal unemployment benefits.
Lawmaker introduces pay-as-students-advance school funding plan
Rep. Chester Crandell, a Heber Republican, is pushing a system of school finance reform of his own making that would pay school districts as students reach certain levels of achievement.
McCain ‘puzzled’ by anger over wildfire remark
Sen. John McCain says he's "puzzled" that there's a controversy surrounding remarks he made suggesting illegal immigrants were responsible for some of the massive wildfire in eastern Arizona.
