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Minimum wage hike foes want state high court to toss measure
Opponents of a voter initiative raising the state's minimum wage from $8.05 to $12 an hour by 2020 on Wednesday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to overrule a trial judge's decision that said they filed their challenge too late.
A review of key states with Voter ID laws found no voter impersonation fraud
Politicians and voting rights advocates continue to clash over whether photo ID and other voting requirements are needed to prevent voter fraud, but a News21 analysis and recent court rulings show little evidence that such fraud is widespread.
Jones unleashes TV attack against Stapley, Biggs
Jones unleashes TV attack against Stapley, Biggs
New laws leave voters to navigate maze of requirements
With the presidential election less than three months away, millions of Americans will be navigating new requirements for voting – if they can vote at all – as state leaders implement dozens of new restrictions that could make it more difficult to cast a ballot.
Agricultural companies funding anti-Gosar campaign
A dispute between Paul Gosar and agricultural interests is at the root of a super PAC’s campaign to oust the three-term congressman in the Republican primary.
Latino voters deciding the election? Si se puede
When Arizona enacted a law in 1972 effectively preventing farmworkers from organizing, Cesar Chavez and I met with local Latino leaders here who were skeptical that change could ever happen in the state.
Nearly $500K in ‘dark money’ spent on Arizona 2016 legislative primary
With just one week until Arizona’s primary election, political spending to affect legislative races paid for by outside groups that don’t disclose the source of the money amounts to almost half a million dollars.
Jones attacks Biggs, Stapley as Election Day nears
As an increasingly tight GOP primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District enters its final week, Christine Jones launched her first attack ad of the race, taking aim at Andy Biggs and Don Stapley.
2 Democrats vie for chance to challenge US Rep. McSally
At first glance, the Democrats running for U.S. House in the southeast Arizona district that includes most of Tucson are a lot alike.
Republicans edge independents as largest Arizona voter bloc
Republicans now account for the largest bloc of Arizona's 3.4 million registered voters, outnumbering independents for the first time since January 2014.
Reagan bill ends IE notifications, but Clean Elections keeps them alive
A requirement that dark money groups file frequent notifications of independent expenditure spending will likely continue, even after Secretary of State Michele Reagan’s rewrite of Arizona’s campaign finance laws struck it from the statutes, thanks to separate rules and laws enforced by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Judge tosses out challenge against minimum wage initiative
Foes of an initiative to hike the minimum wage to $12 an hour have no legal right to challenge whether the signatures were gathered by people who were not qualified, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers ruled today.
