A dark money group urged the Arizona Court of Appeals to allow it to challenge the Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s authority to levy a $96,000 fine against it after a judge ruled that it missed the deadline for filing an appeal, a case that could settle the long-running dispute over the extent of the commission’s jurisdiction.
Read More »Dark money group says appeal should go forward
Local leaders: Volunteers will monitor Arizona polling sites
A coalition of advocacy groups says it is deploying monitors to dozens of polling sites in the Phoenix and Tucson areas to ensure voters are safe and not misinformed.
Read More »Defiant, APS files suit over regulator’s subpoenas 
The state’s largest electric utility today filed suit against an Arizona Corporation Commissioner, saying the regulator’s subpoenas to compel its spending disclosure are unlawful and part of a “campaign of harassment.”
Read More »AZ, California agriculture interests funded anti-Gosar ads
When Right Way Superpac started spending against Gosar, the congressman and his team pointed the finger at the GOP establishment, the US Chamber of Commerce and the forces that fought to defeat Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp earlier this month.
Read More »Pollster George Khalaf: His heritage drew him to the Republican Party 
Growing up in Arizona, George Khalaf often heard stories about a distant land called Lebanon, from which his parents fled following that country’s civil war.
Read More »Grand jury subpoenaed APS’ parent company 
Arizona Public Service’s parent company received two grand jury subpoenas in June, according to a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2.
Read More »Showdown between Clean Elections, governor’s regulatory council on hold 
A looming showdown between the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and a regulatory review panel that’s trying to rein in the commission’s authority will wait until next year after both sides agreed to delay any final decisions until after the Nov. 8 election.
Read More »Monday is deadline to register to vote in Arizona primary
Monday is the last day to register to vote in Arizona's Aug. 30 primary election.
Read More »Arizona broke glass ceiling for women in office, but lags
Arizona voters broke the gender barrier in 1998 when they voted five women into statewide elected office and turned the state into the first in the nation to have an all-female elected line of succession.
Read More »People with disabilities must exercise their right to vote
Justin Dart, the man often considered the father of the Americans with Disabilities Act, famously and repeatedly said: “Vote as if your life depends on it – because it DOES!” For people with disabilities, this is especially true. Every policy decision from employment, to housing and transportation, to funding of programs like CHIP, Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid are influenced by whom we elect.
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