Arizona governor to attend Trump’s inauguration
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is heading to Washington to attend the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.
Legislature elects new Senate and House leaders
The Arizona Legislature has convened its 2017 session and the House and Senate have formally elected new leaders for the session.
Republicans, not Latinos, doomed Arpaio
The fall of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio didn’t result from a surge of Latino voters, despite the opposition he drew from the Hispanic community over his immigration enforcement tactics.
Arizona’s electors unanimously vote for Trump
About 150 protesters gathered outside the Arizona Capitol as the state's 11 Electoral College voters are set to formally cast ballots for Republican Donald Trump.
House committee assignments announced as Mesnard revives budget subcommittee
In a departure from the much-bemoaned recent norm at the Capitol of a top-down approach to crafting the state budget, incoming House speaker J.D. Mesnard announced he was reviving budget subcommittees in 2017.
A look at Arizona election winners, losers
Election Day in Arizona saw Republicans winning the presidential vote despite Democratic efforts to tap into the state's growing demographic shift, a GOP sweep of statewide utility regulator races, and a sturdy defense of a swing congressional district in southern Arizona.
Dems outperforming 2012 in early ballots, but GOP lead expanding
Democratic voters trail their Republican counterparts in returning their early ballots, but they’ve narrowed the gap they had in 2012, buoying the beleaguered minority party’s hopes that it’s in for a relatively good election year in historically red Arizona.
Democrats, Clinton counting on Latinos to win Arizona
Sara Morales became an American citizen in 2010 and has voted in every election since. This year, the Phoenix resident will be casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton, joining the tens of thousands of Latinos who Democrats hope will swing the traditionally conservative state in their direction.
Bitter battle breaks out between 2 Republicans in District 28
After a mailer and robocall urged voters to support only one of the two Republicans running for the state House in central Phoenix’s Legislative District 28, accusations are flying from the two GOP nominees for the district’s seats.
Brewer defends Trump’s comments on challenging election results
Donald Trump’s chief Arizona surrogate is defending his comments that he won’t commit to abiding by the results of the election.
Former GOP county chairman coins a new rallying cry: ‘Never McCain’
Republican activist Rob Haney is prepared to betray his party in order to save it. Save it from U.S. Sen. John McCain, that is.
GOP Corp Comm candidates say ‘yes’ to human role in global warming
All three Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission today said man-made global warming was real, two of them contradicting their earlier answers on the topic.