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Sep 19, 2014

Both gubernatorial candidates tout Lottery privatization

Regardless of who wins the gubernatorial race, the Arizona Lottery may be under private-sector management once the new administration settles in.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Josh Coddington/Arizona Capitol Times)
Sep 10, 2014

Brewer’s pre-debate advice to Ducey and DuVal: ‘Don’t pause.’

Gov. Jan Brewer has some advice for Fred DuVal and Doug Ducey as they face off in their series of gubernatorial debates.

This June 22, 2012 file photo shows a Tesla Model S driving outside the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif. Electric-car company Tesla Motors has filed notice it intends to sue New Jersey over a ruling that would stop it from selling its vehicles in the state within two weeks. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Tesla claims it was unfairly targeted in March 2014 when the state Motor Vehicle Commission amended its regulations. The regulations require new-car dealers to have franchise agreements before they can be licensed. That prohibits companies from using a direct-sales model as Tesla does. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Sep 3, 2014

AP source: Tesla chose Nevada over Arizona, others for battery plant

To bring electric cars to the masses, Tesla Motors will use an expanse of desert where wild mustangs still roam for a factory that the company projects will crank out enough batteries to power 500,000 vehicles annually by decade's end.

Sep 3, 2014

Brewer unites Arizona agencies, faith-based groups

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is bringing state agencies and faith-based organizations together to better serve the needy.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer endorses former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith in his bid to replace her. (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Sep 2, 2014

Gov. Brewer’s backing helps incumbents, but not moderate challengers

The chorus of Tea Party anger that drove conservative candidates to challenge their party’s elected officials faltered on election night, as no Republican lawmaker who supported Medicaid expansion was defeated in the primaries.

Aug 27, 2014

DuVal lashes out at Ducey over “tooth fairy math”

The outcome of the race for governor could turn on who can scare the middle class more, especially over the high cost of college.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer endorses former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith in his bid to replace her. (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Aug 26, 2014

Brewer backing fails to help moderate challengers

The chorus of Tea Party anger that drove conservative candidates to challenge their party’s elected officials is faltering to take down Republican legislators who supported Medicaid expansion.

Aug 22, 2014

Skepticism abounds over governor’s race polling

The dearth of reliable, independent polling in Arizona elections is nothing new. A long-term decline in independent polling by universities and media organizations has left IEs and other biased groups as the main source of publicly available polling for the state’s elections.

Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Aug 22, 2014

Tech group takes back $6,000 donation after Brewer supports Syfert

The Arizona Technology Council took its donation back from Gov. Jan Brewer’s political action committee after she used its cash to try to defeat a legislative candidate it supports.

Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith (left, Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times) and State Treasurer Doug Ducey (photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Aug 14, 2014

Ducey aims to block governor from spending money on rival

Unable to get Jan Brewer's endorsement for himself, Doug Ducey is now angling to deter the governor from spending her own political funds to help elect Scott Smith.

Former GoDaddy CEO and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Aug 14, 2014

Jones pumps $758,000 more into campaign for governor

In a recent television commercial, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones boasts that her ad wasn’t paid for by special interests, but with money that she earned herself. Campaign finance reports show how serious she was.

Aug 12, 2014

New IE running TV ads for Smith

After months of watching outside groups attack him and promote two of his rivals in the GOP primary for governor, Scott Smith is getting some independent expenditure support of his own.

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