Green Party pushes drive to get on 2024 ballot
The Arizona Green Party is collecting signatures to register as a new party after losing party recognition in the state in 2019. If the party is successful, it will be ballot eligible for the 2024 elections.
Likely Lake entry into Arizona Senate race sets up ‘Super Bowl’ of elections
Kari Lake’s expected entrance today into the already-crowded field seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., sets the stage for what one analyst said has the potential to be “the greatest race in United States Senate history.”
Attorney: special law does not give Lake right to make up facts about Richer
A special state law designed to promote political participation and debate does not give Kari Lake the right to make up facts about Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, promote them, and not have to answer for them, his attorney is arguing.
Hobbs urges court not to eliminate women’s right to have abortions
Citing a series of stories of women whose abortions have changed their lives, Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging the Arizona Supreme Court not to take that right away from them.
Hobbs says she’s governor regardless of where she goes, Yee disagrees
Katie Hobbs says she's the governor, no matter where she goes -- no matter what else.
Judge rebuffs GOP leaders, signs order to permanently require Arizona to fund gender-affirming surgery for employees
Rebuffing Republican legislative leaders, a federal judge has signed an order to permanently require the state to pay for gender affirming surgery for its own and university employees and retirees.
Lake will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona
Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year's race for Arizona governor, will soon launch her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, a senior adviser said Thursday.
Biden targeting Trump’s ‘extremist movement’ as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid
President Joe Biden is arguing that "there is something dangerous happening in America" as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country's democratic institutions.
Yee refuses to recognize Hobbs’ ‘executive deputy directors’
The top elected Republican in Arizona is refusing to recognize the "executive deputy directors'' named by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. State Treasurer Kimberly Yee said she did not allow those tapped by the governor as heads of two state agencies to sit at a meeting this week of the State Board of Investment.
Hobbs hasn’t been ‘indicted’ by Senate, contrary to viral claim
Social media users are falsely claiming that Arizona's governor has been "indicted" by local lawmakers.
Hobbs attempts to avoid Senate confirmation process
After months of arguing with Senate Republicans, Gov. Katie Hobbs pulled the plug on their appointee confirmation process by reassigning her picks to lead state departments as “deputy directors.”
Judge makes clear Lake’s case is about whether records should be made public to anyone
The bench trial in failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s case to secure ballot affidavit envelopes from Maricopa County got underway today.