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Jones dominates CD5 race, but Club for Growth comes to Biggs’ aid
Christine Jones’ monopoly on the television ad war in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District has propelled her into frontrunner status, but as early ballots landed in voters’ mailboxes, a new voice hit the airwaves to challenge her.
Self-funding prevails in CD5 race
The campaign coffers of all four Republicans vying for their party’s nomination in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District are swelling with the candidates’ personal funds.
Olson, Jones clash in 5th Congressional District debate
Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, and former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones exchanged broadsides over residency and what it means to be a career politician during last week’s debate on the political talk show “Arizona Horizon.”
Lawmakers add new hurdle for adults wanting food stamps
State lawmakers voted on May 5 to make the ability of nearly 80,000 people to continue to get food stamps subject to a political process.
Arizona Rep. Justin Olson announces bid for US Congress
Rep. Justin Olson has jumped into the race to replace Republican Matt Salmon in Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
New food stamp bill focuses on welfare card photo, prohibited locations
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would add a photo to welfare benefit cards after the sponsor promised to get rid of provisions that would drop as many as 120,000 from federal benefit programs.
Bill would prevent Planned Parenthood from providing Medicaid services
Slapped down in an earlier bid by federal judges, abortion foes at the Legislature are throwing up new roadblocks to Planned Parenthood being able to provide any services at all through the state's Medicaid program.
House reluctantly passes bill to limit access to food stamps
The Arizona House has reluctantly passed a measure that could cut off as many as 120,000 people from the state's food stamp program after the Republican sponsor promised to amend the measure in the Senate.
House postpones action on vouchers bill
The Arizona House of Representatives has postponed a debate on a bill to massively expand the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Several Republicans said the measure, which passed the Senate on Monday, doesn’t have the votes in the lower chamber.
Lawmakers admonish Department of Child Safety
Arizona lawmakers voted to rebuke the Department of Child Safety on Tuesday afternoon, a striking statement against an agency that has struggled to impress the legislators who created it over a year ago.
Educators worried about losing money under new funding approach
A provision in the state budget that changes school funding has schools and the Department of Education nervous about its implementation.
House panel declines to require audit of TUSD desegregation expenses
Saying an outside review is necessary, a House committee refused late on March 25 to require a “forensic audit” of the $64 million a year Tucson Unified School District is spending on desegregation expenses.
