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May 19, 2025

Electric utility lobbying efforts win big in 2025

Key Points:  Electric utility companies had two bills passed to protect their financial assets in 2025 Companies like Arizona Public Service Co. have also donated huge amounts of money across […]

Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, created legislation which would ban recent lobbyists, including Karrin Taylor Robson, from being candidates for office. (Howard Fischer / Capitol Media Services)
Mar 27, 2025

Measure that could affect GOP 2026 race for governor advances

The GOP head of the Arizona Freedom Caucus is advancing legislation that would bar fellow Republican Karrin Taylor Robson from becoming the next governor — even if she were to […]

John Baumer stops in for a photo at the Arizona Capitol Times. (Jamar Younger / Arizona Capitol Times)
Mar 16, 2025

For John Baumer, commercial real estate and lobbying melds two passions

John Baumer grew up working with his father on construction sites and aspired to get a real estate license before he was hired at the Arizona Legislature as a page. […]

Feb 8, 2025

Jay Kaprosy: Technician who loves policy and a good debate

As a lobbyist, Jay Kaprosy realizes that very few people know what he does for a living or what the term actually means.

political ads, campaign commercials, TV ads, Republicans, Democrats, FCC
Jul 18, 2023

Putting an end to insanity of dirty political campaign commercials

The spread of non-candidate political campaign commercials has reached a level of absurdity that needs to be addressed urgently. The current state of politics has devolved into a spectacle of lies and distortions, bombarding us with misleading, dangerous messages.

Jan 22, 2020

Love letters from lawmaker to lobbyist raise ethical questions

Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, denies having a romantic relationship with a lobbyist whose employer put her on suspension pending an investigation of professional misconduct.

Dec 23, 2019

Hugo Polanco: Bringing the personal touch to politics, lobbying

As Hugo Polanco sees it, all of Arizona’s lobbying firms are either bipartisan, nonpartisan, or conservative. Well, all but one: Creosote Partners, a progressive lobbying firm where Polanco became the newest addition in July.

Jul 10, 2019

Ex-lawmaker Clodfelter cleared in illegal lobbying probe

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office won’t pursue charges against Todd Clodfelter after election officials alleged the former state representative violated a law barring former lawmakers from lobbying for one year after they leave office.

Chad Heinrich PHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
Aug 13, 2018

Chad Heinrich: How politics and policy are in the blood

Chad Heinrich, the new state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, was a farm boy who dreamed of being a bureaucrat.

Nick Ponder (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)
Jul 2, 2018

Nick Ponder: Man about cities and towns and lobbying

Nick Ponder, the new legislative director at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, said his goal is to reintroduce the organization to the Capitol community.

Wendy Briggs
Nov 27, 2017

Wendy Briggs

A founding director at lobbying firm Veridus LLC and one of the most respected in her profession, Wendy Briggs has built a reputation as relentless, tireless, dependable and tough as nails – qualities that have served her clients well.

Oct 2, 2017

Water manager’s lobbyist costs under scrutiny, ban possible

The Central Arizona Project has paid more than $2.5 million for lobbyists in Arizona and Washington D.C. over the past five years, an analysis of the agency’s lobbying contracts shows.

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