Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes, who is heading the office in an election year for the first time, isn’t satisfied with a decades-old system, and he hasn’t been shy about saying so.
Read More »Almost 400 new laws take effect Friday
Come this Friday, women who want an abortion will be asked new questions, consumers can have their credit frozen for free, Grade A eggs can stay on the shelf longer, and 15-year-old children won't be able to legally marry.
Read More »Political newcomer among leaders in campaign fundraising for legislature 
Political newcomer Aaron Lieberman, a Democrat running for the House in Legislative District 28, far out raised the competition in just 30 days.
Read More »Candidate Mark Syms not to be on ballot, judge rules 
A Maricopa Court Judge ruled Friday that Mark Syms, the independent candidate running for the Senate in Legislative District 28, does not have enough valid signatures to remain on the ballot.
Read More »Majority of LD28 candidate Mark Syms’ petition signatures deemed invalid 
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office invalidated close to 1,700 signatures that Mark Syms, the independent candidate running for the Senate in Legislative District 28.
Read More »Challenge to LD28 candidate’s petition signatures alleges forgery 
In a complaint filed June 11 in Maricopa County Superior Court, attorneys Kory Langhofer and Joseph Kanefield listed 20 reasons for why the majority of the 2,156 signatures Syms collected must be disqualified.
Read More »Behind the Ballot: Riding the wave
Democrats are fielding a candidate in nearly every federal, statewide and legislative race this year, using a strategy of saturation that has been successful elsewhere.
Read More »GOP infighting in LD28 gives Democrats hope of trifecta 
The Arizona Republican Party would have you think there’s nothing wrong in Legislative District 28.
Read More »Accuser smeared in wake of lawmaker’s expulsion
Despite having cast a historical vote to expel Yuma Republican Don Shooter on February 1, some lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives tried to put one of his victims — a colleague of theirs — on trial.
Read More »Racial slur at center of lengthy House floor debate 
With little work to do on the Arizona House floor, members spent more than 90 minutes debating the offensiveness of rap lyrics.
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