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Maricopa County

Lake, Sinema, Senate
Dec 20, 2023

Attorneys spar over defamation, Free Speech in politics

Beyond the specific contours of the case, attorneys for both Lake and Richer hope the case sets some sort of precedent. 

Mayes, Meta, lawsuit, social media
Nov 27, 2023

Mayes files suit against makers, distributors of insulin accusing them of price hike conspiracies

Attorney General Kris Mayes filed suit Monday against manufacturers and distributors of insulin accusing them of conspiring to raise prices and keep them high.

ACLU, public records, citizens, Maricopa County, ombudsman
Nov 22, 2023

Public records access is ‘stacked against the citizen’ 

Arizona public records law allows individuals to submit a public records request through any means, but public records experts point out that many agencies often require additional steps that can slow a request being fulfilled.  

Gallego, Sinema, Congress, election, banks
Nov 22, 2023

Arizona Indivisible overwhelmingly supports Gallego for U.S. Senate

Arizona has undergone a political transformation from red state to national battleground. It’s why political ad spending is going to be the highest in the nation here and why grassroots organizations like Indivisible have identified our Senate race as a top priority.

elections, ballots, presidential election, threats, election workers, Arizona
Nov 21, 2023

Judge rules Maricopa County’s election vendor not subject to public records law

Maricopa County’s election vendor Runbeck Election Services is not subject to public records law. Judge Bradley Astrowsky found Runbeck was not required to fulfill a public records request for security footage from We the People Arizona Alliance, a conservative political action committee focused on election fraud, as the contract between the company and the county did not include work deemed an[...]

job growth, Arizona
Nov 9, 2023

State expected to add jobs over next decade at almost five times rate of rest of country

Arizona is expected to add jobs over the next decade at nearly five times the rate of the rest of the nation -- much of that to help care for the state's growing population of seniors.

Hamadeh, Mayes, election contest, Mohave County
Nov 9, 2023

Hamadeh asks judge to order race that he lost be re-run

Unsuccessful so far in his bid to overturn his loss in the race for attorney general, Abe Hamadeh has opened up a new legal front -- with some new legal theories.

elections, ballots, presidential election, threats, election workers, Arizona
Nov 7, 2023

Officials confident about Tuesday voting, feel good for long-term outlook

Local elections across Arizona on Tuesday could be a low-level test of voting systems stressed by years of threats and challenges that have left some worried about the 2024 presidential election, now less than a year away.

evictions, Maricopa County
Nov 3, 2023

Eviction filings in Arizona’s fast-growing Maricopa County surge amid housing supply crisis

Arizona's most populous county and one of America's fastest-growing regions saw more eviction filings in October than in any month since the beginning of this century, court officials said Thursday.

lawn mowers, pollution, Arizona
Nov 1, 2023

That green lawn may not be so green: Gas-powered mowers are heavy polluters

Gas-powered lawn equipment in Arizona emitted 445,908 tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, the polluting equivalent of putting 98,162 cars on the road, a new report says.

gasoline, air quality, Carroll, Hobbs, Republican lawmakers
Oct 20, 2023

Republican lawmakers blame Hobbs for high gas prices 

Republican lawmakers are blaming Gov. Katie Hobbs for high gasoline prices consumers have paid this year and not taking urgent action to try to reduce costs. 

heat state of emergency, Hobbs
Oct 19, 2023

Maricopa County has new record for heat-associated deaths after the hottest summer

Maricopa County set a new record Thursday for annual heat-associated deaths, with 425 tallied so far this year, the same number confirmed for all of 2022.

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