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Senate OKs ballot measure to double lawmaker salaries
Key Points:Â Majority of Arizona state senators want to double their pay Senators claim higher pay will attract more diverse candidates Proposed pay hike would be tied to the consumer […]
Highway renaming sparks debate over Trump and Epstein files in Arizona Senate
Key Points: Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to rename a state road as the Donald J. Trump Highway Proposal sparked debate over life and actions of the President Legislators are also […]
Education department under fire for improper ESA purchases
Key Points: ESA program faces sharp backlash after spending on improper, luxury items Auditor General and ESA leadership start to consult on risk-based auditing Changes to department practices, jurisdiction of […]
Tolleson school district under fire for low test scores, financial dealings
Key Points: Republican lawmakers consider legislation to monitor school districts Audit planned into Tolleson Union High School District’s finances Superintendent Calles accused of enriching his consulting firm True Professionals Republican […]
Panel backs proposal to strip some immunity from lawmakers
Gov. Katie Hobbs says Sen. Jake Hoffman was not entitled to legislative immunity to avoid being cited last month for driving 24 miles an hour over the speed limit.
Finchem to propose several changes to election laws
Mark Finchem has apparently given up on his perennial bid to require that all ballots be counted by hand.
New Faces: Mark Finchem
Mark Finchem, former Republican candidate for secretary of state and longtime member of the House of Representatives, is making his debut in the state Senate representing Legislative District 1. Upon […]
Dem losses lead Fontes to weigh primary challenge for Hobbs in 2026
The losses Democrats suffered at the Arizona Legislature this election have at least one elected official exploring whether he’d be better at the top of the ticket in 2026 than […]
AZ Supreme Court to see Lake, Hamadeh, Finchem 2022 election cases on Nov. 6
Three Republicans who lost their 2022 election bids will finally have their cases looked at by the Arizona Supreme Court – the day after the 2024 election. That’s the day […]
Lake, Finchem attorneys beat State Bar in discipline case
Two attorneys who represented former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and former-Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem in their bid to see electronic voting systems outlawed ahead of the 2022 election dodged disciplinary action following a ruling by the state disciplinary panel.Â
Attorneys who sought voting machine ban face discipline panel
Two attorneys behind a 2022 federal lawsuit to block the use of electronic voting systems appeared in front of the state’s Presiding Disciplinary Judge panel for a hearing to determine whether the two acted unethically.
Court upholds legal fees penalty for former SOS candidate
Mark Finchem and his attorney can't escape a court order that they pay more than $47,000 in legal fees in his unsuccessful attempt to overturn his 2022 loss in the race for secretary of state.
