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GOP schools platform: parents, curriculum
Heading into the 2022 governor's race, the political fault lines surrounding education are moving quickly, with a new focus on parent influence in schools and curriculum items like "critical race theory."
Ducey plays starring role at RGA conference
Doug Ducey was one of the stars of the Republican Governor's Association showlast week at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.
Masks become symbol of person’s politics, virtue
The Senate served as a microcosm of the nation, where wearing a mask — or not wearing one — has become a political symbol for many.
Leadership styles, eras mark differences in outcomes of immigration measures
The differences in their leadership styles and the eras in which they have governed made for the divergent destinies of Gov. Jan Brewer's SB1070 and Gov. Doug Ducey’s effort to put the state’s ban on sanctuary cities in the state Constitution.
Lobbyists navigate lawmakers’ bad behavior, professional relationships
In 2018, at the height of the Me Too movement, investigators for the House of Representatives dismissed a lobbyist’s allegations of harassment against a state representative because the lobbyist sent friendly text messages after the alleged incident occurred.
Camps gear up to put title loans on the ballot
More than a decade after Arizona voters rejected an attempt by the payday lending industry to make permanent a law allowing high-interest loans, city streets are still littered with garish signs promising fast cash with no credit checks required.
AG questions cities and towns about opposition to Prop 127
Six Arizona counties and towns appear to have broken the law by adopting resolutions opposing a ballot measure to boost the use of renewable energy in the state, according to letters sent Thursday by the Attorney General’s Office.
Supreme Court upholds ruling to allow energy measure to go to ballot
Arizonans are going to get a chance to decide whether they want to require utilities in the state to produce more of their power from renewable sources.
Money pours into campaigns for, against renewable energy ballot measure
The fight over whether Arizonans get to vote on a renewable energy measure has turned into the clash of the financial titans.
Voters put forth arguments on 2018 ballot measures
Arizona voters will be inundated with nearly 500 arguments about why they should support or oppose the seven different measures that will be on the November ballot.
Utility files suit to halt renewable energy ballot measure
The parent company of the state's largest electric utility filed suit Thursday in a bid to block voters from deciding if they want to impose new renewable energy mandates on power companies.
Utility’s parent company spends millions to sway elections
The state's largest electric utility already has set aside close to $11 million to make elections this year come out the way it wants.
