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Politicians flock to Nantucket and Mar-a-Lago for big-dollar fundraisers
Key Points: Political candidates raise large sums of cash in single events Nantucket Island in Massachusetts is a popular fundraising spot Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs raised $15 million in her […]
Hobbs signs bipartisan budget, ending weeks-long standoff and staving off shutdown
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a state budget, prevents government shutdown It caps off a long and arduous process that saw three separate budget proposals make it to the […]
AZ House passes bipartisan budget package, pitches it back to Senate
Key Points: House approved Senate’s bipartisan budget Two previous House budgets have failed Senate and the governor expected to approve the budget proposal The Arizona House of Representatives has finally […]
Senate passes $17.6B bipartisan budget in early morning deal
Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session Follows a House budget that was rejected June 13 The […]
Budget proposal pushes money, job training, education and therapy for wrongfully convicted prisoners
Key Points: Budget proposes compensation for exonerated inmates Proposal includes counseling, training, and educational support services Lawmakers believe it creates accountability for state’s past mistakes Drayton Witt was stabbed 73 […]
Effective financial literacy programs can empower a generation
“What’s the one thing you wish you learned in school?” That’s a question many Americans answer with “personal finance,” “how to manage money,” or something similar. In fact, research by […]
Hopi leader tells panel that red tape, financial hurdles put aid out of reach
The chairman of the Hopi tribe told a Senate panel this week that promises of federal funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles.
2-year anniversary: Growth of sports gambling blows Arizona’s doors wide open
The seismic shift in Arizona’s gambling landscape occurred swiftly, and its impact continues to reverberate.
Maricopa County Republican Committee wants state GOP to cancel Arizona’s usual presidential preference elections
The Maricopa County Republican Committee wants the state GOP to cancel Arizona's normal presidential preference election and instead hold its own vote -- one that would not include any mail-in balloting and would require anyone who wants to vote to show up and vote in-person on Election Day.
Hobbs vetoes Republican skinny budget
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 13 budget bills on Thursday, saying they represented a “purely-partisan” plan for the state.
HB2101 will only tighten the power cartel’s stranglehold on Arizona
While “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli was getting barred for life and ordered to pay back millions for running an anticompetitive scheme to preserve a monopoly, the Arizona legislature has been engaged […]
Senate panel OKs working poor tax credit Dems, Ducey want
A Democratic proposal to create a new tax credit for working low-income Arizonans that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey also had in his budget proposal was approved by a Senate committee.
