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Pinal County

Colorado River, drought, water w
Jun 23, 2023

Arizona’s water future depends on new supplies 

None of us has a crystal ball, but we can be certain that our water future will require a variety of adaptive changes.   

SRP, Coolidge, Coolidge Generating Station, Arizona Corporation Commission
Jun 20, 2023

SRP’s Coolidge gas plant expansion is back from the dead

A plan to expand SRP’s Coolidge Generating Station is back from the dead after the utility agreed to make a substantial investment in the neighboring Randolph community – but the deal is opposed by some environmental activists, industry groups and even an SRP board member.

Jun 16, 2023

‘It was a nightmare’: Pinal County builds new elections space after cramped quarters contribute to errors

Construction is under way on a $29 million, 53,000-square-foot elections center in the nearby county seat of Florence, which will have more than enough room to keep voter registration, early voting, and Election Day activities under one roof.

Pinal County, Proposition 400, half-cent sales tax
Jun 8, 2023

Half-cent sales tax critical for maintaining roads in Pinal County 

For nearly 40 years, Pinal County has used a half-cent road excise tax to help improve streets and roads in the county, and its incorporated towns and cities.  

Lake, judges, courts, election litigation, retention
Jun 8, 2023

Politics, election denial encroaching on judiciary

Judges in Maricopa and Pima counties don’t want to run retention campaigns. But as political polarization and election denial draw closer to the judiciary, they may have to.

housing, Pinal County, Census
May 30, 2023

Room to boom: Pinal County housing grew at fastest rate in state

It’s unclear which came first in Pinal County, the houses or the people filling them. What is clear is that both continue growing at some of the fastest rates in the state and, in some instances, the nation.

Pinal County, elections, ballots, VoteBeat, Cyber Ninjas, ballots
May 26, 2023

After botching election results, Arizona county wants to try hand-counting ballots

After human error in Pinal County’s midterm election caused officials to initially fail to count hundreds of ballots, the county’s supervisors now want to try counting ballots by hand.

population growth, Maricopa, Queen Creek, U.S. Census Bureau
May 18, 2023

Queen Creek, Maricopa rank among top 15 in country for population growth

Two cities on the far urban fringe of Phoenix grew faster in the past year measured than any other community in Arizona.

May 5, 2023

Arizona voters were told the election went fine. Records show a county director saw glaring errors, cashed out, then fled.

The supervisors made it easy for her: They didn’t ask her any questions, voting unanimously to certify the results. She got her bonus, and quickly moved to an East Texas town with fewer than 1,000 residents. It would be another month before Arizona voters learned what internal evidence already showed — that Ross had botched the count in a way that excluded hundreds of votes from the original r[...]

affordable housing, homelessness, Mesa, Giles, zoning, inflation
Apr 28, 2023

City and state leaders can tackle affordable housing crisis together

In recent years, I’ve been quoted as saying, homelessness is not AN issue, it is THE issue. I encourage our legislators to partner with local community leaders to turn this around before it’s too late. 

Hamadeh, Mayes, attorney general, election, lawsuit, Maricopa County, attorney, Democrats, Republicans, Trump, election deniers, Lake, Hobbs, Democrats, Republicans, tabulation, general election, contest, pens, Maricopa County, Mohave County
Apr 12, 2023

Judge allowing Hamadeh to argue for new trial in fight for AG spot

Abe Hamadeh is going to get a chance to argue that he's entitled to a new trial in his bid to overturn the results of the election for attorney general.

Sinema, Lamb, Pinal County, election, U.S. Senate
Apr 11, 2023

Sheriff Mark Lamb says he’s running for US Senate in Arizona

Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said Tuesday he's running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, becoming the first Republican to jump into a high-profile race for the seat now held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

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