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Sinema, Ruben Gallego, fundraising, campaign donations
Jul 24, 2023

Gallego raises more, spends more for potential Senate run against Sinema

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., is putting her money where her mouth isn’t – in a race for reelection that she has not yet said whether she will enter.

Crane, colored people, Congress, Grijalva
Jul 17, 2023

Crane’s use of ‘colored people’ in House debate brings swift condemnation

Reactions to Arizona Rep. Eli Crane’s use of the term “colored people” during a House floor debate Thursday ranged from “utter shock” to suggestions that it was a “dog whistle to white nationalists.”

presidential election, Trump, Biden, 2024, battleground state, Arizona
Jun 30, 2023

Analysts: Arizona will be ‘one of the keys’ to presidency, Senate in 2024

Two recent reports identify Arizona as one of four or five battleground states for the 2024 election, with one analyst saying the state could be “one of the keys to the presidency.”

Biden, Bowers, Profile in Courage award, Presidential Citizens Medal, Trump, insurrection, U.S. Capitol, Lumen Strategies, Highground
Jan 9, 2023

Biden honors Bowers, others, on second anniversary of Jan. 6 insurrection

Former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers was honored with 11 others by President Joe Biden on Friday for their “contributions to democracy” during and after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Biden, Trump, immigration, Venezuela, Mexico, Covid, border
Oct 14, 2022

GOP candidates lean on Trump, Dems avoid Biden

Former President Donald Trump’s involvement in Arizona politics was a boon to Republicans in the primaries, but Democrats speculate that it will harm the GOP in the upcoming general election.  

eggs, cage-free, laying hens, grocery costs, animal cruelty, Hickman's Egg Ranch, Arizona Farm Bureau
Jul 1, 2021

GOP lawmakers seek limits on voter power

In 2022, depending on which advocacy groups succeed in gathering enough support, voters may see questions on their ballot asking about capping medical debt, stopping secretive election spending or ending machine counting of ballots.

Aug 15, 2020

Judge disqualifies health care initiative from ballot

Arizonans won't be voting in November on a proposal to hike pay of hospital workers and guarantee that those with pre-existing conditions can get affordable health insurance.

Aug 14, 2020

LUCHA emerges as key PAC in Arizona progressive movement

Fourteen of the 15 legislative and county candidates who received endorsements and varying degrees of financial support from activist group LUCHA emerged victorious in last week’s primaries, a figure progressives say is evidence of the organization’s growing influence in Democratic circles.

lawsuit, Pima County, apartment, fatal shooting
Jul 11, 2020

Groups challenge proposed ballot measures in court

Business groups are trying to keep Arizonans from voting on proposals to hike taxes on the most wealthy and give hospital workers a pay hike.

Feb 3, 2020

Campaign to outlaw title loans ends

Backers of a bid to ask voters to outlaw title loans have quit amid the inability to raise the cash they need to get it and keep it on the November ballot.

Sep 30, 2019

Ballot proposal would kill cap on interest rates

Calling it a "stand against socialism,'' a proposed constitutional amendment would give banks, finance companies and other lenders free rein to charge whatever interest rates they want to Arizona customers.

AHCCCS expansion on the ropes after federal matching funds decision
Aug 27, 2019

Hospital group to challenge proposed ballot measure for pay hike

The state's hospital industry is gearing up to fight a ballot measure that would require its members give virtually all their employees a 20 percent pay hike over four years.

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