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Ducey says impeachment effort puts Dems in ‘Catch 22’
Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday evening that President Trump is putting the Democrats into what he called a "Catch 22'' situation by refusing to cooperate in an impeachment probe.
Trump taps Stephanie Grisham as White House spokeswoman
Stephanie Grisham, the former Arizona House GOP spokeswoman and current press secretary for First Lady Melania Trump, was named White House press secretary Tuesday, the First Lady tweeted.
Delay tactics give false impression of Gowan, House travel expenses
Former House Speaker David Gowan deliberately put off the release of public records last year to buy time to disguise questionable spending by his staff, himself, and fellow lawmakers.
FLOTUS spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham on state payroll while on Trump’s victory tour and transition team
Stephanie Grisham, a staffer on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, was supposed to resume her full-time job as a spokeswoman at the Arizona House of Representatives less than a week after he won the election. There’s no evidence she did. She still got paid.
Politically loyal staffers get sharp pay increases under former House speaker
The records show that between Gowan’s ascension to speaker in January 2015 and his departure from office in November 2016, the former speaker increased the cost of payroll for top House departments by 25 percent, and gave five-figure raises to several of his most loyal political employees.
Trump names House PR person to staff, treasurer as adviser
President-elect Donald Trump has named Arizona House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham to a press relations post on his transition team and added state Treasurer Jeff DeWit as a special adviser for operations.
Jeff DeWit, Stephanie Grisham join Trump transition team
Two Arizona politicos who worked for Trump’s presidential campaign are now officially on the president-elect’s transition team.
House relents on media background checks, restores some access
Pressured by members of his own party, House Speaker David Gowan this morning rescinded his ban on reporters on the floor who have not first undergone extensive background checks. But not full access.
Soaring child-welfare caseloads push lawyers to ethical limit
A bulging caseload for lawyers in the child-welfare unit of the Attorney General’s Office raises questions about whether they can effectively represent their client, the Department of Child Services.
Secretary of State’s Office finds enough evidence to investigate Horne, who drops his own internal investigation
Assistant Secretary of State Jim Drake ruled this morning there is enough evidence and uncontested allegations against Attorney General Tom Horne to merit a full-blown investigation into whether he has been using state resources and employees to campaign for reelection.
AG’s Office internal probe of misconduct won’t be made public
The internal investigation report that will detail whether employees of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office worked on Tom Horne’s campaign during office hours and with office resources is going to be kept secret.
Horne hospitalized for undisclosed medical issue
Attorney General Tom Horne is in the hospital recovering from surgery he underwent on Friday.
