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Steve Tully

Dec 16, 2022

Federal judge orders stop to enforcement of camping ban at homeless zone

White dump trucks outfitted with City of Phoenix emblems and street sweepers lined the roads near the concentrated homeless camp dubbed, “the Zone,” this morning as part of their new... […]

Apr 4, 2021

Fann says Supervisors fear outcome of election audit

Senate President Karen Fann said Friday that Maricopa County officials may be balking at cooperating with an audit of the 2020 election results because they fear what it might turn up.

Feb 23, 2021

County election equipment deemed free of tampering

An audit of the Maricopa County voting equipment came up absolutely clean according to county officials.

Feb 6, 2021

Showdown over election audit looms on Monday

The game of political chicken between the Arizona Senate and Maricopa County supervisors comes to a head Monday as lawmakers weigh holding board members in contempt, opening the door for the apparently unprecedented possibility of county officials being charged with a crime or even immediately locked up.

Jan 4, 2021

Attorney: GOP lawmakers want to give AZ voter information to Giuliani to examine

The attorney for Maricopa County is accusing state senators of demanding access to voting equipment and records to turn them over to an attorney for President Trump.

Dec 24, 2020

Judge rejects GOP request to enforce subpoenas, leaves door open for more litigation

A judge has refused to order Maricopa County supervisors to comply with a legislative subpoena demanding access to various voting records and equipment.

Rep. Don Shooter relaxes Feb. 1 before a historic vote of his colleagues to remove him from office. He was ousted by a vote of 56-3. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Sep 10, 2020

Mesnard asks for immunity from ousted member’s lawsuit

A former House speaker wants the state's high court to rule that the concept of legislative immunity is so broad that he cannot be sued for defamation by ousted Rep. Don Shooter.

Jun 2, 2020

9th Circuit hears ousted lawmaker’s appeal

Attorneys for the state and a former House speaker told a federal court Tuesday that the legislature is free to remove members for any reason at all — including political... […]

Feb 19, 2015

Lawmakers move to kill Common Core standards in Arizona

State lawmakers are moving to do what schools chief Diane Douglas has so far been unable: Kill the Common Core academic standards and any tests associated with them.

Feb 17, 2015

‘Fired’ employees back at work, but Douglas imposes new conditions

State schools Superintendent Diane Douglas acquiesced to the Board of Education’s demand that she allow two of its employees back to work after she attempted to fire them, but imposed a set of conditions that could quickly reignite the conflict.

Nov 23, 2009

Will legislative PACs be used to corral votes?

A pair of political committees created by top legislative Republicans will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend in next year's elections, which is causing some to wonder if it's appropriate for them to wield that kind of power.

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