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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.
Citizens group asks DOJ to overturn Proposition 123
Claiming Proposition 123 was illegally enacted, a group of citizens is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review -- and overturn -- the voter-approved measure to put more dollars into public schools.
AG won’t investigate Reagan over election manuals
The Attorney General’s Office won’t investigate Secretary of State Michele Reagan for her decision not to issue a new election procedures manual for 2016.
DeWit blasts Reagan after she slams him over “sour grapes” on pamphlets
Secretary of State Michele Reagan has some harsh words for those who claim that office’s failure to mail 200,000 publicity pamphlets tilted the outcome of Tuesday’s special election in favor of Proposition 123. Her words are specifically for state Treasurer Jeff DeWit.
Ryan alleges Reagan cover-up, calls for impeachment
One day after Attorney General Mark Brnovich declined to push for the postponement of Tuesday’s special election, Chandler attorney Tom Ryan alleged a cover-up by Secretary of State Michele Reagan over her failure to inform the public about 200,000 un-mailed publicity pamphlets. He called for the Legislature to impeach her.
Attorney Tom Ryan seeks to delay May 17 special election
A lawyer is asking Attorney General to delay the May 17 special election because Secretary of State Michele Reagan failed to meet the deadline for getting publicity pamphlets to voters.
Campaign finance bill effectively doubles limits for some politicians
A massive overhaul of Arizona’s campaign finance laws contains a largely overlooked bonus for statewide officials and some others who will be allowed to raise twice as much money from individual contributors than they are now.
Tom Ryan: His touchstone is a strong Catholic faith
Tom Ryan has been called a political hack and an activist lawyer by those unhappy with the legal work he’s done in the political arena.
AG files to remove Bitter Smith from Corp Comm
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the state’s Supreme Court justices to remove chief energy regulator Susan Bitter Smith from office, arguing she is not eligible to hold it because of her ties to companies she regulates.
Book of Lobbyists bites Bitter Smith
The Capitol Times’ annual Book of Lobbyists publication is now attorney Tom Ryan’s latest evidence that Bitter Smith has conflicts of interest and should be removed from the Corp Comm.
Better call Saul Tom
Attorney Tom Ryan is officially seeking the removal of Commissioner Bitter Smith from office. Today, the lawyer filed a complaint with Brnovich’s office, alleging that Bitter Smith was not qualified to run for office because of a conflict of interest: She works as a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, which the commission oversees.
Attorney Ryan files conflict-of-interest complaint against Bitter Smith
Attorney Tom Ryan filed an official complaint today with Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office to remove Corporation Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith from office.
