The Arizona Supreme Court has once again nullified efforts by lawmakers to tell Tucson -- and all the state's charter cities -- when they can have their elections.
Read More »Ducey won’t challenge local mask ordinances
Gov. Doug Ducey is not taking any action to curb the decisions of some cities and counties to ignore his directive that they scrap their mask mandates.
Read More »Supreme Court hears Tucson election case
An attorney for the city of Tucson asked Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday to slap back yet another effort by state lawmakers to tell charter cities when they have to hold their elections. Jean-Jacques Cabou said the whole purpose of the ...
Read More »Tucson sets curfew in response to spike in COVID-19 cases
A move by the Tucson council to enact a curfew despite a gubernatorial prohibition could pave the way for a legal fight with Gov. Doug Ducey.
Read More »Conservative Prescott, liberal Tucson coalesce in election-date lawsuit
The Democrat enclave of Tucson is getting help from largely Republican Prescott in its fight with the Arizona Legislature and Attorney General Mark Brnovich about when cities can have their local elections.
Read More »Cities defend progress after slipping in clean energy ranking
Local officials pushed back earlier this month against a new report that showed three Arizona cities slipping in a national ranking on clean-energy policies, saying the report does not appear to reflect their clean and renewable-energy efforts.
Read More »AG sues to end Tucson’s odd-year election cycle
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to force Tucson to align its local elections with regular state balloting.
Read More »Feuding incumbents A Hernandez, Cano lead in LD3 
Hernandez and Cano ascended to the Legislature in the same district at the same time, but don’t have much in common and lately have had no compunction about attacking each other. Hernandez is leading the pack with 45 percent of the vote, seven points ahead of Cano.
Read More »Retired Marine takes early lead in LD11 Dem primary
Retired Marine JoAnna Mendoza is winning the chance to take on Sen. Vince Leach, R-Oro Valley.
Read More »Supreme Court to decide on Tucson election law
Cities that maintain their own election dates despite lower turnout are violating state laws, Attorney General Mark Brnovich has concluded. And now his office is going to sue Tucson at the state Supreme Court to force it to repeal its ...
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