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Politicians block constituents’ speech on social media
Some politicians block spam accounts on social media. Some block corporations or trolls. But some Arizona lawmakers block their constituents, something First Amendment experts say may be unconstitutional.
Generation Opportunity’s Chalon Hutson: Policy over party
Chalon Hutson found his passion in freedom a la libertarian principles. Now, he’s focusing on the issues that affect young Americans most as the field director for Generation Opportunity.
Scottsdale lawmaker recounts years of sexual harassment in state House
Arizona Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, said she’s been sexually harassed at the state Capitol since her first year in office.
Torunn Sinclair: #GOPvalues #baseball #wunderkind
At the old age of 24, Torunn Sinclair has carved out a place for herself in state politics as something of a social media wunderkind.
Year in Review: 2016’s best tweets
Capitol Twitter outdid itself this year, from snarky comments from former elected officials to witty insight into national and local politics. Here are our favorite tweets from 2016, in alphabetical order.
Campaign finance reform kills dark money bot – for now
Arizona’s dark money bot, the Twitter account set up by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting to blast out notices when dark money groups spend in political campaigns, has sent out its last tweet – for now, at least.
DeWit accuses Ducey of pushing him out of convention
The tit-for-tat feud between state Treasurer Jeff DeWit and Gov. Doug Ducey intensified on Thursday as the treasurer accused Ducey of pressuring him to leave a GOP event.
End of session tradition: #StartYourOwnRumor
It all began in 2011, when then-House Speaker Kirk Adams used social media as a platform to fire back at the media, his critics and legislative observers about rumors that his impending congressional campaign was interfering with his duties as a legislative leader.
Hashtag Activism: Social media war rages at the Capitol
For the #governor and #Democrats in the Legislature, 2015 may be remembered as the year of the hashtag. Policymakers embraced social media this session as never before.
Jones assailed for old social media posts
Ducey allies are taking to social media to hammer Jones for Facebook and Twitter posts she made prior to her gubernatorial campaign that don’t quite match up to the “unapologetic conservative” image she’s presented on the campaign trail.
Huppenthal’s Common Core comments generate attack by twitterers
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal compared Common Core opponents to “barbarians at the gate” May 13 and vowed to fight them to preserve the educational standards, setting off a Twitter attack by conservative blogger and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.
Media landscape challenges the way newspapers deliver information
For more than 100 years, our state has been an attractive place for entrepreneurs and investment. From miners to bankers, it seems our business climate has been as attractive as our actual climate. But few businesses have been around longer than newspapers. In fact, nearly half of the state’s 12 oldest businesses are local newspapers.
