After nearly four full weeks of session, none of the bills lawmakers sent to the governor’s desk deals with the Covid pandemic, a shift in emphasis that’s especially noticeable given lawmakers’ insistence to help residents and businesses survive the crisis.
Read More »Lawmakers’ focus veers from Covid relief in 1st weeks of session
Rogers claims accusations against her false 
A state senator accused of workplace harassment said Monday that a complaint filed against her isn’t true, and it wouldn’t violate Senate rules even if it were.
Read More »Fears of violence at Capitol fizzle as security ramped up 
Double layers of fences, increased police presence and mass Democratic absences from the House and Senate over fears of violence appear to have been for naught.
Read More »Republicans still claim fraud as count continues 
More than a week after Election Day, and as it became increasingly clear that Donald Trump would lose both the presidency and Arizona, a vocal cadre of elected Arizona Republicans continue to propagate claims of election fraud.
Read More »New tally favors GOP, but control of Senate still hangs in the balance 
Democratic challengers jumped out to early leads in a handful of key races that could determine control of Arizona’s Senate, but the contests remain too close to call, initial results show.
Read More »Democratic money dwarfs Republican spending 
A handful of Democratic legislative candidates bolstered by out-of-state funders broke Arizona campaign finance records with just two weeks to go before the election. Democrats in swing districts pulled in six figures while their incumbent Republican opponents struggled to keep ...
Read More »A lot could go wrong for both flyers in LD6 Senate race 
In 2018, Felicia French came within 600 votes of doing the improbable – a Democrat flipping a legislative seat in northern Arizona and creating a 30-30 deadlock in the House.
Read More »Decade of Dem gains sets stage for nail-biter legislative races
House and Senate seats have only flipped when fewer than 10 percentage points separate voter registration numbers for the two major parties. This year, that holds true in nine districts.
Read More »Some reform-minded Dems accept dark money 
A handful of Arizona Democrats running to replace incumbent Republicans in swing districts have high-minded aspirations of expanding the state's Clean Elections program and limiting money in politics.
Read More »French smart, compassionate, deserves a look
Dear Editor, I’ve read in this paper that Republicans in Legislative District 6 are distraught over the primary victory of Wendy Rogers, their party’s candidate for State Senate. They say they’ll have trouble supporting her and question her integrity. Can ...
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