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Pinal County ‘Preserving Our Future’ highlights vital construction

The Pinal County Public Works Department has launched a public awareness campaign to inform residents of the half-cent road excise tax on the ballot and its implications for transportation maintenance and project expansion. The department started the “Preserving Our Future” campaign ahead of the 2024 election, when voters will[...]

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Analysts: Arizona will be ‘one of the keys’ to presidency, Senate in 2024

Two recent reports identify Arizona as one of four or five battleground states for the 2024 election, with one analyst saying the state could be “one of the keys to the presidency.” Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the University of Virginia Center for Politics said Thursday that Arizona – along with Georgia, Wisconsin and Nevad[...]

presidential election, Trump, Biden, 2024, battleground state, Arizona

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act, next ruling could go further

ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that had been on hold, while the Suprem[...]

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'Deeply repentant’ Vallejo gets 3 years for his role in Jan. 6 attack

An apparently contrite Edward Vallejo was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and three years of supervised release, a fraction of the sentence prosecutors sought for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In an emotional hearing in U.S. District Court, backed by friends and family, Vallejo tearfully desc[...]

U.S. Capitol, Vallejo, riots, Jan. 6, 2021, Trump, Arizona, Biden

Oath Keeper who guarded Roger Stone before Jan. 6 attack gets prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump 's longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced today to more than four years in prison, while an Arizona man also convicted of seditious conspiracy will likely [...]

Committee denies Fontes' request to use funds for private security detail

[caption id="attachment_259324" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Adrian Fontes, right, takes the oath of office to be Secretary of State from Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, left, in a ceremony at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 2, 2023. A Legislative committee on May 4, 2023, denied a request from Fontes to[...]

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Iowa man pleads guilty in Arizona election threats case

[caption id="attachment_261866" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An Iowa man has pleaded guilty to threatening two Arizona officials in messages that mentioned discredited claims of fraud in the 2020 election. (Deposit Photos)[/caption] PHOENIX (AP) — An Iowa man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening two Arizona officials in me[...]

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Kern's bill would target judges who sanction attorneys

[caption id="attachment_261029" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Sen. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, pictured here, who calls reports of a riot on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol "a sham'' is now going after judges who sanction attorneys for filing what he believes are "good faith'' claims on behalf of clients. (Capitol Media Services 20[...]

Kern, Senate, Ortiz, Kolodin, attorneys, judges
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Biden honors Bowers, others, on second anniversary of Jan. 6 insurrection

[caption id="attachment_259404" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, right, was one of 12 people honored by President Joe Biden on Friday, the second anniversary of the Jan. 6. insurrection, for their efforts during and after the attack to defend democracy.(Photo courtesy C-SPAN)[/caption] Fo[...]

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Governor, House, Senate: three political parties?

Arizona’s Legislature and Governor’s Office will go from mainstream Republican control to three separate ideologies. Control of the Governor’s Office flipped to Democrat, control of the Senate shifted to Republican control that is more in line with former President Donald Trump and control of the House remains relatively[...]

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SCOTUS rejects Ward’s bid to keep phone records private

[caption id="attachment_254594" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward speaks with supporters of former President Donald Trump at a "Keep America Great" rally at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr).[/caption] Members of a congressional panel are going t[...]

House attorney urges court to reject Ward's effort to shield records

[caption id="attachment_248930" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The attorney for the U.S. House is urging the Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch effort by Kelli Ward, the head of the Arizona Republican Party, to shield her phone records from the committee looking at the causes of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.[/caption] Update[...]

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