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Ninja records public, Supreme Court decides

[caption id="attachment_250042" align="alignnone" width="620"] Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan, a Florida-based consultancy, talks about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit ordered by the Republican-led Arizona Senate at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a news conference April 22, 2021.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)[/cap[...]

Morning Scoop: 2022 Midterm Elections

2022 Midterm Elections Date: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 • Discussion: 8-9 AM [button color="gray" size="medium" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UHhRHSrORSeW5YQU9PWejA" ]REGISTER NOW![/button] As Arizonans prepare for midterm elections in 2022, we will look at what the midterms are and why they are im[...]

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Court rules ballot measure on regulating judges legal

A Yavapai County judge ruled Friday the Judicial Accountability Act, a legislative referral minimizing judicial retention elections and incorporating legislative oversight into the Commission on Judicial Performance Review, does not violate the state constitution’s separate amendment rule, nor bear a misleading title.  With the p[...]

education

Prop. 123 education funding renewal effort falls short

With Proposition 123, an additional education funding stream through the State Land Trust fund, set to lapse at the end of the next fiscal year, both parties brought out sweeping plans to retool and renew the measure. Republicans got out in front with a plan to send the money solely to teachers’ salaries, which was followed by a c[...]

Petersen, Republicans, teacher pay
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Judge rules No Labels can refuse to let candidates run under its banner

Arizonans can't run for office under the No Labels banner unless the party gives them permission.  In a new ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi barred Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from accepting any requests by any individual, including those registered with the party, to be a candidate in the 2024 primary elec[...]

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Former Trump supporter entangled in January 6 conspiracy theory sues Fox News

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Raymond Epps, a former Marine who said he was forced from his Arizona home becaus[...]

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Cook announces state Senate bid to challenge Rogers

One of the longest-serving members in the state House of Representatives announced Friday he is challenging Sen. Wendy Rogers in the 2024 primary election for her seat after Rogers shared sexually explicit images of President Joe Biden’s son.   In a now-deleted Twitter post from Wednesday, Rogers, R-Flagstaff, shared a video a[...]

legislature

Former lawmaker, former congressional candidate, party chair vie for LD2 seat

Legislative District 2 Republicans nominated three people on Monday night as potential replacements for former Sen. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix.   Former lawmaker Shawnna Bolick, failed congressional candidate Josh Barnett, and LD2 Republican party chair Paul Carver is the nominee slate the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will [...]

legislature

Senate settles public records lawsuit filed by watchdog American Oversight

[caption id="attachment_250041" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for the company Cyber Ninjas, May 6, 2021, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The state Senate has settled a longstanding public records lawsuit filed by left-leaning[...]

election denier, Senate, settlement, Cyber Ninjas, American Oversight
Recent news

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona

[caption id="attachment_260417" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Cochise County Recorder David Stevens poses for a portrait inside his office in Bisbee on Feb. 14. Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise's hand count when former elections director Lisa Marra, objected last year, only halting once a judge ruled it violated state law. [...]

Cochise County, elections, Trump, Biden
Letters to the Editor

Media unethically favors Democrats

Dear Editor: Any candidate’s response when called an election denier should be:           “Yes, I’ll question every election where the two most critical stories impacting it are kept from voters by media unethically favoring Democrats. Every scurrilous charge against the prior president was plastered across newspaper[...]

phone records, Ward, GOP, Arizona Republican Party, Trump, Biden, election, subpoena, votes, insurrection, Jan. 6, Trump, Biden, judge

Hypocrisy plagues Prop 211, sets up opponents for intimidation

[caption id="attachment_257577" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Deposit Photos[/caption] Why not disclose political donors? It’s an easy question for those exempt from such exposure. Proposition 211 exempts organizations widely known to favor liberals, while setting up donors of conservative organizations for harassment and int[...]

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