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Here’s how and why you should vote in the SRP board election

As someone who has paid an electric bill every month of my adult life and lived every day of that life in the Valley of the Sun – I’m no stranger to the need for reliable and affordable power.  Also, as someone who has spent a good deal of my adult life paying attention to issues around power and water, I’m quite aware of the [...]

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Roy Herrera [caption id="attachment_480429" align="alignright" width="200"] Roy Herrera[/caption] The Capitol community immediately became aware of Roy Herrera’s legal brilliance when he burst onto the scene several years ago. Roy served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Arizona at age 27. He later joined Ballard Spahr in 201[...]

Ballot tabulation board changes error margin 

[caption id="attachment_255403" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Voters deliver their ballots to a polling station in Tempe on Nov. 3, 2020. Arizona’s Vote Count Verification Committee ruled recently to change the error rate that local election officials use to audit voters’ ballots. (Photo by Matt York/Associated Press)[/cap[...]

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Hold those responsible for Jan. 6 accountable

[caption id="attachment_247580" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)[/caption] A year ago today, far-right extremists attempted to overthrow our government in an attempted coup led b[...]

Trump, insurrection, Jan. 6, Ward, GOP, elections, Dominion, U.S. Capitol, subpoena, phone records, mob

Voters to decide on future of merit selection and justices who upheld abortion ban

Arizona voters will soon decide if judges who display “good behavior” should be given indefinite terms.  Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate passed SCR 1044 Wednesday on party lines. The measure would subject Supreme Court Justices, judges of appellate courts and some superior court judges to a retent[...]

Bills trickle in – water, teacher pay among top issues

With just about a month until the start of Arizona’s next legislative session, lawmakers are already proposing bills to prepare for the 2024 session after their measures from the previous session just took effect at the end of October. The 2023 session was the longest in state history since the Arizona Capitol Times began keepin[...]

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Prosecutor in Phoenix quits amid criticism of performance

The top county prosecutor in metro Phoenix has announced she is resigning from the elected post amid criticism of her performance, including the dismissal of 180 misdemeanor cases because charges were not filed before the statute of limitation expired. In a statement released Monday, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel said h[...]

County Attorney Adel says she has no plan to resign

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel said Tuesday that she is not planning to resign even though senior county prosecutors have formally asked her to, saying her recent performance in office is a distraction undermining the agency. A letter sent Monday by the chiefs of five criminal divisions in the office said Adel called i[...]

State Republicans can vote as usual in next year's presidential preference election

Updates: Adds material to show that Democrats will participate in the statewide primary. Arizona Republicans will get to vote as usual in next year's presidential preference election after the head of the state party rejected a demand from leaders of the Maricopa County GOP to cancel the state-run election and instead run the vote[...]

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Lake's attorneys argue more than 270k signatures county verified in less than three seconds

[caption id="attachment_262760" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, on March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. A judge heard closing arguments from counsel for failed gubernatorial candidate Lake, as well as Maricopa County, the Secretary of State a[...]

Lake, election contest, Maricopa County, trial, closing arguments, governor, signature verification
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Arizona voters have another chance to get a lieutenant governor

[caption id="attachment_255420" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, right, gets a hug from former Arizona governor Rose Mofford, after inaugural ceremonies at the Arizona Capitol Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, in Phoenix. A pair of senators were successful this past session at giving voters the opportunity to establish a[...]

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