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Republicans push proposal for significant teacher raises 

[caption id="attachment_89738" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Several Republican lawmakers and candidates for office, including Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget director Matt Gress, who is running for a House seat in Legislative District 4, are touting an education proposal to raise teacher salaries permanently by $10,000 dollars in the [...]

Republicans poised to gain congressional seats 

[caption id="attachment_255837" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton, the incumbent in the 4th Congressional District, pauses before speaking at a rally for Brittney Griner on July 6 in Phoenix. Republican Kelly Cooper is going against Stanton in the November election as Republicans try to take over some [...]

Brnovich fighting to bring criminal charges against firm tied to Invest in Ed

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is making a last-ditch effort to bring criminal charges against the firm that circulated petitions for the voter-approved 2020 Invest in Ed ballot measure. In new legal filings, Brnovich is telling the Arizona Supreme Court that the Court of Appeals erred when it concluded earlier this year that stat[...]

Arpaio tries to become suburban mayor after losses

[caption id="attachment_255573" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio poses for a photo on July 22, 2020, in Fountain Hills. Arpaio, the 90-year-old former sheriff of Arizona's most populous county who was voted out amid frustration over his headline-grabbing tactics and legal troubles, is attempt[...]

Arizona House Speaker Bowers censured, says he wouldn’t change a thing 

[caption id="attachment_255341" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizona's House Speaker Rusty Bowers returns at the end of a break in a House select committee hearing investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington on June 21. The Arizona Republican Party this week censured Bowers as retaliation for his testi[...]

Ballot tabulation board changes error margin  

[caption id="attachment_246893" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Voters drop off ballots as volunteers look on at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Phoenix. Arizona’s Vote Count Verification Committee ruled last week to change the error rate that local election officials use to audit voters’ b[...]

Feds ask judge to block Arizona's new presidential voting law

  [caption id="attachment_255073" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rep. Jake Hoffman (Capitol Media Services 2021 file photo by Howard Fischer)[/caption] The Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to block Arizona from enforcing a new law about who can vote for president. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the agency [...]

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Voters will consider at least eight proposals in November

Arizona voters will face at least eight -- and likely as many as 11 -- proposals they get to approve or quash in November. And their fate could determine not only the laws on the operation of state government but even the influence that voters have in crafting new laws in the future. The most sweeping would eliminate many o[...]

Bill makes illegal voting practice illegal – again

[caption id="attachment_250002" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this March 17, 2020, file photo, an Arizona voter delivers her mail-in ballot at a polling station for the Arizona presidential preference election in Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Matt York, File)[/caption] Republican lawmakers are asking Gov. Doug Ducey to sign a bill th[...]

Senate nixes bill to give AG’s office more power over elections

[caption id="attachment_132602" align="alignnone" width="620"] Attorney General Mark Brnovich and staffers in a 2020 file photo. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)[/caption] State senators on Monday quashed a bid to give Attorney General Mark Brnovich more power to investigate elections.  Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glend[...]

Wanted: Candidates who will listen to what matters most to all voters

There are as many reasons to run for public office as there are candidates. Many are motivated by a particular issue or philosophy, which they emphasize in their election campaign. They tell us what they will do. Too often overlooked, however, is what voters – at least a majority, not just the most zealous segments of a part[...]

Kelly leads cash game, but polls show tight Senate race

[caption id="attachment_252991" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool)[/caption] New fundraising figures and another poll show Arizona’s Senate rac[...]

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