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John Giles dropped his Republican registration in May. Calling him a bipartisan bridge asks voters to ignore the paperwork.
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Hobbs preemptively rejects Clean Elections debates while organizers are still finalizing invitations, setting up an official forum that may proceed without the incumbent as Andy Biggs says he’ll show up.
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The Trump administration appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, a popular and long-established early childhood education program that serves the country’s neediest children. The Department of Health and Human Services announced the changes Thursday. The federal Office of Information and...
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What started as a way to pass the time became a decades-long motorsport in Arizona, with lawn mower racers trading grass clippings for checkered flags and dirt tracks, like this one near the Superstitions Mountains east of Phoenix. (Photo courtesy of Marty Fauss) "...