Elections
Arizona's GOP Primary Is a Test of Addition, Not Just Volume
The Biggs-Schweikert primary is really an argument about whether Arizona Republicans can turn intensity into a statewide majority.
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Opinion
Arizona built the Fabs – now let’s build the supply chains
When Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, it recognized a simple truth: the United States had become too dependent on overseas manufacturing for one of the world's most strategic technologies. The post Arizona built the Fabs – now let’s build the supply chains first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
‘Sham’ Green Party candidates tied to GOP machine as they funnel cash to a mystery company
They say they’re genuine Green Party candidates, but Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier are working hand-in-hand with Arizona’s Republican campaign machine, seemingly violating Clean Elections rules and sending huge chunks of public campaign funding to a shadowy, newly minted Nevada business. The Arizona Green Party...
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Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not sufficiently justify restrictions imposed in 2023 on a drug used to terminate early pregnancies, adding another layer of complexity to a string of legal cases with opposing goals that could affect future abortion access....
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Kevin Thompson’s Outside Consulting Becomes Central Issue in Arizona Corporation Commission Race
Arizona voters ask: Should elected utility regulators maintain private consulting businesses with clients whose interests intersect with the Commission’s work?
Elections
Election deniers and conspiracy theorists top Arizona’s Republican nominees this year
Republican voters in Arizona sent a litany of election deniers to the November ballot, chief among them the nominees for the top three statewide offices. But they’re far from the only ones who advanced to the general election. The Grand Canyon State has long been at the center of the election conspiracy theories...
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Miles Bridges acquisition raises questions about Suns’ commitment to ‘right culture’
The acquisition of swingman Miles Bridges, who has a history of domestic violence and off-court issues, has sparked public and media criticism of the Suns, while raising questions about owner Mat Ishbia’s commitment to building a team with what he termed “the right culture.” (AP Photo/John Raoux) "...
Courts
Lockdown limbo claims on Arizona’s women’s death row need logs, not adjectives
Arizona Mirror says all three women on Arizona’s death row faced a “lockdown limbo” this month. With a cohort of three, prison officials can and should publish the dates, reasons, services affected, and durations. Show the log and the ratios, not just the rhetoric.
Courts
Homeland Security agents illegally recorded and retaliated against immigration protesters: lawsuit
Three people who observed federal immigration enforcement during the Trump administration’s sometimes-violent surge said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday the Department of Homeland Security illegally recorded them and revoked their status in the department’s trusted traveler programs. The suit, filed in the...
Capitol
‘We are in hell’: The lockdown limbo Arizona’s 3 women on death row faced this month
There are three women on Arizona’s death row, and they got there the usual way. Wendi Andriano beat her terminally ill husband to death. Shawna Forde formed an anti-immigrant militia, then staged a home invasion that left a man and his nine-year-old daughter dead. Sammantha Uriarte and her husband, John Allen,...
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