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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Courts
State AGs expand consumer work as prices rise and Trump guts federal protections
Since President Donald Trump has gutted much of the federal government’s consumer protection work, state attorneys general are increasingly left to fight high prices and investigate businesses themselves. Consumer protection work, long a growing focus of state AGs from both parties, has ramped up considerably more...
Elections
Unity Without Standards Isn’t Unity
Following his primary defeat, Anthony Dunham argues the Arizona Republican Party must adopt a code of conduct, strengthen candidate vetting, and hold its own accountable to rebuild trust.
Opinion
As they weigh lieutenant governor picks, Biggs and Hobbs are both chasing John McCain’s voters
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Rep. Andy Biggs have yet to name their running mates — the first time Arizona gubernatorial candidates must choose a lieutenant governor — but they’re already telling voters exactly what they’re thinking. The frenzy over who each will choose to be first in the line of succession isn’t just...
Elections
State immigration enforcement proceeds as judge wants to see clear harm
Arizona’s new voter-approved law allowing the state’s police more immigration enforcement authority remains in effect after a federal judge ruled last week that no one has shown they have been harmed by the measure. The post State immigration enforcement proceeds as judge wants to see clear harm first appeared on...
Elections
Gallego donates Palantir cash to immigrant relief fund, cuts ties with ICE’s ‘tech backbone’
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego donated $17,500 his campaign received from executives for surveillance company Palantir to help undocumented immigrants, the Arizona Mirror has learned. Gallego donated the campaign money to the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund, a spokesperson for the senator confirmed to...
Elections
Trump administration sustains defeat on vote-by-mail order in federal appeals court
The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a district court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s broad March 31 executive order restricting vote-by-mail. The move came just two days after a federal appeals court denied the administration’s request to resume the controversial...
Local
Junior hockey coming to Arizona as part of USHL, NA3HL westward expansion
The Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley will be home to one of the USHL’s two expansion teams in Arizona. The franchise’s ownership group expects the team to be named later this summer. (File photo by Chase Beardsley/Cronkite News) "...
Elections
Judge allows comprehensive election measure to proceed
Arizona voters can be asked to decide on sweeping proposed changes in state election laws in a single take-it-or-leave-it ballot measure, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled. The post Judge allows comprehensive election measure to proceed first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Border
Bond without bounds: The unchecked price of freedom from immigration detention.
PHOENIX – The unchecked price of freedom from immigration detention. The post Bond without bounds: The unchecked price of freedom from immigration detention. appeared first on Cronkite News .
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