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Morning Signal: Arizona news for Thursday, October 1, 2026

Diverse debates intensify ahead of Arizona elections, while legal rulings shape campaign funding and residents cope with water shortages.

Saguaro Signal Desk • Oct 1, 9:00 AM

Capitol

A third of Maricopa voting sites banning electioneering

Arizona Capitol Times • Oct 1, 1:11 PM

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The Lego resale community thrives despite a legal battle between a resale chain and a popular YouTuber

Cronkite News • Oct 1, 12:53 PM

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Democrats eye a rural swing district in bid to flip the Arizona House

Arizona Mirror • Oct 1, 12:15 PM

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My grandfather and great-grandfather built the East Valley's first 55+ active adult community back in 1958. My father continued the family tradition and spent his career developing more than 10,000 homes in those same communities. I grew up around this business – literally singing in holiday programs for residents...

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Cosmic love language: Sun Devil athletes build community during Big 12 Impact Week

TEMPE – ASU athletes joined Special Olympics athletes during Big 12 Impact Week, building connections and community through sports.

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Fontes and Kolodin Get Chippy In Second SecState Debate

The Arizona Globe • Oct 1, 9:25 AM

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Elections

Trump launches 32-day campaign blitz in deep-red states as approval sinks

President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings. The first events in the closing stretch of the midterm election campaign suggest his strength with swing voters is limited,...

Arizona Mirror • Oct 1, 8:40 AM

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Fontes and Kolodin clash over mail voting and election results as debate devolves into name-calling

In a heated debate full of name-calling and personal barbs, Republican Alexander Kolodin promised Arizonans that, as the state’s top election official, he would deliver election-night results — something that Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said was impossible. During the hour-long Arizona Citizens...

Arizona Mirror • Oct 1, 6:30 AM

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Fontes and Kolodin trade insults with some policy sprinkled in

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin debated in the race for Arizona’s top elections official. The post Fontes and Kolodin trade insults with some policy sprinkled in first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

Arizona Capitol Times • Sep 30, 10:31 PM

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Gov. Katie Hobbs Administration Prioritized State Land For Solar Amid Housing Crisis

Arizona Daily Independent • Sep 30, 7:59 PM

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The Reason Many Tucsonans Fly Out Of Phoenix

Arizona Daily Independent • Sep 30, 7:58 PM

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Maricopa County Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced For Overdose Death

Arizona Daily Independent • Sep 30, 7:53 PM

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