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Sen. Catherine Miranda has said nothing publicly about the hearing exchange that made her nationally known. The bill she opposed cleared the Senate anyway. Declining to speak was a strategy, and it is worth examining what it purchased.
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Lawmakers kept Rio Nuevo alive but added an 80% sales tax project rule. The next nine years should be a stress test: track net new tax receipts, not just multipliers, before anyone talks about expanding the district.
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The senator drawing national conservative criticism is a self-described pro-life Democrat who was endorsed by Arizona Right to Life, crossed her party on multiple abortion votes, and endorsed Doug Ducey for governor. The record complicates the caricature in both directions.
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The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether Proposition 145 returns to the November ballot after a trial judge found it violated the Separate Amendment Rule, a ruling that could determine if voters see two dueling ESA measures this fall.
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Billions for rural health are on the table. Miss August and October deadlines, and Arizona's share can be clawed back. North Dakota is sprinting. Is Arizona even stretching? Show the plan now.
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After Rep. Ralph Heap ousted Nick Myers in the GOP primary for Arizona's utility regulator, Myers blasted Turning Point Action and urged Republicans to "single-shot" Kevin Thompson, a public rift with pocketbook stakes as Democrats eye an opening.
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Kaylie Ray came to a Senate Education Committee hearing to describe forfeiting a match. Sen. Catherine Miranda opened her response by assessing Ray's build, then questioned her competitiveness. The exchange went national within a day, and Miranda's office has never commented.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs says she will not debate GOP challenger Andy Biggs, repeating her 2022 tactic and shifting the contest to parallel events and documents. Voters lose a side-by-side test, so both tickets now owe Arizona detailed plans and unscreened Q and A.
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Oscar De Los Santos skipped his House ethics hearing. A bipartisan panel — Republicans and Democrats — still found him guilty of breaking three chamber rules. Then his caucus made him minority leader.
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Reclamation's framework threatens to strip up to 77% of Arizona's Colorado River allocation. Unity, a firm Lower Basin offer, and strict oversight are Arizona's best leverage before the Record of Decision lands.
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A newly enacted federal housing law promises carrots and sticks for city halls. The details that will decide Arizona's budgets and building timelines are still to come.
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USDA unions are fighting a plan to move 2,500 employees from D.C. to five regional offices. Arizona taxpayers should insist on the math: clear costs, measurable benefits, and guardrails against budget theater.
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Congress is split on reining in Trump's Iran war powers as gas prices spike. Arizona families feel it first at the pump and later on the federal ledger. Publish the price tag before writing the check.
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Hobbs and Biggs must name running mates by Sept. 4. With the role largely undefined, their choices will determine whether Arizona gets efficiency or another layer of bureaucracy, and taxpayers will foot the bill either way.
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Warren Petersen clinches the GOP attorney general nod and Jay Feely advances in CD1, while a separate indictment of perennial Republican candidate Neil DeSanti over alleged illegal voting puts election-integrity rhetoric under a spotlight, per the Arizona Mirror.
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Trump's DOJ halted new criminal cases over diesel emissions tampering and the president pardoned nine people convicted of it. Arizona's air and economy need clarity and steady civil enforcement, not policy by pardon.
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Goldwater Institute's suit to block an ESA initiative is an ask, not a ruling; Primary Day voters get a faster way to speed counting; and Tom Homan pledges ICE body cams on traffic stops after recent shootings. Competence beats theater if the paperwork matches the promises.
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Both parties are claiming Arizona's new tax package. The public deserves the annual math behind the four-year headline.
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A federal rollback of habitat protections shifts responsibility to states. Arizona now faces a choice: gear up fast, or watch projects stall while wildlife loses time it doesn't have.
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Ruben Gallego won a June ethics reprieve, but his ties to Eric Swalwell and a new report of consensual relationships with House aides put judgment, not just rules, at issue.
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Hobbs' budget chief says a July 4 federal rewrite forced Arizona to "guess" on key dollars. That puts assumptions, not arithmetic, at the center of the 2026 plan. Publish the math, the contingencies, and the results.
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Hakeem Jeffries asked the teachers union for midterm help and promised progressive policies. Arizona should ask for the bill and the blueprint before buying the pep rally.
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A Friday dump of hard results and harder questions: a court-finalized prison healthcare takeover, a PAC-money headline tied to Senate leadership, and election prep colliding with a new Supreme Court guardrail.
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A new teacher survey says admin support on discipline is thin and behavior drives exits. Back teachers with consequences and transparency, not a 75% quota tied to A-F grades.
