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Local
Light morning turnout in Paradise Valley and Gilbert puts small-town races on a knife's edge, even as Maricopa County rolls out an in-person signature check to speed mail-ballot tabulation. Polls close at 7 p.m., with first results at 8.
Elections
The Biggs-Schweikert primary is really an argument about whether Arizona Republicans can turn intensity into a statewide majority.
Capitol
Both parties are claiming Arizona's new tax package. The public deserves the annual math behind the four-year headline.
Local
Liberty caucus grades put Keshel and Farnsworth at the top, flag hotel guest taxes, and weight committee votes as GOP voters head to Tuesday's primary.
Elections
BallotBot may help voters, but an official AI assistant should come with public testing, visible limits, and post-election performance data.
Capitol
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.
Elections
Sheriff Jerry Sheridan says he did not know LD10 candidate Ciara Anderson had a Bad Conduct Discharge when he endorsed her.
Local
The half-cent sales tax funds roads and transit across the Valley. The fight is never only about asphalt. It is about who trusts regional government with decades of money.
Elections
Arizona Mirror reports the BoaVida Group, sued by AG Kris Mayes after heat-wave outages, is now the largest donor to a PAC backing Warren Petersen for AG.
Local
Phoenix walked away from FIFA 2026 after concluding the costs would likely exceed the benefits. Local sports leaders say the World Cup's financial model was upside down for Arizona and chose fiscal discipline over summer spectacle.
Elections
A report that ICE agents have shot at 22 people this term, most during traffic stops, raises immediate questions for Arizona about cooperation, oversight, and basic transparency.
Capitol
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.
Elections
Progressive group LUCHA is training hundreds of volunteer poll observers to watch Arizona vote centers, as DOJ plans federal monitors and counties emphasize the 75-foot rule and de-escalation.
Border
Arizona's AG and GOP leaders are aligned to defend a 2024 law letting state judges issue deportation orders and local police arrest migrants. The court fight now turns on capacity and federalism, not slogans.
Elections
Trump warned of foreign election meddling without offering proof, the Arizona Mirror reports. A day later, DHS threatened prosecutions, raising federalism questions for Arizona while offering little actionable guidance so far.
Elections
Arizona's high court said the Secretary of State isn't required to take public comment before updating the state's elections rulebook. The mandate is gone, but nothing stops the office from choosing a transparent, public process anyway.
Capitol
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.
Elections
After a Trump speech the Arizona Mirror described as filled with false fraud claims, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes pushed back at reported DHS pressure on states. Arizonans now need the documents and the plan, not just the punchlines.
Capitol
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.
Capitol
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.
Capitol
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.
Local
In four Arizona districts that record but do not post audio, reporters found minutes that stripped out key talks on fines, audits and pay. Legal, maybe. Transparent, no.
Elections
Q2 filings show Biggs well ahead of Schweikert in GOP money, while Hobbs posts a far larger haul and an even larger burn. The ratios in the headlines do not match the math, and the cash-on-hand tells the real story heading into Tuesday's primary.
Capitol
Former AZ Democratic Party vice chair Brianna Westbrook's July 10 arrest carries real public costs and political accountability questions. Here is what is confirmed, what is alleged, and what taxpayers should expect next.
