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Local
Boards hire superintendents, set local policy, and approve budgets inside state law. They do not run Arizona from a cafeteria dais.
Elections
The Independent Redistricting Commission, census data, and competing definitions of fairness decide who represents whom for a decade.
Capitol
Assessed values, tax rates, exemptions, and the overlapping jurisdictions on your bill. The total is local even when the anger is statewide.
Elections
Most Arizona ballots are cast before Election Day. The rules for returning, verifying, and curing them are where confidence is won or lost.
Border
Assured supply rules, CAP dependence, groundwater basins, and developer promises. Suburb growth is a water story before it is an HOA story.
Local
Charter cities write more of their own structure. They still live inside the Arizona Constitution, state statutes, and statewide preemption fights.
Capitol
Baseline, one-time money, structural balance, and the difference between a signing ceremony and a sustainable ledger.
