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The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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Congressman Andy Biggs has selected former state Sen. Sine Kerr to serve as his running mate and potentially Arizona’s first lieutenant governor. The post Biggs taps former Sen. Kerr as his running mate in gubernatorial race first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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More than 475,000 Arizonans have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as a result of federal budget cuts last year. The post Arizona’s push to lower SNAP errors reaches people’s daily lives first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Rift reflects greater GOP, Dem approaches to AZ’s data center boom
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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.” Kennedy testified that when he worked as a lawyer he “learned that human health and environmental health are intertwined and...
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WASHINGTON — A group of Diné allotment shareholders and community leaders called Wednesday for the Bureau of Land Management to continue enforcing oil and gas restrictions near New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The delegation, gathered in front of the U.S. Department of the Interior headquarters...
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Arizona's childcare assistance waitlist has swelled to more than 13,500 children, highlighting a growing affordability crisis. The post Arizona childcare assistance waitlist jumps to 13,500 first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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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...
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Arizona voters ask: Should elected utility regulators maintain private consulting businesses with clients whose interests intersect with the Commission’s work?
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There are three women on Arizona’s death row, and they got there the usual way. Wendi Andriano beat her terminally ill husband to death. Shawna Forde formed an anti-immigrant militia, then staged a home invasion that left a man and his nine-year-old daughter dead. Sammantha Uriarte and her husband, John Allen,...
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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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A group of current and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employees are calling on the Trump administration to halt the mandated relocation of more than 2,500 employees from its Washington, D.C., headquarters to five regional offices across the country. In an online briefing hosted by federal union leaders...
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In an age of hyperpartisan politics, governors stand apart. Voters see them differently than they view federal candidates: Your governor fixes roads and bridges, funds your local public school, handles issues that don’t break down along the neat lines of party preference. The post The most competitive governor’s...
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The teachers’ unions and their allies at Save Our Schools (SOS) have proven time and time again that they will do anything to kill universal school choice in Arizona. They’ve fought expansion of the program. They’ve pushed to cap it. They’ve worked with activist reporters in the legacy media with ties to the Red...
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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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WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members killed as a result of the Iran conflict, the two chambers of Congress were at odds over whether to rein in the president’s military powers in the monthslong war. While members of the U.S....
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Yee has built a commanding lead over incumbent Horne at 55%
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Arizona voters, the Republican-led state legislature is so scared of you having a voice in how your tax dollars are spent that they will resort to trickery, deceit, and downright unconstitutional behavior in order to void your vote on the Protect Education Act — a citizen’s initiative to reform Arizona’s $1 billion...
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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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The website provides a point-by-point list of what people can do when confronted by ICE agents. The post Judicial Watch sues Gov. Katie Hobbs over Arizona ICE rights website first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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At least seven governors have banned state employees from using insider information to place bets, as questions around ethics and insider trading continue to hound prediction market operators. The post 7 govs have banned state employees from prediction market wagering first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The biggest challenge? Teaching people how to cast a write-in vote
