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Saguaro Signal desk
The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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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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For a split second, I thought Andy Biggs had picked a Mexican-born naturalized U.S. citizen as his running mate for governor. He hadn’t. It turned out to be Sine Kerr’s mother. “The daughter of an Army combat veteran and a naturalized U.S. citizen from Mexico, Sine Kerr has lived the American Dream,” read Biggs’...
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AG Kris Mayes won’t say if she'll defend a law allowing state and local police to arrest people entering Arizona illegally between ports of entry. The post Mayes taking wait-and-see approach to Prop 314 lawsuits first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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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 most powerful lawmaker in Wisconsin is walking away from his job. The most powerful legislators in North Carolina and Utah lost bids for a new term. Both top lawmakers in Vermont are retiring. The post ‘The job is changing’: Across nation, legislative leaders head for the exits first appeared on Arizona Capitol...
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The Pollack era of Arizona Globe has begun
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Phoenix station revised wording that suggested Arizona’s GOP nominee backed religious bans
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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 House Judiciary Committee chair has repeatedly blocked legislation to narrow Arizona’s clergy-penitent privilege. The post Nguyen vows to protect Arizona confessional confidentiality first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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WASHINGTON —The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance a bipartisan measure to keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add controversial new criteria for federal grants. The agreement — which Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, and...
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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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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the U.S. suicide and crisis lifeline, or access online chat at 988lifeline.org. For months, Marie’s 11-year-old daughter wasn’t acting like herself. The fifth grader was often fatigued, sleeping more. She wasn’t eating enough, and spent more...
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It’s crunch time for states seeking to take advantage of a once-in-a-generation federal rural health grant program, state health officials and rural health experts said here last week. The post States scramble to secure rural health fund allocations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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ANALYSIS | A performance review of the promises made to Arizona and the record she’s asking voters to renew for another four years.
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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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Opinion | Jeremiah Cota, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member, Laveen, Arizona
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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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Federal regulators will drastically reduce Colorado River allocations to Lower Basin states, including Arizona, leaving Upper Basin states relatively unscathed. The post Arizona facing deep Colorado River cuts under ‘unacceptable’ federal plan first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The auditors trying to learn how a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana had spent nearly $1.2 million ultimately could not figure it out. Despite a new law, the state had failed to establish a process for the centers or to track how they spent taxpayer dollars. That was surprising enough, auditors said. But...
