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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland...

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Four factors government agencies should evaluate when choosing a banking partner

Few banking professionals have the firsthand experience that MBallou Conde-Kouyate does. Before joining Western Alliance Bank, she was a federal government relationship manager and primary business line owner for agency […] The post Four factors government agencies should evaluate when choosing a banking partner...

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Heap says DOJ reports exist, blasts Fontes over missing felony data

Maricopa County's recorder says DOJ felony data exist through Q1 2026 and that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has withheld or mishandled reports since mid-2025, forcing counties into manual workarounds.

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Mayes, Fontes say the Trump administration may be breaking the law to scour Arizona voter data

A federal effort to identify noncitizen voters using voter registration information might be violating state privacy laws, according to Attorney General Kris Mayes. In a letter sent earlier this week to Timothy Courchaine, the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, Mayes and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes requested...

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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-25: Clean Elections Presses, Hobbs Files on Behalf of Tohono O’Odham, Police Charge Sinema’s Ex-Lover With Art Destruction, and More

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Election could reshape Arizona’s $1B ESA program

With Empowerment Scholarship Accounts measures now off the ballot, the Legislature and the governor’s office will be the primary battlegrounds for ESA policy. The post Election could reshape Arizona’s $1B ESA program first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Clean Elections fraud fight goes to court as Green Party candidates seek to block repayment

The attorney for two Green Party candidates accused of fraudulently obtaining public campaign funding and lawyers for the commission that regulates that funding sparred in Maricopa County Superior Court Thursday over whether the commission has the power to make candidates repay ill-gotten funding. Tim La Sota, the...

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Shah Campaign Payments To Staffer Raises Questions About Democratic Socialist Connections

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One-page ballot may not ease voting for Maricopa County voters with disabilities

PHOENIX – Maricopa County will cut its November ballot from two sheets to one while leaving voters with more than 80 contests. Voters and advocates say disability access depends on more than page count.

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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-24: Attorney General Debate, DCS Audit, and More

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Arizona AG rivals Mayes and Petersen trade attacks over experience, donors and deportation

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Senate President Warren Petersen spent an hour talking over each other and making snide comments in a Wednesday night debate over which of the two candidates should be the state’s top law enforcement official for the next four years. Mayes highlighted the lawsuits her office...

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Prop. 141 could complicate Arizona’s highway funding conundrum

With Arizona’s primary source of highway improvement funds stalling, voters will be asked to close the door on one potential solution in November. The post Prop. 141 could complicate Arizona’s highway funding conundrum first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Clean Elections tells court it must investigate Green Party fraud claims

The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission says that its investigation into whether two Green Party candidates fraudulently qualified for campaign funding is squarely within the scope of its legally mandated job of protecting the state’s public campaign finance system, and that a Maricopa County Superior Court...

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‘What’s the point?’: Inside a Navajo Nation election marked by distrust

Cierra Tsosie is preparing to vote for the first time in the Navajo Nation presidential election. At 18 years old, she’s studying physiology and biochemistry at the University of Arizona, and has known for years that what she wants to do with her life is become a doctor and return permanently to the Navajo Nation. […]

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GOP’s ‘rubberstamp’ of Trump puts US Senate in play, Dem campaign chair says

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats believe they could pick up as many as six seats following this November’s midterm elections, despite Republicans having better fundraising numbers and break-even polling in several states. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand said during a sit-down...

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Bernie Sanders’ Arizona Endorsements Put Democratic Socialism on the Ballot

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Recorder Heap: Fontes Failure to Provide Felony Records Jeopardizes Voter Registration List Maintenance Ahead of General Election

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GOP taps ex-justice for Hobbs probe amid subpoena fog

Senate Republicans shifted the Hobbs probe to Appropriations and hired retired Justice Andrew Gould as special counsel, even as one outlet reported Sen. Jake Hoffman is retreating on subpoenas and the AG's office says it never got any.

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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-22: No Sunshine Subpoenas, Turning Point Behind Democrats For Biggs, Kelly Still Deciding on Presidential Run, and More

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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-22: No Sunshine Subpoenas, Turning Point Behind Democrats For Biggs, Kelly Still Deciding on Presidential Run, and More

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Hoffman Taps Former GOP Candidate Andrew Gould To Lead Hobbs Investigation

Dems criticize appointment as partisan campaign ploy

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No, there isn’t a ‘Democrats for Biggs’ movement, despite what new signs claim

Who, exactly, are the “Democrats for Biggs”? That’s the question behind a wave of blue campaign signs popping up around Greater Phoenix, claiming Democrats are backing Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs. The signs don’t say which Democrats. They don’t name any supporters. And the people promoted online...

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Gillette Blasts Adrian Fontes, Kris Mayes For Voter-Data Double Standard Over Use Of ERIC System

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Funding fight in Prop 320 could affect school safety

A ballot measure designed to direct more money to Arizona classrooms could force school districts to cut transportation, counseling services and school safety. The post Funding fight in Prop 320 could affect school safety first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .