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Autopen Outrage: Sunday’s Comic

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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.

Capitol

Jacob Martinez’ Political Makeover May Decide LD9 House Race

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Illegal Alien Who Entered U.S. Through Arizona Detained After Killing Two People While Driving a Semi-Truck

Elections

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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Sybil Francis seeks to empower voters’ voices through public opinion polling

Sybil Francis, president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona, has spent more than two decades leading one of the state’s top public policy think tanks studying what Arizonans want from their government and communities. The post Sybil Francis seeks to empower voters’ voices through public opinion polling...

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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

Capitol

Democrats gain 4 in US Senate GOP on Iran war resolution, but vote falls short

WASHINGTON — Despite skyrocketing fuel prices and sinking approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran ahead of the November midterms, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts Thursday to check the president’s unfettered military action in the Middle East. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa...

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Arizona’s economy starts with our youngest children

When Arizona business leaders talk about our state's economic future, the conversation usually turns to jobs, water, workforce development, infrastructure and our ability to compete for new investment. The post Arizona’s economy starts with our youngest children first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Arizona Capitol Times – September 25, 2026

Elections

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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Fontes Claims Regarding DOJ Felony Report Found To Be False

Elections

Shah Campaign Payments To Staffer Raises Questions About Democratic Socialist Connections

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Stepson Gets Life Sentence For Brutal Murder With Hammer in Gilbert

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Pinal County sheriff accuses Flock of ‘dishonesty’ about its cameras

WASHINGTON – Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple, who ended his county’s contract with Flock in August over privacy concerns, told a Senate hearing the company misled him about its surveillance network, accusing it of “disinformation” and “dishonesty.”

Elections

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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Families, advocates call for more help to solve Arizona cold cases

Victims’ advocates and families said Arizona's cold cases need more time, personnel, communication and accountability. The post Families, advocates call for more help to solve Arizona cold cases first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .

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Trump’s FDA nominee draws bipartisan skepticism over abortion pill and vaccines

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration appeared to disappoint senators from both political parties Thursday with how she answered questions about medication abortion access during her confirmation hearing. Dr. Heidi Overton also faced skepticism from committee...

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BLM Confirms Four Right-of-Way Applications Tied to Arizona Data Center Projects

Conservationists from both major parties express concern

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ICE wasted millions expanding detention without a plan in Trump push for mass deportation

WASHINGTON — Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities. The nonpartisan Government...

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School Board Member Rooks Says Peoria Police Requests Reinforcement After School District Raid

“Every board member should be asking what was in that shredding bin”

Elections

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

Elections

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...