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Cities, counties, school boards, and the state decisions that land closest to home — including Capitol, elections, and border coverage.
Includes Local Government plus State Capitol, Elections, and Border & Growth coverage.
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After the latest round of political scrutiny threatened to derail its mission, the leader of an important and unique part of Tucson’s economic development wants not just to keep the momentum going, but to expand its scope. The post Fletcher McCusker: Surviving Arizona’s budget process first appeared on Arizona...
Elections
Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue while critics warn it will only lead to intrusive policing and humiliation. For the past several years, Republicans across the country have pushed...
Elections
House Judiciary Chair Quang Nguyen says he will keep clergy confessions off limits to mandatory reporting bills, putting the next move in voters' hands while a high-profile Facebook flub shows how easily Arizona's campaign conversation can get scrambled.
Capitol
Phoenix station revised wording that suggested Arizona’s GOP nominee backed religious bans
Capitol
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.
Capitol
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 .
Capitol
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...
Capitol
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.
Elections
Andy Biggs' choice of former Sen. Sine Kerr as Arizona's first-ever lieutenant governor running mate is more than symbolism. Under Prop 131, the role comes with real management power, and Kerr's water-heavy record and hot-button votes set clear stakes for both governance and the
Capitol
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.
Capitol
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...
Elections
Closed primaries, county ballots, and party rules decide who reaches November. Here is the machinery without the slogans.
Capitol
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 .
Border
New estimates put the U.S. undocumented immigrant population in mid-2024 at 14.6 million to 15.8 million, a sharp increase from around 11 million in the 2010s. Since then the non-citizen population has likely dropped, but the number is unclear since immigrants facing hostility are reluctant to cooperate with...
Elections
Former state senator brings rural, agricultural and water-policy experience to historic GOP ticket
Elections
Former state senator brings rural, agricultural and water-policy experience to historic GOP ticket
Elections
As Gov. Katie Hobbs seeks four more years, a State 48 News analysis flags management, ethics and affordability trouble spots while a Capitol Times op-ed urges a sober relook at 911 funding. The next term will turn on execution in a divided government that still has to deliver.
Elections
Former Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, now at ASU's Mechanics of Democracy Lab, says Arizona must prove election controls with public evidence, keep administration in state hands, and measure whether new trust-building steps like ID-verified early ballots actually work.
Capitol
ANALYSIS | A performance review of the promises made to Arizona and the record she’s asking voters to renew for another four years.
Capitol
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.
Local
Judge Greg Como ruled Prop. 143 violates Arizona's Separate Amendment Rule and, as written, would have barred cities and counties from negotiating with any labor organization. Supporters can appeal; otherwise it's off the November ballot.
Elections
Arizona's elections run on mail ballots and local competence, not nationwide mandates or panic policies. Fund the counters, verify with guardrails, publish the results, and let Arizona run Arizona.
Elections
Maricopa hit 99% counted in 27 hours after the primary, a clear throughput gain tied to an ID-present option that kept 23,000 early ballots out of the post-election queue. Now the county owes taxpayers the ledger: costs, hours, and unit results. The same rigor should guide the $-
