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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.
Elections
A voter drops his ballot into a drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Photo by Samad Khan/Cronkite News) Follow...
Elections
The Arizona primary election is today, and the winners will advance to the November ballot, where Democrats hope that a historically unpopular Donald Trump will allow them to retain control of key statewide offices in the Grand Canyon State. All registered voters in the state, even those not registered with a...
Elections
The Goldwater Institute is attempting to convince a court to block the “Protect Education, Accountability Now Act” from the November ballot by disqualifying tens of thousands of voter signatures supporting it. The citizens initiative, headed by public schools advocacy organization, Save Our Schools Arizona, turned...
Elections
Voters still hoping to cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election still have plenty of time to do so. The post How to vote in Arizona’s primary on Tuesday: A last-minute guide first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
The Biggs-Schweikert primary is really an argument about whether Arizona Republicans can turn intensity into a statewide majority.
Elections
Imagine if the Arizona Department of Transportation decided where to build a new highway based on a confidential straw poll instead of a traffic study. The post Arizona should not manage wild horses by straw poll first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
WASHINGTON — In the wake of two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers will wear “at least one body camera” during traffic stops, Tom Homan, the president’s border czar, said over the weekend. Homan, who President Donald Trump has tasked with leading his mass...
Elections
Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) becomes focal point of race
Capitol
Both parties are claiming Arizona's new tax package. The public deserves the annual math behind the four-year headline.
Local
Liberty caucus grades put Keshel and Farnsworth at the top, flag hotel guest taxes, and weight committee votes as GOP voters head to Tuesday's primary.
Elections
A company that runs mobile home parks throughout the United States is backing Senate President Warren Petersen to be the next Arizona attorney general after running afoul of the current officeholder. The post Campaign finance roundup: Firm sued by Arizona AG funnels $600K to PAC backing Petersen first appeared on...
Elections
BallotBot may help voters, but an official AI assistant should come with public testing, visible limits, and post-election performance data.
Capitol
A federal rollback of habitat protections shifts responsibility to states. Arizona now faces a choice: gear up fast, or watch projects stall while wildlife loses time it doesn't have.
Elections
The amount of money at play in the race for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction has far eclipsed previous cycles.
Elections
Sheriff Jerry Sheridan says he did not know LD10 candidate Ciara Anderson had a Bad Conduct Discharge when he endorsed her.
Local
The half-cent sales tax funds roads and transit across the Valley. The fight is never only about asphalt. It is about who trusts regional government with decades of money.
Capitol
The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task. Earlier this month, the Trump administration finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act, rolling back...
Elections
Arizona Mirror reports the BoaVida Group, sued by AG Kris Mayes after heat-wave outages, is now the largest donor to a PAC backing Warren Petersen for AG.
Local
Phoenix walked away from FIFA 2026 after concluding the costs would likely exceed the benefits. Local sports leaders say the World Cup's financial model was upside down for Arizona and chose fiscal discipline over summer spectacle.
Elections
A report that ICE agents have shot at 22 people this term, most during traffic stops, raises immediate questions for Arizona about cooperation, oversight, and basic transparency.
Capitol
Ruben Gallego won a June ethics reprieve, but his ties to Eric Swalwell and a new report of consensual relationships with House aides put judgment, not just rules, at issue.
Elections
Progressive group LUCHA is training hundreds of volunteer poll observers to watch Arizona vote centers, as DOJ plans federal monitors and counties emphasize the 75-foot rule and de-escalation.
Border
Arizona's AG and GOP leaders are aligned to defend a 2024 law letting state judges issue deportation orders and local police arrest migrants. The court fight now turns on capacity and federalism, not slogans.
Elections
Nasty primary leaves pundits wondering if winner can survive the general
