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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
Nasty primary leaves pundits wondering if winner can survive the general
Elections
Nasty primary leaves pundits wondering if winner can survive the general
Elections
Trump warned of foreign election meddling without offering proof, the Arizona Mirror reports. A day later, DHS threatened prosecutions, raising federalism questions for Arizona while offering little actionable guidance so far.
Elections
Arizona's high court said the Secretary of State isn't required to take public comment before updating the state's elections rulebook. The mandate is gone, but nothing stops the office from choosing a transparent, public process anyway.
Capitol
Hobbs' budget chief says a July 4 federal rewrite forced Arizona to "guess" on key dollars. That puts assumptions, not arithmetic, at the center of the 2026 plan. Publish the math, the contingencies, and the results.
Elections
After a Trump speech the Arizona Mirror described as filled with false fraud claims, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes pushed back at reported DHS pressure on states. Arizonans now need the documents and the plan, not just the punchlines.
Capitol
Hakeem Jeffries asked the teachers union for midterm help and promised progressive policies. Arizona should ask for the bill and the blueprint before buying the pep rally.
Elections
Key Points: Judge orders five-year prison healthcare receivership, appoints candidate Receiver gains broad healthcare authority; department plans immediate appeal Court aims to quell unconstitutional care after 14 years of litigation […] The post Judge finalizes Arizona prison healthcare takeover first appeared on...
Capitol
A Friday dump of hard results and harder questions: a court-finalized prison healthcare takeover, a PAC-money headline tied to Senate leadership, and election prep colliding with a new Supreme Court guardrail.
Elections
The Arizona Secretary of State is not required to allow public comment on new versions of the state’s elections rulebook, the state’s highest court wrote in a Friday opinion that explained an order the court issued nine months prior. In the October order, the Arizona Supreme Court said that the state’s Election...
Capitol
For Ben Henderson, the state budget process is like a game of chess — that is, if you replace the board with a pile of spreadsheets and the pieces with […] The post Ben Henderson: Surveying the chessboard of Arizona’s budget first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Border
The Huntsmen Lacrosse club huddles following a game during the Pacific Lacrosse Festival on June 21, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, California. (Photo by Richie Meno/Cronkite News) ...
Capitol
A new teacher survey says admin support on discipline is thin and behavior drives exits. Back teachers with consequences and transparency, not a 75% quota tied to A-F grades.
Elections
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened on Friday to prosecute election officials in states that don’t “participate in securing the elections” ahead of the November midterms. Election officials who do not comply with administration directives to enhance security of voting machines and to share voter...
Elections
Arizona’s top election official and top prosecutor both had strong words for President Donald Trump and his administration after a prime-time speech on Thursday that was filled with false claims of widespread voter fraud. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes bristled at the prospect of the U.S. Department of...
Local
In four Arizona districts that record but do not post audio, reporters found minutes that stripped out key talks on fines, audits and pay. Legal, maybe. Transparent, no.
Local
blue audio waveform. computer generated technology background Some school districts in Arizona do not provide a clear picture of what transpires in their school board...
Elections
Q2 filings show Biggs well ahead of Schweikert in GOP money, while Hobbs posts a far larger haul and an even larger burn. The ratios in the headlines do not match the math, and the cash-on-hand tells the real story heading into Tuesday's primary.
Capitol
Former AZ Democratic Party vice chair Brianna Westbrook's July 10 arrest carries real public costs and political accountability questions. Here is what is confirmed, what is alleged, and what taxpayers should expect next.
Elections
Arizona's voting sites will have plenty of eyes on them this election season, including poll monitors from political parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, congressional monitors and perhaps more. The post LUCHA trains volunteers to be poll observers amid security concerns first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Hobbs' $2.6 million Q2 haul fueled an early ad blitz, outpacing GOP rivals. The bet: define the race before the July 21 Republican primary. The risk: a fast burn rate before voters tune in for the fall.
Elections
Despite her fundraising advantage, Biggs polling is just 5-point behind
Capitol
Elections
The nation’s election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks by foreign actors, President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Thursday night, citing a batch of documents he declassified — but providing no proof broad interference actually occurred or affected an election outcome. Democrats and...
