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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
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs raked in campaign donations during the second quarter of 2026, collecting about $2.6 million — but she also spent big as she launched a high-dollar advertising campaign boasting about her record as governor. Campaign finance reports for April 1 through June 30 show that Hobbs had more than...
Elections
A trailer park management company being sued by Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes is spending big to back one of Mayes’ GOP opponents in a bid to defeat her in November. Mayes filed a lawsuit against the BoaVida Group last year after electricity outages during a deadly summer heat wave left residents at...
Elections
Key Points: Judge considers ballot qualification challenge to anti-DEI ballot measure Plaintiffs claim measure illegally combines disjointed constitutional provisions Supporters claim stronger anti-discrimination, foes fear free speech violations A Maricopa […] The post Judge weighs whether Arizona anti-DEI measure...
Capitol
PHOENIX — The state’s top education official said this week that improving student discipline could increase teachers’ job satisfaction and make them less likely to leave the profession. Superintendent Tom […] The post Horne thinks better student discipline will help retain teachers first appeared on Arizona...
Capitol
A rapid GOP-to-GOP appointment in South Carolina keeps the Senate math intact, limiting surprise shifts in federal spending fights that affect Arizona's bottom line.
Elections
Controversy erupts after GOP Candidate Anderson’s Military Record comes to light
Elections
Controversy erupts after GOP Candidate Anderson’s Military Record comes to light
Capitol
Arizona Senator cries ‘gossip’ while acknowleging relationships ‘allowed’ under staff rules
Capitol
Arizona's newest bipartisan budget, per the Arizona Mirror, defunds the independent group-home watchdog created after the Hacienda Healthcare rape. That is not lean government. It is avoidable negligence. Fix it before the year ends.
Capitol
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries rallied a key group for his party Thursday, telling the American Federation of Teachers’ national convention that, if successful in November’s midterm elections, a Democratic majority in the House would pursue several progressive policies. The New York...
Elections
Cronkite News details fires and invasive grasses wiping out saguaros and the wildlife they support.
Local
Arizona's first round duo delivered in Vegas. Brayden Burries scored 23 for the Bucks, Koa Peat posted 19 in a Suns win, and Summer League records make a rematch unlikely, according to Cronkite News.
Local
As Phoenix's memorabilia market surges, Diamondbacks players say they are tightening boundaries on when and where they sign, with kids first and hotel hounding off-limits.
Elections
Following a string of special election victories, Democrats have a path to flip several Republican-held legislative chambers and break GOP supermajorities in states across the country this November. High prices and overall voter dissatisfaction with Washington have put control of the U.S. House and Senate in play...
Capitol
List singles out top legislators fighting for liberty, and those that don’t
Capitol
List singles out top legislators fighting for liberty, and those that don’t
Elections
Arizona Mirror reporting says Risa Lombardo's publicly financed Green Party bid sent 78% of its funds to a Nevada company formed 13 days before it was paid, a pattern the outlet says could trigger major legal trouble.
Capitol
Kelly challenged DNI nominee Jay Clayton over 2020 hedging, warning of politicized intelligence that could cloud local election confidence.
Capitol
An independent oversight program created in response to a horrific rape, meant to protect some of Arizona’s most vulnerable people, will cease at the end of this year unless it finds a new funding source, a casualty of Arizona’s newest bipartisan state budget. In 2018, a 29-year-old woman who had developmental...
Elections
If Maricopa County's election dispute is over "on paper," as reported, the next step is simple: release the agreement and the full bill, litigation and compliance, scored in dollars per ballot, with targets tied to measurable results.
Capitol
House advances permanent daylight saving time. Arizona already on standard time since 1968, so clocks here would stay put, but year-round alignment with Los Angeles and a persistent in-state split with the Navajo Nation could follow if the Senate...
Capitol
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., joined at left by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., questions Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, as he appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 15,...
Capitol
A survey cited by the Arizona Mirror reports 1,000-plus unmet help requests for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors after federal funding cuts. Arizona now needs the denominators, time frame, and in-state breakout to target any fix.
Elections
Officials in one of the nation’s biggest swing counties huddled in separate, windowless jury chambers at a courthouse Monday. Outside, a summer monsoon storm unleashed dust, wind, rain, and lightning over Phoenix. Inside, long after business hours, a local judge hurried back and forth, carrying proposed terms from...
