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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.
Capitol
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children. As part of the settlement, Meta also pledged to make...
Capitol
A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers is expected to take aim at Flock cameras next year as public backlash against automatic license plate readers continues to grow. The post Arizona lawmakers eye Flock camera rules in 2027 first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
Arizona's Clean Elections Commission will weigh a $4.7 million clawback tied to alleged falsified qualifying donations as Attorney General Kris Mayes faces fresh scrutiny over clearing Gov.
Elections
Recorder Michelle Burchill was intrigued when she first learned about a newly expanded federal tool for checking voters’ citizenship. She had helped run elections in bright-red Yavapai County, Arizona, for about six years — and while she entered the field as an elections skeptic, she had gained trust in election...
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WILMINGTON, Ohio — From her recliner in her tidy townhouse, Donna Logan offers advice to the first baby boomers to hit the big ‘8-0’ this year: Life can be good, especially with someone like Helen Aponte helping with laundry and housekeeping and the drive to the doctor’s office. “I do most things on my own,” […]
Elections
The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission is set on Thursday to discuss accusations that three candidates unlawfully qualified for $4.7 million in public funds and broke campaign finance rules — and it may ask them to repay the money. In letters sent Tuesday to Green Party candidate for governor Risa...
Border
Across Arizona, families are taking part in the familiar rituals of a new school year. They are buying notebooks, finding the right shoes, and helping children adjust to new classrooms and routines. For many children, this can be an exciting time for growth and development. The post Childhood homelessness is...
Capitol
State leaders have made it easier over the past decade for people who were sexually abused as children to seek cash compensation for crimes committed many years ago. The post Childcare providers struggle to get insured first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Elections
A new survey suggests Gov. Katie Hobbs’ running mate selection is having a more positive impact than the one made by Congressman Andy Biggs. The post Giles pick gets better marks than Kerr in lieutenant governor poll first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
At least six Arizona residents say three statewide candidates falsely used their names to qualify for more than $4.7 million in public campaign funding. “I can tell you right now, with 1,000% certainty, that I did not make a single contribution, let alone three of them,” Christopher Scott of Peoria told the Mirror...
Border
Formerly incarcerated people are about 10 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population, with older people facing even higher rates. “Second sentence: Housing after prison” follows a 68-year-old man navigating parole and rebuilding his life with help from a reentry program.
Border
Changes to the massive mining project have renewed questions over monitoring and regulation
Capitol
Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is […]
Elections
“I’m Katie Hobbs, and the rules don’t apply to me.” That might as well run at the end of the next campaign ad featuring Arizona’s governor. Since taking office in 2023, Hobbs has been building a rap sheet of scandals that would make Minnesota Governor Tim Walz blush. From one of the largest Medicaid fraud scandals...
Elections
A 6-3 Supreme Court order lets Trump's mail-ballot directive proceed procedurally, but a separate nationwide injunction and rulemaking keep Arizona's system unchanged for now.
Border
As more states seek ways to limit immigration enforcement, a Stateline analysis shows one tactic has had an effect: making it more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over people they are holding in city or county jails to federal immigration authorities. The analysis found that states with strict...
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Elections
Arizona state officials said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to remove a procedural hurdle to President Donald Trump’s new mail-in voting rules changes nothing, even though it comes weeks before ballots are to be sent to voters. The post Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballot order impacts little, Arizona...
