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Saguaro Signal desk
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
My grandfather and great-grandfather built the East Valley's first 55+ active adult community back in 1958. My father continued the family tradition and spent his career developing more than 10,000 homes in those same communities. I grew up around this business – literally singing in holiday programs for residents...
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Elections
President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings. The first events in the closing stretch of the midterm election campaign suggest his strength with swing voters is limited,...
Elections
In a heated debate full of name-calling and personal barbs, Republican Alexander Kolodin promised Arizonans that, as the state’s top election official, he would deliver election-night results — something that Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said was impossible. During the hour-long Arizona Citizens...
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Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin debated in the race for Arizona’s top elections official. The post Fontes and Kolodin trade insults with some policy sprinkled in first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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There is a certain kind of frustration that comes from living in a country that cannot seem to be able to get along. It shows up in the way people talk about politics today, like disagreement is the whole story, like the average person has no real say in any of it, like the only two options left are pick a side or...
Elections
A federal appeals court on Wednesday said Arizona’s law that forces disclosure of anonymous campaign spending is constitutional, rejecting the claims of a conservative group that argued that the law violated the First Amendment rights of people who want to secretly influence voters. The ruling by a three-judge...
Border
CHINO VALLEY – Local governments point to a regional water authority and stormwater recharge to combat overdrafting, while rural residents turn to hauling water and home storage.
Capitol
Personal attacks from both candidates for state treasurer have turned the typically under-the-radar race into a contentious fight. The post Treasurer race gets personal as candidates cast doubt on the other’s integrity first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting the administration’s effort to keep election security a top issue, in line with President Donald Trump’s longstanding unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The...
Capitol
Republicans and powerful conservative organizations who say public schools spend too much on administration and unnecessary programs are urging voters to change state law to override local control and force public schools to spend a bigger percentage of their funding on “direct instruction.” Democrats and public...
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Republicans want to sell off more of Arizona’s trust land to alleviate the housing shortage, but the head of the state Land Department says doing so doesn’t guarantee more houses would be built. “It’s not just if we sold all this land, all this housing would be built, because there are so many other factors […]
Capitol
Consultants say both campaigns, by accusing each other of 'protecting' predators, are relying on attacks rather than talking about voters’ top concerns. The post ‘Predator protector’ accusations cast long shadow over governor’s race first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and...
Capitol
Under a 2005 state law, these people have been allowed to vote absentee, just like their parents, who once lived in Arizona and kept their state registration. The post Arizona GOP targets overseas voters in registration fight first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from two embattled Green Party candidates who sought to block the Citizens Clean Election Commission from ordering them to repay millions in public campaign funds they’re accused of fraudulently obtaining. But the judge said they could refile their...
