The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will ask a judge to pause his ruling that handed Recorder Justin Heap a victory in a yearlong fight over control of the county’s elections.
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Former Republican lawmaker David Marshall was sworn in as the new Navajo County recorder on Tuesday despite concerns he is ineligible for the job.
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Axon executives gave tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to lawmakers who pushed through a controversial bill to pave the way for the company’s new Scottsdale headquarters. Gov. Katie Hobbs, who signed the bill, didn't get the same treatment.
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Rep. David Marshall resigned from the Arizona Legislature on Friday, days after the Navajo County Board of Supervisors appointed him the next county recorder — an appointment that could face legal challenges over claims it violates the state Constitution.
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A judge found the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors illegally took away Recorder Justin Heap’s information technology team and must give that staff back in an order that resolves a yearlong battle over control of the county’s elections - for now.
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"So what I would say about that is, we're taking a look at it,” AZ AG Kris Mayes said, referring to questions about Rep. David Marshall's eligibility to be the next Navajo County Recorder a day after the Board of Supes gave him the job.
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The top DoJ official in AZ is reviewing a referral from the state Senate president, who accused AG Kris Mayes and SoS Adrian Fontes of interfering in a federal investigation into the 2020 presidential election. Mayes called it “all nonsense.”
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Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to veto most new bills sent to her by the Arizona Legislature until Republican lawmakers make their proposed state budget available to the public. Republicans say they're getting ready to send a proposal her way.
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Turning Point Action spent months pouring money and resources into a little-known utility election in Arizona, an effort that contributed to an increase in voter turnout but ultimately failed to fend off a challenge from a slate of clean-energy candidates
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A half-dozen third-party candidates running for Congress and statewide office in Arizona are facing legal challenges to keep them off the ballot.
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AZ Senate President Warren Petersen accused AZ AG Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes of illegally interfering in the Trump administration's ongoing investigation into the 2020 presidential election and referred the allegations to the DOJ.
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Maricopa County election wants to count 99% of ballots by Friday after Election Day this year, but that still may not be enough to satisfy critics who want to know the winners immediately in Arizona’s increasingly-tight statewide races.
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An upcoming TPUSA rally in Phoenix with President Trump appears to be part of a larger effort to collect voter data by a new non profit led by Amy Smith, who is married to a former state lawmaker and Turning Point staffer who forged petition signatures.
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Arizona drivers can choose from over 100 specialty license plates benefitting a wide range of nonprofits and special interests, but Democratic lawmakers say one group is being left out due to anti-gay discrimination.
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As gas prices continue to rise, a third-party AZ gubernatorial candidate called on Gov. Katie Hobbs to immediately push for suspension of the state's gas tax but didn't offer a solution to replace that lost revenue, which pays to fix roads and highways.
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The day before Arizona is scheduled to observe Cesar Chavez Day, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a bill to repeal the holiday to Gov. Katie Hobbs, who plans to sign it.
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As the Navajo County Board of Supervisors searches for a new recorder, it is considering a current Republican state lawmaker who is already running to be one of the state’s top utility regulators. State law says he can’t do both jobs at the same time.
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A bill to repeal the Cesar Chavez holiday passed out of the Arizona Senate with near-unanimous bipartisan support after Democrats fought bitterly — and failed — to rename the holiday in honor of the farmworkers movement, rather than erasing it entirely.
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Also notable, feds told Surprise they could place 250 people in the detention center by end of May. That gives them just months to convert the warehouse to a habitable facility.
In a meeting with officials from Surprise, the federal government agreed to offset local infrastructure costs and set up local oversight for a planned immigration detention facility the Department of Homeland Security is building in the Phoenix suburb.
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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors picked Rio Verde Foothills resident Cody Reim to replace former Rep. Joseph Chaplik, who resigned from the Arizona House of Representatives to run for Congress.
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State lawmakers in Arizona have spent years trying to combat the state’s housing crisis through a mix of zoning reforms and local deregulation. Now, federal officials are getting involved.
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“I've got some suspicions here that a lot of this stuff starts at the top.” Senator Mark Kelly says Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s disregard for rules of engagement may have contributed to missile strike on an Iranian school.
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The federal government has awarded a contract worth up to $700 million to a controversial security contractor that staffs Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” to operate a planned immigration detention facility in Surprise.
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Progressive activist Kai Newkirk is looking to unseat fellow Democrat Greg Stanton, who has represented Arizona in Congress since 2019.
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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge accused county supervisors of engaging in “shenanigans” after it forced Recorder Justin Heap to testify in an open meeting and tried to introduce that testimony in court.
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At the meeting, Rep Alex Kolodin asked LD3 GOP to send him a partner to pass legislation requiring everyone to present ID with their ballot...LD3 Republicans then suspended their own rule requiring an ID to cast a ballot in this vacancy nomination vote.
Local Republican officials in Arizona’s Legislative District 3 chose three nominees to replace former Rep. Joseph Chaplik, who resigned from the Legislature this month to focus on his congressional campaign.
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LD3 Republicans have nominated George Khalaf, Michelle Ugenti-Rita and Cody Reim to replace Rep. Joseph Chaplik, who resigned to run for Congress in CD1.
All I know at this point is it’s records related to 2020 audit, which could be a lot of things. I tried to follow up with Sen. Petersen but he declined to speak with me, so I’m still trying to get those answers by other means. Stay tuned!