LGBTQ Arizonans emerge as a voting bloc that could tip close races
More than one in every eight Arizonans identify as LGBTQ, making up a demographic group that may prove consequential in the stateβs close elections. A…
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9th Circuit sides with states in Kalshi gambling fight, potentially reviving Arizonaβs prosecution
A federal judgeβs order blocking Arizona from prosecuting online prediction market company Kalshi for violating the stateβs gambling laws is living on borrowed time after…
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Progressives study the conservative playbook to build power in the states
Progressive activist Gaby Goldstein thinks her opponents are brilliant. Despite her deeply held liberal politics, she admires the work of conservative groups that for decades…
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With costs high and Trump unpopular, Democrats favored to retake the House
WASHINGTON β With less than 70 days until midterm elections, Democrats remain favored to regain the majority in the U.S. House.Β Β President Donald Trumpβs anemic…
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Judge again freezes Trump mail-voting rule, citing statesβ constitutional election power
A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S. Postal Service rule a violation…
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Fringe candidatesβ lawyer cries βconspiracyβ as Clean Elections fraud probe barrels ahead
The Clean Elections Commission on Thursday ordered its executive director to continue to investigate three fringe statewide candidates suspected of falsely obtaining millions in public…
Read full article βAG Mayes to examine Flock surveillance cameras & Arizonansβ privacy rights
As multiple Arizona cities and towns cancel their contracts with the AI-powered license plate reader company Flock amid reports of police misuse and public outrage…
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AG Mayes to examine Flock surveillance cameras and Arizonansβ privacy rights
As multiple Arizona cities and towns cancel their contracts with the AI-powered license plate reader company Flock amid reports of police misuse and public outrage…
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Postal Service presses ahead on Trump mail-voting rule despite lawsuits
WASHINGTON β The U.S. Postal Service took another step Thursday in implementing a Trump administration policy to restrict mail-in voting, even as a high-stakes legal…
Read full article βGrijalva & Butierez clash in debate in Southern Az congressional race
Democratic U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva and Republican challenger Daniel Butierez clashed over immigration, education, water and other policies in a Clean Elections/Arizona Media Association debate…
Read full article β4th Ave. merchants say they’re hindered by Tucson parking meter rates, lack of spots
Business owners and workers in Tucson's historic 4th Avenue district say the city's parking policies have deterred potential customers for years. Several decried the city's…
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Mayes calls Trump lawsuit against in-state tuition for immigrant students βbaselessβ
Arizona voters in 2022 approved Proposition 308, which reversed a law voters had enshrined 16 years earlier that explicitly forbade non-citizens from receiving state subsidized…
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Trump administration sues Arizona over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON β The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday suedΒ Arizona,Β New Mexico,Β Oregon andΒ Washington over laws that allow immigrants in the country without legal status to pay…
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Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans could be removed from the mail voting list in 2027
Arizona could remove hundreds of thousands of voters from its automatic mail ballot list under the provisions of a state law coming to bear next…
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Childcare crisis leaves Arizona families βjust subsisting,β parents say
Affordability is top of mind for voters going into the November election, and early childhood advocates hope that will be enough to fuel support for…
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Arizona, other Dem-led states sue again over mail-voting rule after Supreme Court win for Trump
Democrat-led states and voting rights groups re-filed lawsuits Wednesday to block the Trump administration from executing a new regulation to restrict mail-in voting, while a…
Read full article βBorder Patrol SWAT team blocks Arizona tribal police from trespassing border wall contractors
Around 20 "masked, armed" Border Patrol agents, including the agency SWAT team, blockaded Tohono O'odham police from issuing trespassing citations and removing border-wall construction workers…
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The SAVE system isnβt reliable, but it might be useful. One Arizona countyβs experience shows how.
Recorder Michelle Burchill was intrigued when she first learned about a newly expanded federal tool for checking votersβ citizenship. She had helped run elections in…
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Some states raise pay for home caregivers as shortage looms
WILMINGTON, Ohio β From her recliner in her tidy townhouse, Donna Logan offers advice to the first baby boomers to hit the big β8-0β this…
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Clean Elections set to demand $4.7M repayment from candidates amid fraud allegations
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…
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