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Saguaro Signal desk
The governor, Legislature, agencies, and the choices made at 1700 West Washington.
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Ruben Gallego won a June ethics reprieve, but his ties to Eric Swalwell and a new report of consensual relationships with House aides put judgment, not just rules, at issue.
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Hobbs' budget chief says a July 4 federal rewrite forced Arizona to "guess" on key dollars. That puts assumptions, not arithmetic, at the center of the 2026 plan. Publish the math, the contingencies, and the results.
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Hakeem Jeffries asked the teachers union for midterm help and promised progressive policies. Arizona should ask for the bill and the blueprint before buying the pep rally.
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A Friday dump of hard results and harder questions: a court-finalized prison healthcare takeover, a PAC-money headline tied to Senate leadership, and election prep colliding with a new Supreme Court guardrail.
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For Ben Henderson, the state budget process is like a game of chess — that is, if you replace the board with a pile of spreadsheets and the pieces with […] The post Ben Henderson: Surveying the chessboard of Arizona’s budget first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A new teacher survey says admin support on discipline is thin and behavior drives exits. Back teachers with consequences and transparency, not a 75% quota tied to A-F grades.
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Former AZ Democratic Party vice chair Brianna Westbrook's July 10 arrest carries real public costs and political accountability questions. Here is what is confirmed, what is alleged, and what taxpayers should expect next.
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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...
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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.
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Arizona Senator cries ‘gossip’ while acknowleging relationships ‘allowed’ under staff rules
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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.
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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...
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List singles out top legislators fighting for liberty, and those that don’t
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List singles out top legislators fighting for liberty, and those that don’t
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Kelly challenged DNI nominee Jay Clayton over 2020 hedging, warning of politicized intelligence that could cloud local election confidence.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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Trump's CDC pick left a tense Senate hearing short of support, the Arizona Mirror reports. Arizona needs a director who leads with transparency, restraint, and respect for state authority, otherwise the guidance turns into noise.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t appear to secure the support needed to take over the public health agency during a lengthy and often tense confirmation hearing Wednesday. While Dr. Erica Schwartz told lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Committee...
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House passes the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 to end clock changes. For Arizona, nothing changes yet. The state's next move depends on what the final bill says and when it takes effect.
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Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new report. The Urban Indian Health Institute, an Indigenous health research group, surveyed 201 tribes, tribal organizations and urban...
