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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.
Border
Border
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t...
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
Not satisfied with what has been released so far, Arizona Senate Republicans are launching their own investigation into an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving Gov. Katie Hobbs and a state contractor. The post Senate Republicans launch probe over Hobbs’ pay-to-play allegations first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
More than 40 years ago, Barry Goldwater correctly understood both the corrosive effect of money in politics and the vital importance of state sovereignty in our system. The post This Constitution Day, let’s assert states’ rights to regulate election spending first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
WASHINGTON – Arizona election officials offered assurance that mail voting will proceed as usual after the Supreme Court left new Postal Service ballot rules blocked. Three out of four Arizona voters vote by mail.
Elections
As Republicans gathered in Dallas, Texas for their pre-midterm convention last week, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico focused on survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. Talarico got a tour of the Reading Room, a traveling exhibit of the nearly 3 million files that the Department of Justice released from its...
Capitol
After funding for HVAC projects was discontinued in 2023, corrections officials are state lawmakers to rreplace existing and “inefficient” evaporative coolers, or “swamp coolers,” with modern HVAC systems. The post Corrections department wants $130M for prison HVAC first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
WASHINGTON — Voters are much more likely to support U.S. Senate candidates in the November midterm elections if they have a plan to avoid an automatic cut to Social Security benefits in 2032, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation. “Senators elected this fall will be...
Capitol
The Department of Economic Security’s wants more funding to reduce its payment error rate and improve SNAP program efficiency. The post DES, Legislature bracing for added SNAP costs first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Elections
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before...
Capitol
The stories, big and small, that we’re following today
Capitol
The stories, big and small, that we’re following today
Capitol
WASHINGTON — As the November midterms approach, vulnerable U.S. House Republicans voted late Tuesday to require congressional approval for President Donald Trump to continue his war in Iran. Seven Republicans broke ranks and joined all Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, a...
Capitol
Arizona’s billion-dollar and growing school voucher program took center stage Tuesday night as state Treasurer Kimberly Yee and former schoolteacher and community college president Teresa Leyba Ruiz sparred over how they would lead Arizona’s public schools as the next state schools chief. The program, known...
Capitol
Capitol
Capitol
Elections
When Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for governor, was a state senator, he tried to abolish Medicaid in the Grand Canyon State because it cost taxpayers too much to provide health insurance for low-income Arizonans. “When we allow the generations in the future to be robbed and enslaved to pay for the healthcare...
Capitol
As many as 3.4 million young adults could lose health insurance coverage due to recent policy shifts affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance markets, according to research released Monday. The post 3.4M young adults at risk of losing insurance under new policies, study shows first appeared on Arizona...
Capitol
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections...
Elections
More school closures loom as bond measure is on the November ballot
