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Arizona Election Official Who Fought Against Hand Counting Ballots Hired as State’s Elections Director
An Arizona election official who resigned from her former position in Cochise County over her refusal to hand count ballots in the 2022 elections is now the statewide election director after a promotion from Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. Lisa Marra was appointed by Fontes to become the Arizona Elections Director and will oversee equipment testing, candidate filings, election night reporting and canvassing during the 2024 elections. Read More.
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Kari Lake turns in signatures for Arizona Republican primary ballot
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake turned in her petition signatures to qualify for the July 30 primary ballot on Friday morning. Read More.
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‘Make Voting Great Again’: GOP Warns Against Government Election Meddling
The Biden administration appears poised to put the government’s thumb on the scale in the 2024 election, House Republicans say. The administration’s lack of transparency about implementing President Joe Biden’s executive order for federal agencies to help get out the vote—combined with a warning from Attorney General Merrick Garland—has sparked some concern among lawmakers. Read More.
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Inflation in Phoenix area slows down
Inflation in the Phoenix metropolitan area appears to be calming down, according to new Consumer Price Index data from February. Read More.
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Pinal County Left to Address Reportedly ‘Toxic’ Garbage Created by Homeless Campers After Feds Restrict 1,000 Acres in Arizona
Officials in Pinal County are reportedly working to address toxic garbage caused by illegal camping by the homeless after the Bureau of Land Management displaced them by closing 1,000 acres of public land in Apache Junction and the Tonto National Forest to create a new recreation area. Pinal County Supervisor Jeff Serdy confirmed local authorities are left to confront the numbers of "boondockers," "nomads" and "truly homeless" who were displaced after BLM closed the acreage to build a recreation area in remarks to ABC 15. Read More.
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Arizona congressmen call on IRS to not tax state rebate
The chorus of voices in opposition to the Internal Revenue Service's taxation of a state rebate many Arizona families received last year continues to grow. Read More.
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Trump Announces His First Actions If Re-Elected As U.S. President
Former President Donald Trump announced what his first major moves would be if he is re-elected back to the White House in 2024. Read More.
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers push for 'Arizona Starter Homes Act' signature
A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers is asking Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign the "Arizona Starter Homes Act." Read More.
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Audit of Grand Canyon University Fails to Find Wrongdoing amid the Institution’s Legal Battle with the Biden Administration
A recent risk-based audit of Grand Canyon University conducted by the Arizona State Approving Agency (SAA) for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did not “show any findings” related to the institution’s doctoral disclosures, which have been targeted by the Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) through a $37.7 million fine. Read More.
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Arizona Republicans push Hobbs to sign border bills after veto pushback
Arizona Republicans are going to put forth more concurrent resolutions in order to push forward border security policy. Read More.
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Leader of Human Smuggling Organization that Held Illegal Immigrants in Phoenix Sentenced to Four Years Prison
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday the sentencing of a Phoenix man who led a human smuggling ring which moved illegal immigrants from Central America and held them in Arizona before driving them to destinations across the United States. Tony Cardenas, a 36-year-old man from Phoenix, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release earlier this month for his role as "the leader of a Phoenix-based human-smuggling operation" involving a total of at least 19 criminals, the DOJ announced. Cardenas is of no known relation to U.S. Representative Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29). Read More.
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Saudi company officially stops using Arizona Water
The Saudi Arabian-backed company Fondomonte Arizona is officially no longer using the state's water resources. Read More.
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Arizonans to vote on tax refund for 'public nuisance' damages
Arizonans will vote in November on whether or not individuals and businesses should get a tax refund for being negatively impacted by homelessness mismanagement. Read More.
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Less than Half of Arizona School Districts and Charters Affirm They Teach Students About the Holocaust
Less than half – 322 of the roughly 750 – of Arizona school districts and charters surveyed confirmed that they are following the law requiring the instruction of students about the Holocaust and other genocides. Read More.
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Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not seek re-election
Arizona Independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not run for re-election. Read More.

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