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New Fountain Hills Council Member Gayle Earle reviewed the town’s finances after assuming office this year, and discovered that the town may have unnecessarily overpaid $321,154 to their town counsel, Pierce Coleman PLLC by not doing their "due diligence." When she brought up her concerns, instead of addressing them, the firm canceled its contract. However, there was a vote in executive session to retain the firm for an additional 60 days. Read More.

In a striking escalation of political lawfare, Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes has brought criminal charges against 18 Republicans, including former state GOP Chair Kelli Ward, Read More.

The Common Sense Institute released a report this week showing that Phoenix had its lowest metro inflation rate year-over-year from April 2024 to April 2025. Read More.

Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed HB 2256 on Monday, a bill that would have reformed family court. Sponsored by State Representative Rachel Keshel (R-Tucson) and amended by State Senator Mark Finchem (R-Prescott), the bill prohibits a court from ordering a party against their will to pay for and work with a therapist, known as “therapeutic intervention” (TI). Prior to her veto, Finchem, chair of the Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders, conducted a long hearing with Keshel addressing the problems with family court. Hobbs issued a brief letter explaining her veto. “Today, I vetoed House Bill 2256,” she said. “In an attempt to address one specific situation, this proposal would result in unintended consequences that may result in more harm than good.” Read More.

With April’s inflation report coming in below forecasts, the Trump economy appears to be defying analysts' and politicians' predictions of collapse in the wake of his “Liberation Day” tariffs and subsequent trade negotiations. Read More.

Temperatures are not the only things heating up in Arizona. Read More.

The U.S. and China will cut tariffs on imports from each other as the world's two largest economies look to reach a broader deal on trade Read More.

Sen. Ruben Gallego introduced a framework on Monday that addresses the "broken" state of America's border and brings illegal immigrants "out of the shadows." Read More.

The Arizona Legislature, along with 19 other states, submitted an amicus curiae brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week supporting Idaho’s voter ID law, which prohibits student ID cards as an acceptable form of identification for voting. Read More.

President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he was open to lowering his 145% tariff on imports from China ahead of weekend talks between the two economic Read More.

The College of Cardinals elected a new pope Thursday, the first from America in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Read More.

Republicans Monday blasted Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ vetoes of bills designed to protect communities from criminal illegal immigrants. Read More.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced on Friday in a press release that immigration related criminal charges against 287 defendants were brought within 10 days, April 26 through May 5. Part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, known as Operation Take Back America (OTBA), the charges were for entering the country illegally, reentering the country illegally, and human smuggling. Read More.

Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to push through sweeping energy reforms despite Democratic opposition, including boosting oil and gas drilling on federal lands. Read More.

A federal grand jury indicted Ian William Moses, 35, on Wednesday for allegedly setting a new Cybertruck on fire outside a Tesla dealership located in Mesa. Read More.