Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani and his challenger, Democrat Joanna Mendoza, both tried to woo voters Thursday night in a debate by trying to distance themselves from the divisive partisan politics that have dominated in the era of Donald Trump. Since it was drawn at the beginning of the decade, Congressional District 6 has been Arizona’s […]
The commission that oversees Arizona’s public campaign funding system voted Thursday to reject a settlement agreement with Ralph Heap, a Republican state legislator and a candidate for the state’s utility regulator. Heap has been at odds with the Citizens Clean Election Commission since June, when the commission began investigating a complaint that he had violated […]
The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a 2024 law that punishes immigrants who cross the state’s southern border with jail time, rejecting a lawsuit that argued it violates the Arizona Constitution because it failed to take into account how much it would cost the state. Living United for Change in Arizona, the immigrant […]
Republican state Rep. Justin Wilmeth is running for reelection on his record of bolstering Arizona’s economy, even as his own legislative salary was garnished last year because he defaulted on a student loan. Wilmeth, who was a Republican policy advisor for the Arizona House of Representatives before he was elected to the body in 2020, […]
As Republican candidates nationally skipped President Donald Trump’s “midterm convention” and have sought to separate themselves from the historically unpopular president, Republican Jay Feely took the opposite tack, joining Trump in Dallas and giving a speech to the GOP faithful. Feely, a former NFL kicker and broadcaster, leveraged Trump’s endorsement in the July primary election […]
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix, conducted a surprise oversight visit of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Phoenix on Wednesday after reporting last week by the Arizona Mirror showed that detainees are staying longer and in larger numbers than in previous years. Ansari cited the Mirror’s reporting for prompting her to conduct the […]