Politics
While it’s intended to improve the state’s housing supply, some city leaders, including Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega, see this bill as a problematic invitation for more short-term rentals.
May 7, 2024
Nicole Bartlett, an audit manager with the Auditor General’s Office, told lawmakers that many agencies have yet to recover from reporting delays stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, when the federal government sent unprecedented amounts of COVID-19 relief money.
May 7, 2024
The Scottsdale City Council unanimously voted to adopt three proposed ordinances to help regulate short-term rentals. The new code takes aim at nuisance parties, defines unlawful promotion and bans minors from renting.
May 7, 2024
Latinos have been a solid block of Democratic voters for generations. But that seems to be changing right now. Mike Madrid and Chuck Rocha, hosts of the Latino Vote podcast, spoke more about it with The Show.
May 7, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court last week reversed a lower court’s decision to impose sanctions against the state GOP, after the party filed a lawsuit challenging the 2020 presidential election.
May 7, 2024
The president of the Arizona Senate punished Sen. Anthony Kern, a fellow Republican, who used taxpayer-funded resources to appear on a talk show hosted by an antisemitic personality.
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May 6, 2024
The flow of asylum seekers from around the world has overwhelmed the U.S. government's capacity to hear their cases. Here's what NPR reporters saw at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
May 8, 2024
Voters approved Prop. 209 by a 3-1 margin in 2022. It set a 3% limit on interest rates for health-care debt, increased home value protected from bankruptcy up to $400,000, and limited how much wages could be garnished.
May 6, 2024
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez covers democracy for the Washington Post and spoke with The Show about how who was charged and the timeline of the case makes Arizona different from other states.
May 6, 2024
The media company dismissed BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on Friday, according to a securities filing — which also notes that Trump Media engaged with Arizona-based accountant Semple, Marchal & Cooper as BF Borgers’ replacement.
May 6, 2024
With The Show, as he is every Monday during the legislative session to talk about what to expect this week at the state Capitol, is Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services.
May 6, 2024
Politicians, business leaders and educators from around the world and in Arizona spoke this weekend at the annual McCain Institute’s Sedona Forum. That includes Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. On Saturday, he said it’s important for the United States to prevent China from taking over Taiwan.
May 6, 2024
Challenges getting humanitarian aid into Gaza continue as the war between Israeli forces and Hamas persists. Among those organizations trying to provide aid includes the World Food Programme, headed by Cindy McCain.
May 6, 2024
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell intends to continue not prosecuting cases related to abortions performed in cases of rape or incest, even after 15 weeks — the cap for the law.
May 4, 2024
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake issued a challenge to her Democratic rival, Congressman Ruben Gallego: a debate over abortion.
May 3, 2024
The move comes as the DACA program's future is uncertain while it undergoes a legal challenge, and the outcome of the November election is uncertain.
May 3, 2024
Kari Lake deserves a do-over of the governor's race because new evidence shows Maricopa County election officials did unannounced tests on vote-counting equipment and knew they would fail on Election Day, her attorney told the state Court of Appeals.
May 3, 2024
Doug Cole of HighGround and former state lawmaker Jen Longdon joined The Show to talk about Gov. Katie Hobbs signing the bill to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion law, a new border and immigration measure that could be sent to November’s ballot and more.
May 3, 2024
Gilbert police have identified two East Valley groups — the "Gilbert Goons" and the "Jack Boy Mafia" — as "hybrid" criminal gangs. In a press conference on Thursday, Gilbert Sgt. Dave Gale said that it's difficult to identify and charge members of these hybrid gangs because there are legal standards for what constitutes gang activity.
May 3, 2024
State Republican lawmakers have a plan to let voters decide whether to approve a border security bill rejected by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
May 3, 2024