Politics

Group aims to unseat 2 AZ Supreme Court justices
A progressive nonprofit is working to unseat Justices Kathryn Hackett King and Clint Bolick, who voted to uphold a near-total abortion ban in state law and will be up for retention on the November ballot.
April 23, 2024
AZ Sen. Rogers wants primary opponent Cook disqualified
In her bid to win reelection, Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) wants her primary opponent, Rep. David Cook (R-Globe), disqualified from the ballot.
April 22, 2024
CA governor voices support for bill to attract AZ abortion providers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s preparing to introduce emergency legislation to state lawmakers that would offer Arizona abortion providers an expedited path to getting licensed there.
April 22, 2024
Signature challenge dropped against CD1 candidate
Residents in Arizona’s Congressional District 1 dropped their legal challenge that alleged Democrat Marlene Galán-Woods did not qualify for the ballot.
April 22, 2024
This week at the Arizona Capitol: Hobbs starts hiring freeze to help balance state budget
Howie Fischer of Capitol Media Services joins The Show to talk about how budget negotiations will go as the state moves closer to the fiscal year deadline of June 30.
April 22, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court wont hear Kari Lake election case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona.
April 22, 2024
BBC Look Ahead: A hearing about sending arms to Israel
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, there will be a hearing this week in the United Kingdom over whether Britain could be deemed to be breaking international law by sending arms to Israel.
April 22, 2024
Jim Weiers, former speaker of Arizona House, dies at 70
James "Jim" Patrick Weiers, former Republican speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, died on Friday at age 70.
April 20, 2024
Ethics chair wont hear complaint by Senate Dems against GOP leaders
The Senate Ethics Committee won’t hold a hearing to investigate accusations that Republican leaders in the chamber violated Senate rules when they ignored Democrats’ efforts to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.
April 19, 2024
Republican says abortion ban repeal will advance in AZ House on Wednesday
Rep. David Cook says enough Republicans will join with Democrats in the Arizona House next week and vote to repeal Arizona’s near-total abortion ban.
April 19, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs sets veto record
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed more bills than any other governor in Arizona history.
April 19, 2024
AZ Rep. Cook invites Taylor Swift to AZ to celebrate anti-bot legislation
A Republican state lawmaker made good on a promise to invite Taylor Swift to attend a bill signing ceremony for two pieces of legislation inspired by the pop superstar.
April 19, 2024
NewsCap: GOP trying to run another scam on abortion
Former Arizona schools Superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Gaelle Esposito of Creosote Partners joined The Show to talk about the latest on efforts to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion law at the state Capitol, a pair of lawmakers withdrawing from their reelection bids and more.
April 19, 2024
Attorneys trade barbs in CD1 candidate dispute
Attorneys for Democrat Marlene Galán-Woods say a legal challenge to her candidacy in Congressional District 1 is unfounded.
April 18, 2024
Tempe councilman: Confederacy of dunces ran Coyotes out of the Valley
On Thursday, in a unanimous vote, the NHL officially approved the Arizona Coyotes’ relocation to Salt Lake City. Tempe Councilman Randy Keating says he’s glad they did.
Coyotes fans share their memories at last game in Mullet Arena
April 18, 2024
AZ secretary of state finds reasonable cause that Rep. Heap violated campaign finance law
The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office found reasonable cause to believe Republican state Rep. Justin Heap violated state campaign finance law.
April 18, 2024
Republicans pass watered-down trans shower bill
A bill that would require schools to have separate showers for transgender students so that other students aren't exposed to them is on the way to Gov. Katie Hobbs' desk after the Senate gave it final approval on Wednesday.
April 18, 2024
AZ Rep. Smith withdraws from reelection bid rather than fighting forgery accusations
Republican state Rep. Austin Smith (R-Wittman) is dropping his bid for reelection rather than fight accusations that he forged signatures he needed to gather to qualify for the ballot.
More Arizona politics news
April 18, 2024
This pastor is telling evangelicals that Trump isnt their only option
Donald Trump owes much of his presidential win in 2016 to evangelical Christian voters, who overwhelmingly supported him, despite the fact that he’s not an evangelical and often fails to uphold their purported values.
April 18, 2024
Study looks at the impact of education, housing on health of adolescents
A new study examined the effect of various factors on the health of Arizona adolescents that researchers divided into five main categories that include physical and mental health, education and workforce development, environment and climate, economic well-being, and family and community.
April 18, 2024

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