A watchdog group has accused a Valley landowner of exploiting a loophole in Salt River Project’s rules to use a large property to influence the outcome of the utility’s 2024 board races, before flipping the land to a data center developer for $$$$.
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Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap accused the Board of Supervisors of backing an early voting plan that underserved some cities, like Mesa. But the Board says it sent Heap 160 potential sites - well above the 50-60 used in the last election.
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The Department of Homeland Security confirmed it has no plans to put ICE at voting locations, though it did not rule out the possibility that agents may approach polling places in the course of their other duties.
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Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne has long said his department needs more staff to administer the state’s booming school voucher program, but Democrats allege when lawmakers gave him money to hire more employees in 2023, he spent it on commercials instead.
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Arizonans could again face lengthy ballots as state lawmakers consider sending dozens of proposals to voters for approval, from changes to the state’s election systems to rules governing how public schools treat transgender students.
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A bill that would have required Arizona election officials to bring federal immigration officers to the polls is effectively dead — for now.
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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed to give Recorder Justin Heap control of in person early voting and his own IT staff to resolve an ongoing lawsuit over election responsibilities, but they say Heap's atty won't respond to the offer.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs has released long-awaited proposals to reform the state’s campaign finance and procurement laws in response to ‘pay to play’ allegations lobbed against her administration by Republican critics.
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A week after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to force Recorder Justin Heap to testify under oath at a meeting tomorrow, fractures are beginning to emerge on the Republican-led board.
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I took a little break from politics to look at the state of Arizona’s citrus industry as a part of KJZZ’s series on the state’s 5 Cs.
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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will re-issue subpoenas requiring Recorder Justin Heap’s staff to testify about conflicting voter disenfranchisement claims after a judge allows a court order blocking the subpoenas to expire next week.
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Former Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Gina Swoboda has officially entered the 2026 election to become the next secretary of state.
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Karrin Taylor Robson drops out of Arizona governor’s race.
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Less than a week after a judge blocked subpoenas seeking testimony from Recorder Justin Heap’s staff, the Maricopa Board of Supervisors voted to compel Heap himself to testify under oath about claims of voter disenfranchisement and other election issues.
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AZ AG Mayes considers using Arizona nuisance law to block ICE facility. Since taking office , Mayes' has taken an expansive view of the law, which allows AG to sue to block threats to public health or "enjoyment of life or property” by the community.
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Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican lawmakers are pointing fingers at each other after an online portal used by candidates trying to qualify for the ballot crashed over the weekend.
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A judge has intervened in the latest dust up between the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Recorder Justin Heap by temporarily blocking subpoenas that would have required the recorder’s staff to testify before the board.
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The chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors subpoenaed staffers from County Recorder Justin Heap’s office to clear up contradictory claims they’ve made in court and public meetings alleging some voters were disenfranchised in past elections.
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Arizona House Republicans hired an out-of-state law firm with close ties to President Donald Trump and GOP politics to conduct an “independent” investigation into pay-to-play allegations against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has no authority to block a Trump-aligned law firm from representing Recorder Justin Heap in his ongoing legal fight with the board of supervisors over control of the county’s elections, a judge ruled.
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A Maricopa County judge rejected County Atty Rachel Mitchell’s argument that only she can appoint an atty to represent the County Recorder. Mitchell had sought to disqualify the firm representing Recorder Justin Heap in his ongoing litigation with the Board of Supervisors.
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What Alex Pretti's death at the hands of federal agents means for gun rights, protests and ICE in Arizona, a state with a gun culture that crosses political lines.
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About that former ASU quarterback everyone’s been talking about…
“Hugh was at one point a walk-on without any game stats,” an Arizona State University Athletics spokesperson said.
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Caving to pressure from GOP lawmakers, the Phoenix City Council decided to shelve plans to expand the light rail system to the Arizona Capitol and the West Valley along Interstate 10, despite already sinking tens of millions of dollars into those projects
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The Phoenix City Council voted 7-2 not to move forward with a light rail extension to the state Capitol that would connect to I-10 to move into west Phoenix. Instead, they opted to accelerate a separate route west along Indian School that's earlier on in the planning stages.
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Yellow tape, flashing lights and masked agents drew protesters to the parking lot of the Zipps Sports Grill near 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard in Phoenix.
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Days before a vote that will determine the future of light rail expansion to west Phoenix and the billions of dollars in federal money that will help pay for it, Gov. Katie Hobbs told the City Council to ignore Republican threats to derail the project.
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Arizona’s House and Senate are supposed to be a part-time Legislature that finishes up its work by the end of April each year, but lawmakers regularly overshoot that deadline by months. One lawmaker is trying to change that.
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Arizona Republicans elected Sergio Arellano to lead the state party into the 2026 election cycle after resigning Chairman Gina Swoboda resisted efforts to convince her to stick around as chair.
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The Phoenix City Council is preparing to vote on whether to extend light rail service to the West Valley as Republican state lawmakers who oppose the move ramp up their threats to derail the project.
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