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Arizona Overdose Death Rate Nearly Doubles National Average As U.S. Fatalities Decline
By Ethan Faverino | Arizona’s drug overdose death rate reached a record high in 2025, nearly doubling the national average, according to federal health data. The state’s rising death rate stands in contrast to a broader national trend, with overdose fatalities...
Supreme Court Declines Kari Lake Lawyer’s Appeal Against Sanctions
By Staff Reporter | The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kari Lake’s lawyer to overturn sanctions that arose from a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s voting machines. Lake's attorney, Andrew Parker, appealed a lower court ruling that ordered him to pay $122,000...
Mayes’ Past Call For Higher Water Prices Draws Criticism From Petersen
By Matthew Holloway | A resurfaced 2009 interview in which Kris Mayes suggested water prices might need to rise has drawn criticism from Republican attorney general candidate Warren Petersen. Public relations consultant Stacey Champion responded by highlighting Mayes’...
Arizona GOP Seeks Criminal Investigation Into Tammy Caputi’s Residency Filings
By Matthew Holloway | The Arizona Republican Party has asked Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell to investigate whether Democratic legislative candidate and former Scottsdale Councilwoman Tammy Caputi misrepresented her residence in voter registration and...
NEWS
Biggs Backs Legislation To Strengthen Medicaid Fraud Oversight Amid Arizona Audit Delays
By Matthew Holloway | U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) is backing legislation that would require states to conduct annual Medicaid fraud risk assessments and implement corrective plans to address weaknesses in their programs. Amid his campaign for Arizona Governor,...
Arizona Overdose Death Rate Nearly Doubles National Average As U.S. Fatalities Decline
By Ethan Faverino | Arizona’s drug overdose death rate reached a record high in 2025, nearly doubling the national average, according to federal health data. The state’s rising death rate stands in contrast to a broader national trend, with overdose fatalities...
Supreme Court Declines Kari Lake Lawyer’s Appeal Against Sanctions
By Staff Reporter | The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kari Lake’s lawyer to overturn sanctions that arose from a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s voting machines. Lake's attorney, Andrew Parker, appealed a lower court ruling that ordered him to pay $122,000...
OPINION
AZFEC: Arizonans Can Have Fast, Accurate, Secure, Transparent Election Results With Prop 144
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona’s future belongs to its citizens. Only their votes should decide it, foreign money should not influence it, and they should not be left waiting weeks for answers after every election. Proposition 144 puts those...
TIFFANY BENSON: Peoria’s Proposition 428 Is The Definition Of Insanity
By Tiffany Benson | Remember the pop-culture definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result? This fits like a hand to glove when we contrast the Prop 428 campaign against Peoria Unified School District’s (PUSD) failed...
AZFEC: Prop 142 Ends The Workarounds For Racial Preferences
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | There are some principles we like to think America settled a long time ago. Racial discrimination is wrong. Government should not treat people differently because of the color of their skin. And our public institutions should...
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