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Arizona Supreme Court Knocks Anti-School Choice Initiative Off Ballot After Legal Challenge

Aug 19, 2026

By Staff Reporter | Teachers' union activists were once again dealt a serious blow after the Arizona Supreme Court issued an order effectively removing an initiative from the ballot that aimed to undo the state's universal school choice program....

School Board Candidate Lisa Everett Runs As A Republican While Battling Conservative Candidates And Groups

Aug 19, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Lisa Everett, a Dysart Unified School District Governing Board candidate who describes herself as a Republican activist, has recently drawn attention for criticizing conservative candidates, including Arizona Corporation...

Hamadeh Accuses Arizona Republic Of Downplaying JoAnna Mendoza’s Dual Property-Tax Benefit

Aug 19, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) recently blasted the Arizona Republic as a “dying newspaper. The congressman accused the outlet of “covering for” Democratic congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza through its framing of a report...

Kyrsten Sinema Reveals New Details Of Affair With Married Veteran Bodyguard While In Senate

Aug 18, 2026

By Staff Reporter | Former U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema revealed more details into her affair with a married veteran who had been her bodyguard while in office. A new narrative of the affair was made available through depositions filed in...

Hamadeh Introduces Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway Act To Honor Two Arizona Heroes

Aug 18, 2026

By Ethan Faverino | Congressman Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) has introduced legislation to designate a section of Interstate 17 as the Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway, honoring the lives and sacrifices of two Arizonans who confronted the threat of...

Anti-School Choice Measure Projected To Fall More Than 10,000 Signatures Short Of Ballot After Legal Challenge

Aug 17, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | The Protect Education Act is projected to fall more than 10,000 valid signatures short of the number required to qualify for Arizona’s November ballot after a court challenge removed thousands of petition signatures and county...

Arizona Governor, Secretary Of State, Attorney General Accused Of Straw Donor Scheme

Aug 17, 2026

By Staff Reporter | A new complaint filed this week alleges that Arizona’s governor, secretary of state, and attorney general may have participated in a straw donor scheme. The complainant, San Tan Valley resident Gary DeBerge, has asked Arizona...

Amish Shah Faces Scrutiny Over Support For D.C. Statehood

Aug 17, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting Democratic congressional nominee Amish Shah over his documented support for admitting Washington, D.C., as the 51st state. The criticism comes as Arizona’s...

Federal Government Adds $432 Billion To Deficit In July, Shortfall Nears $1.8 Trillion

Aug 17, 2026

By Ethan Faverino | The federal government ran a $432.308 billion deficit in July, marking the largest monthly deficit since March 2021, according to the Joint Economic Committee’s latest Monthly Fiscal Update. The July deficit brought the federal...

Arizona Agencies Failed To Enforce Parent Caregiver Rules, Risking Nearly $500M

Aug 16, 2026

By Staff Reporter | The state ceased imposing mandatory guardrails for parent caregiver payouts nearly a year ago. The year of potentially runaway spending may have wasted nearly half a billion dollars, a new report from the auditor...

Flock Camera Scrutiny Spreads Across The Valley As Surprise Suspends Program

Aug 16, 2026

By Ethan Faverino | The City of Surprise announced it has suspended its use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) after a routine audit earlier this month identified an anomaly in the system. The audit prompted an investigation into a...

Arizona Commission Moves To Prevent Ratepayers From Subsidizing Data Centers, Large Power Users

Aug 16, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | The Arizona Corporation Commission unanimously approved a new review process Wednesday designed to prevent existing electric cooperative customers from paying for transmission and infrastructure required by data centers,...