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Arizona Agencies Failed To Enforce Parent Caregiver Rules, Risking Nearly $500M
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
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
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,...
ACLU Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality Of Prop. 314
By Staff Reporter | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has ended its lawsuit about a month after it filed to challenge the constitutionality of Proposition 314 — at least, for the time being. The ACLU filed a notice of voluntary dismissal...
Federal Judge Denies Nonprofits’ Bid To Block Phoenix Parks Ordinance
By Matthew Holloway | A federal judge denied a request on Tuesday from two healthcare nonprofits seeking to block Phoenix from enforcing restrictions on food distribution and medical treatment in city parks. The court found that the organizations...
Ciscomani Ranked Arizona’s Most Bipartisan Member Of Congress For Second Consecutive Year
By Ethan Faverino | Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) has once again been ranked as Arizona’s most bipartisan member of Congress, earning an “A” grade and a 97.5 Bridge Score in the latest Bridge Grades report evaluating members of Congress. The...
Gov. Hobbs Pushes For More Public Education Funding As Districts Sit On $8.3 Billion
By Staff Reporter | Gov. Katie Hobbs says public education is woefully underfunded, but fiscal reporting indicates districts are flush with cash. According to the latest Arizona Department of Education annual financial report, public...
July Inflation Reaches 3.36% As U.S. Labor Market Shows Signs Of Cooling
By Ethan Faverino | The Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Inflation Update for July 2026, showing that consumer prices continued to rise, while real earnings remained mostly steady during the month. According to the report, the headline...
Ciscomani Champions $1.3 Million For New Huachuca City Fire Truck
By Matthew Holloway | Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) met with Huachuca City officials Tuesday to discuss a $1.3 million federal funding provision intended to replace the town fire department’s aging ladder-equipped fire engine. The...
Arizona’s Congressional Democrats Decline To Sign Pledge Against Socialism
By Staff Reporter | A coalition of U.S. House Democrats have banded together to pledge against socialism, but none of Arizona’s Democrat congressional leaders signed on. Reps. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07), Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), and Yassamin Ansari...
Judge Orders Rewrite Of Proposition 212 Ballot Language Over Misleading ESA Description
By Matthew Holloway | A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered Arizona election officials Tuesday to rewrite the descriptive title and “yes” and “no” statements for Proposition 212. The judge found that the current version omits substantial...
Salt River Horse Advocates Say 70+ Requests To Meet With Hobbs Have Gone Unanswered
By Matthew Holloway | Friends of the Salt River Wild Horses is calling on Gov. Katie Hobbs to meet with advocates, saying more than 70 requests for a meeting have gone unanswered as the planned September removal of horses from the Salt River herd...
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