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New Analysis Points To Growing Affordability Pressures In Arizona As Election Season Intensifies

Jul 24, 2026

By Staff Reporter | A new data analysis.shows that Arizona is facing more of an affordability crisis than other states as the 2026 elections heats up. Arizona households presently carry above-average debt across auto loans, credit cards, and...

Child Predator, Other Felons Collected Signatures For Anti-School Choice Initiative, Lawsuit Alleges

Jul 23, 2026

By Staff Reporter | A teachers' union-backed initiative to end Arizona’s universal school choice program relied on a variety of violent felons to collect signatures in violation of state law. In what some critics have called a twist of irony,...

Arizona Primary Results: Biggs, Petersen, Kolodin, Yee Win Key GOP Nominations

Jul 23, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Republicans selected their nominees for several of the state’s highest-profile offices on Tuesday, with several races called later in the evening. Additional ballot counting continued Wednesday in closely divided...

Yavapai County Proposes 2.9% Property Tax Levy Increase

Jul 23, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Yavapai County officials are proposing 2.9 percent increases in the county’s primary property tax levy and the Yavapai County Free Library District’s secondary property tax levy as part of the fiscal year 2027 budget process....

Legal Challenge Targets Validity Of Signatures For Anti-ESA Ballot Initiative

Jul 22, 2026

By Staff Reporter | A ballot initiative to end the state’s universal school choice program is facing a new challenge to the validity of its signatures. The Goldwater Institute filed the challenge in court on Monday. The Arizona Free...

Biggs Wins GOP Nomination For Arizona Governor, Kolodin Secures Secretary Of State Bid

Jul 22, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Congressman Andy Biggs is projected to win the Republican nomination for Arizona governor. The Associated Press also called several of the state’s closely watched primary races, including the Republican secretary of state...

Arizona Among Six States Facing RNC Lawsuits Over Never-Resident Voting

Jul 22, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | The Republican National Committee (RNC) is pursuing lawsuits in Arizona and five other states challenging laws that allow some United States citizens who have never lived in those states to register and vote through a parent’s...

Arizona Supreme Court Orders Phoenix To Release Union Negotiation Records

Jul 21, 2026

By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the city of Phoenix must release records of their closed-door labor union negotiations. The ruling came from a challenge initiated in 2022 by the Goldwater Institute regarding the...

Hamadeh Praises $100 Billion TSMC Expansion In Arizona

Jul 21, 2026

By Matthew Holloway | Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ08) praised a new $100 billion investment by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that will add four advanced semiconductor fabrication plants at the company’s north Phoenix campus and raise...

Eli Crane Launches First General Election Ad, Highlighting Military Service And Campaign Strength

Jul 21, 2026

By Ethan Faverino | U.S Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ-02) has officially launched his general election campaign with the release of his first television and digital advertisement of the 2026 election cycle. The ad emphasizes Crane's military...

ASU Drops Eminent Domain Bid For 89-Year-Old Man’s Historic Phoenix Home

Jul 20, 2026

By Staff Reporter | Arizona State University (ASU) has ceased its effort to take the home of an 89-year-old Phoenix man via eminent domain. ASU sought to acquire the historic Louis Emerson House owned for more than 50 years by Robert Young....

FBI Investigating Shooting Targeting Phoenix ICE Facility

Jul 20, 2026

By Ethan Faverino | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a shooting that targeted a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in central Phoenix after individuals fired multiple rounds at the building’s exterior....