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Hamadeh Blasts ‘Propagandists Posing As Journalists’ For Pushing ‘Fake News’ About Hegseth

Apr 23, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) issued a statement Monday responding to reports which suggested that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had shared “detailed information” about potential military strikes into Yemen and...

Hobbs Signs Controversial ‘Axon Bill,’ Reshaping Local Zoning Authority In Arizona

Apr 23, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | Despite opposition from local leaders and community organizers, Governor Katie Hobbs has signed SB 1543 into law, a move that will significantly curtail the ability of residents in cities like Scottsdale to refer zoning...

Arizona Enacts Stolen Valor Law To Crack Down On False Military Claims

Apr 23, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed Senate Bill 1424, known as the Master Sgt. Orlando Dona Stolen Valor Act, into law. The legislation makes it a criminal offense in Arizona to falsely claim military service or honors for...

Arizona Prison System Under Legislative Investigation

Apr 22, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Arizona’s prisons are now under investigation by lawmakers following multiple inmate murders in a Tucson prison. The chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, Kevin Payne, announced the investigation Monday into the...

Trump Splits Endorsement Between Taylor Robson And Biggs For Governor

Apr 22, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | In what’s has become almost standard practice for President Donald Trump, he issued a post to Truth Social on Monday, effectively splitting his endorsement in the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial election between leading Republican...

Arizona Democratic Party Leadership Fractured By Infighting

Apr 22, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) is strained by infighting, with party leadership and top elected Democrats at odds. ADP Chairman Robert Branscomb issued a tell-all email over the weekend revealing the politics within the...

Arizona’s Democratic Voter Registration Declines By 11K

Apr 21, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The number of registered Democratic voters in Arizona declined by nearly 11,000 from January to April of this year. The trend represents a marked decline in Democratic voter registrations since January, after a 70,800...

Victim Of Brutal Hatchet Attack In Tucson Has Died

Apr 21, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Jacob Couch, the 32-year-old Alabama man brutally attacked with a hatchet in Tucson on April 5th, has died according to outlets citing updates from his family. The suspect in the shocking attack, Daniel Michael, 25, is now...

Hobbs Vetoes ICE Act After Playing Tough On The Border

Apr 20, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | In a stark contrast to her efforts to rebrand herself as tough on the border, Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed the Arizona Immigration Cooperation and Enforcement (ICE) Act, SB 1164. The bill would have required that...

Arizona Enacts Law To Limit Classroom Cellphone Use

Apr 20, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | Arizona students will soon face new limits on cellphone and social media use during the school day under a law signed Monday by Governor Katie Hobbs. The bill, HB 2484, passed with bipartisan support and aims to reduce digital...

Republican House Whip Aligns With Democrats, Governor Hobbs To Oppose Emergency Disability Funding

Apr 19, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Republican House Whip sided with Democratic lawmakers and Governor Katie Hobbs against the codification of a key emergency funding bill for disability services in the state. Most House and Senate Republicans support...

Arizona Department Of Education Rebuffs AG Mayes On Fed Funding Question

Apr 19, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | An interjection by Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes has led to the AG and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne trading rhetorical fire after Phoenix’s Kyrene School District voted to adopt a “Staff...