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Senators Kelly, Sinema Agree To Biden’s Controversial Inflation Reduction Act
By Corinne Murdock | Over the weekend, Arizona’s two Democratic senators, Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema, fell in line with their party and backed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA passed the Senate on Sunday along party lines,...
Questions Remain In Pinal County As Maricopa County Looks Toward Canvassing Election Results
By Terri Jo Neff | Maricopa County has reported that more than 855,000 of its nearly 2.5 million voters cast ballots in the Aug. 2, 2022 Primary Election. Roughly 14,000 of those ballots were still in the pre-tabulation process as of Saturday,...
University of Arizona Continues to Defend Natural Transmission Theory of COVID Outbreak
By Corinne Murdock | Last Tuesday, the University of Arizona (UArizona) defended claims by one of its department heads that COVID-19 jumped from infected animals to humans at a Chinese wet market. UArizona’s news followed the...
Masters Switches Campaign Tone In Apparent Bid to Independent Voters
By Corinne Murdock | Following Tuesday’s primary election win, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters appears to have shifted his campaign tone to appeal to independent voters. That base of "other" voters is the second largest, a close...
Arizona’s Congressional Primary Winners
By Corinne Murdock | Senate: Kelly v. Masters v. Victor Democrat incumbent Senator Mark Kelly ran uncontested. He earned over 506,800 votes. https://twitter.com/CaptMarkKelly/status/1555319137835986944 Republican Blake Masters accrued...
Lake Finally Declared Victor In Republican Gubernatorial Primary
By Terri Jo Neff | On Wednesday, Kari Lake declared herself victorious in the Republican primary election for governor. On Thursday, the rest of the state followed. Lake has nearly 19,800 more votes than her main challenger, Karrin Taylor Robson,...
Pinal County Officials: Secretary of State Partly to Blame For Ballot Shortage
By Corinne Murdock | In a press conference on Wednesday, Pinal County shared that the secretary of state’s office supplied them with a faulty formula that led to Tuesday’s ballot shortage across about 25 voting precincts. The county implied that...
Hollywood Movie Star Threatens to Primary Senator Sinema Over Corporate Tax Bill
By Corinne Murdock | George Takei, of “Star Trek” fame, threatened to remove Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) from office if she opposes President Joe Biden’s bill raising corporate taxes. The legislation in question, the 725-page Inflation...
Arizona Nonprofit Seeks to Make Primary Elections Nonpartisan
By Corinne Murdock | A new nonprofit, Save Democracy, wants to make primary elections nonpartisan through a forthcoming ballot initiative. They haven’t launched a formal campaign yet, but mentioned an aim to make the 2024 ballot. ...
Gilbert Councilman Under Investigation For Removing Candidate’s Campaign Signs
By Terri Jo Neff | With all the pre-election hype about possible violence at polling stations for Tuesday’s primary election, the most serious election day misconduct appears to have been a town councilman removing opposition campaign signs. AZ...
Flagstaff Approved “Sustainable,” “ADA” Compliant Library Entrance But Removed Handicap Parking
By Corinne Murdock | The Flagstaff City Council approved expenditures of over $1.1 million for what it said would improve Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance for the public library entrance — yet the majority of the project...
Maricopa County Issues Legal Warning to Candidate Advising Voters to Steal Election Pens
By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, Maricopa County sent a cease-and-desist letter to board of supervisors candidate Gail Golec for advising voters to steal election pens. The county gives voters a specific type of felt-tipped pen to fill...
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