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Ballot Measure Addressing Rampant Homelessness Overwhelmingly Passed By Arizonans

Nov 23, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | A ballot measure to protect Arizonans from the rise of unabated homelessness in communities was overwhelmingly passed by voters in the General Election. Earlier this month, Proposition 312 received almost 60% of the vote,...

Rep. Crane’s Bill To Transfer Federal Land To Local Communities Passes Out Of Committee

Nov 22, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Congressman Eli Crane (R-AZ-2) announced Wednesday that H.R. 3047 which he proposed to transfer Federal Land within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to the northern Arizona communities of Pinedale and Alpine, has made it...

Arizona Leaders Look To Florida For Advice On Timely Ballot Processing

Nov 22, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona Republican officials have met with the State of Florida’s chief of elections to ascertain necessary changes to their own systems of counting and reporting votes. On Tuesday, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen led...

ASU Professor: University Canceled Its Only Course On Christianity For The Spring Of 2025

Nov 21, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Dr. Owen Anderson of Arizona State University (ASU) reported earlier this week that an examination of the ASU course catalog for the Spring 2025 semester shows that the school does not offer any classes on Christianity....

Latino Civic Engagement Group Conserva Mi Voto Celebrates 2024 Victories

Nov 21, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Conserva Mi Voto, a civic engagement organization for Latinos and Veterans, released a statement this week celebrating the group’s successful efforts in the 2024 election, both in Arizona and across the nation. Citing...

Proposal To Speed Up Ballot Processing Gains Bipartisan Support

Nov 21, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona's leaders on both sides of the political aisle are calling for significant reforms to the state’s elections system. Earlier this week, Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin issued a press release to call for “a...

Navajo County Republicans Witnessed Alleged Electioneering At Whiteriver Polling Center

Nov 20, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Republican volunteers at the Whiteriver Polling Center in Navajo County contacted AZ Free News with a startling eyewitness account of multiple violations of Arizona election statutes constituting electioneering at the polling...

Appeals Court To Hear Challenge To Phoenix Waiving Private Developer’s Property Taxes

Nov 20, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The city of Phoenix will be in court on Wednesday over a lawsuit against its arrangement waiving $8 million in property taxes for a private real estate developer downtown. The Arizona Court of Appeals will hear...

Outgoing Scottsdale City Council Gets Busy On Passing Left-Leaning Priorities

Nov 20, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The outgoing Scottsdale City Council has busied itself with passing certain left-leaning priorities. The election of several new faces to the Scottsdale City Council ensured what effectively amounted to an overhaul of the status...

Hobbs To Deploy Troops To Border, But Vows To Buck Trump’s Deportation Plan

Nov 19, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona’s Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs promised a “major announcement,” leading up to a Monday press conference at the Port of Nogales on the state’s southern border with Mexico. And indeed, the border press event did...

Hamadeh: “Arizona, I Am With You, Now And Forever”

Nov 19, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Congressman-elect Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-8) released a new video via X in which he memorialized his victory against Democrat Greg Whitten in the November General Election. In the video posted to X, Hamedeh told his supporters, “I’m...

Arizona Corporation Commission Joins Protest Against BlackRock

Nov 18, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Another Arizona governing body has intervened in a critical issue in place of the state’s attorney general. Last week, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) intervened in a matter at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...