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Republican Lawmakers Receive Committee Assignments In Arizona House And Senate

Nov 24, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Republican members of the Arizona Legislature recently received their committee assignments as lawmakers eye the start of the quickly approaching session in January. Earlier this month, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen...

Shope To Address ‘Hobbs’ Failure’ On Housing Afforability In New Committee Assignment

Nov 24, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | An influential Republican state senator is taking the reins of a powerful committee for the upcoming Arizona legislative term. Earlier this month, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen announced that he had assigned Senator...

Hobbs’ Director Of Tourism Implicated In Corruption Scheme

Nov 23, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Republicans raised serious allegations Thursday around Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs' approval of a $700,000 upgrade of the state logo by Urias Communications, owned by the brother of Office of Tourism Director Lisa Urias....

Reps. Nguyen And Bliss Ask AG Mayes To Investigate Sedona Firearms Ordiance

Nov 23, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Two Arizona Republican lawmakers are escalating their defense of the Second Amendment in a dispute of a local ordinance. On Monday, State Representatives Quang Nguyen and Selina Bliss announced that they had sent a letter to...

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...