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Two Top Maricopa County Officials Leaving Over Next Few Weeks

Feb 27, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | Maricopa County officials have been working for several weeks on replacing County Manager Joy Rich, who is retiring in early April. Now, the county’s top IT employee is also leaving. Chief Information Officer (CIO) Ed Winfield is...

U.S. Lawmakers Hear Of Mounting Costs And Frustrations To Yuma Area Residents

Feb 26, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | It was a hearing two years in the making, but for government officials, business leaders, and nonprofit operators in Yuma County the sentiment toward the recent field hearing conducted by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee was...

Arizona Lawmakers Join In On March For Life

Feb 25, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona may no longer have a pro-life governor, but Republican legislators are working hard to champion family values at the State House and Senate – and they turned out en masse to this week’s Arizona Right to Life March in...

Hobbs Vetoes Popular Rental Tax Bill

Feb 25, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | After vetoing a collection of budget bills last week, Democrat Katie Hobbs was ready to jettison another Republican-led policy as a divided state government remains far apart on solutions to help Arizonans weather the storms...

Hobbs Demands Resignation Of DCS Nominee, Affirming Republican Call For “Thorough Vetting”

Feb 24, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs has had a rocky start to her tenure as Arizona’s newest chief executive, and her personnel decisions and lack of transparency with legislators continue to backfire and frustrate her policy...

Bill To Protect Arizona’s Children Wins Bipartisan Support

Feb 24, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Both Republicans and Democrats came together this week at the state legislature to enhance protections for Arizona’s children. The Arizona House overwhelmingly passed HB 2516, which deals with investigations into child abuse...

Bill Empowering School Board Members To Fire Superintendents Advances

Feb 23, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans and Democrats have generally been divided on ideas to improve Arizona’s public and charter school systems for the benefit of children and their families, but one bill advancing through the state legislature might...

Mayes’ Document Dump Could End Speculation About 2020 General Election

Feb 23, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | On Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sidelined Governor Katie Hobbs from the headlines with the release of investigative documents related to the 2020 election – a process started by former Attorney General Mark...

Flagstaff Back on the Hook for $1.1 Million to State for Imposing Higher City Minimum Wage

Feb 22, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | The City of Flagstaff can be forced to pay the State of Arizona more than $1.1 million for enacting a minimum wage that is significantly higher than the state wage, according to an Arizona Court of Appeals opinion released...

Consideration of Hobbs’ Nominee To Head Up ADOA Put On Hold

Feb 22, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs is attempting to showcase her policy initiatives in the first 100 days of her fledgling administration, but her efforts are quickly being overwhelmed by her veto threats and lack of transparency...

Speaker McCarthy Promises More Border Attention While Mayorkas Visits Poland Border

Feb 22, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | While U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) led a group of Republican lawmakers to Cochise County last week, the beleaguered U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas made news for his own border visit – in...

Hobbs Vetoes Budget She Once Called Awesome

Feb 21, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | As expected, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed the budget sent to her by the Arizona Legislature, putting the state’s financial future into a potential situation of future limbo. Instead of signing a budget very similar to one...