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Senate president joins chorus of Republicans calling on Stringer to resign
Incoming Senate President Karen Fann on Wednesday joined the chorus demanding the resignation of her seatmate, Rep. David Stringer, over racist comments that recently came to light.
Judge strikes down campaign finance provisions
A Maricopa County judge has struck down several provisions of a 2016 top-to-bottom rewrite of Arizona’s campaign finance laws, including one that allowed the Arizona Democratic Party to spend millions of dollars helping Katie Hobbs win the race for secretary of state.
Justice reform committee nixed after Stringer loses chairmanship
Incoming Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers dissolved the new House Recidivism and Sentencing Reform Committee after removing Rep. David Stringer as its chairman due to racist comments that recently came to light.
Stringer’s seatmates aren’t calling for his resignation over racist remarks
Several prominent Republicans have called for Rep. David Stringer to resign from the Legislature over racist comments he made recently, though his two seatmates in his Yavapai County-based legislative district aren’t among them.
Rep. Stringer loses chairmanship after saying blacks, others ‘don’t blend in’ to America
Incoming House Speaker Rusty Bowers has removed Rep. David Stringer as chair of the new Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee after a series of racist remarks he made to college students were reported by a media outlet. Bowers on Friday said he asked Stringer, R-Prescott, to step down as chair of the committee, and Stringer […]
Pro-McSally ‘pop-up PAC’ spent $56K, including on an airplane banner, right before the election
We now know who paid for the aerial advertising in the days before the November election urging voters to support Martha McSally: a so-called “pop-up PAC” tied to a former Arizona Republican Party chairman.
Lawsuit claims Kyl appointment violates Seventeenth Amendment
A group of Arizonans is challenging Gov. Doug Ducey’s authority to appoint U.S. Sen. John McCain’s replacement in the Senate until 2020 under a novel legal theory that it violates the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, flying in the face of the way the majority of states fill vacancies. The Arizonans, represented by a […]
Hobbs rebukes Howard Dean over unfounded election ‘cheating’ allegation
Incoming Secretary of State Katie Hobbs took former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean to task on Twitter after he made a baseless suggestion that GOP “cheating” kept Maricopa County a Republican stronghold until a Democrat became county recorder in 2016.
Arizona Democrats hopeful 2018 laid foundation for future success
Was the 2018 election the beginning of the long-term shift that Democrats have been waiting for? Or will Arizona revert to its Republican mean once the “blue wave” of energized Democratic voters recedes after Trump leaves office?
Conservative economist urges Arizona to pass on windfall from tax conformity
An economist from a conservative policy organization that produces model legislation for states is urging Arizona to pass the savings from last year’s federal tax cut legislation on to taxpayers, echoing calls from some Republican state lawmakers who want a lame-duck special session next month.
Maricopa County saved nearly 7,000 ballots through curing policy
Nearly 7,000 voters would have had their early ballots rejected over problems with their signatures if Maricopa County hadn’t initiated a new policy of attempting to “cure” those ballots after Election Day.
Arizona GOP chairman makes false allegations against Fontes
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Lines falsely accused County Recorder Adrian Fontes of ignoring instructions from the Board of Supervisors to not open several emergency voting centers.