August 2024 - Arizona Globe

Gallego Leads Lake in AZ U.S. Senate Race

August 30, 2024 11:08 amSeptember 12, 2024 8:27 am

(The Center Square) – New polling shows Ruben Gallego is leading in the race for Arizona U.S. Senator over Republican Kari Lake. Since her loss in the 2022 race for governor, Lake has struggled to appeal to Independent and undecided...

Arizona Lawmakers Shine at ‘Keep Arizona Free’ Summit

August 27, 2024 5:00 amSeptember 12, 2024 8:27 am

The Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s 4th Annual Keep Arizona Free Summit on Saturday, August 24, 2024, was a powerhouse gathering of conservative thought leaders and activists. The event drew an enthusiastic crowd eager to hear from prominent speakers who champion...

Donald Trump and RFK Jr. at Arizona Rally

AZ Pols Bear Witness to RFK Jr. Rattling the Political World

August 26, 2024 12:33 pmSeptember 10, 2024 4:15 pm

In a move that sent shockwaves through the electoral landscape, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made political history by officially endorsing President Donald Trump and aligning with the MAGA movement. Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers, a steadfast MAGA supporter, was front...

AZ Supreme Court Upholds Prop 140 Signature Challenge

August 26, 2024 5:00 amSeptember 10, 2024 4:15 pm

On Friday, August 23, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court found that the Arizona Free Enterprise Club (AFEC) can continue its challenge of nearly 40,000 duplicate signatures supporting Prop 140. If allowed, the proposition would allow a ballot measure to institute...

Formal group photograph of the Supreme Court as it was been comprised on June 30, 2022 after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Court. The Justices are posed in front of red velvet drapes and arranged by seniority, with five seated and four standing. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Breaking: SCOTUS Rules AZ Voters Must Prove Citizenship

August 22, 2024 2:24 pmSeptember 3, 2024 3:26 pm

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay vacating a previous ruling by a radical Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel that is likely to send shock waves across the nation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. On...

Court Ruling Forces Hobbs to Submit Agency Heads to Senate Scutiny

August 22, 2024 5:00 amSeptember 3, 2024 3:26 pm

In response to Arizona Senate Republicans rejecting one of Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs’ agency candidates last year, the Governor circumvented state law by creating “Executive Deputy Directors” to act as agency heads. She effectively denied the Senate’s constitutional oversight role...

JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, USA speaking in The Electric Decade session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 18 January.

‘Democrats Deliver’ Message Flies in Face of Reality

August 19, 2024 1:14 pmAugust 30, 2024 11:09 am

By Greg Bishop, Associate Editor The Center Square Monday begins the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and leaders from both parties in Illinois are outlining how they see the major event impacting taxpayers. Just as with the Republican National Convention...