The Center Square, Author at Arizona Globe

Maricopa County Races Razor Thin

September 13, 2024 5:00 amSeptember 20, 2024 9:18 am

(The Center Square) – Maricopa County’s local races will be incredibly close this year with no clear winner in sight, according to a poll conducted by Noble Predictive Insights. The poll was conducted from Aug. 12-16, surveying 1,003 voters, 595...

Surprise Mayor Skip Hall speaking with attendees at the grand opening of Homebase hosted by Native American Connections in Surprise, Arizona

US District Court Sues City of Surprise for Free Speech Violation

September 4, 2024 5:00 amSeptember 18, 2024 8:43 am

(The Center Square) – The City of Surprise is officially being sued in the United States District Court of Arizona for alleged free speech violations. The Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression filed the lawsuit on Tuesday morning on behalf of...

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...

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...

State Senator Christine Marsh speaking with supporters outside the Arizona State Capitol building on the opening day of the 56th Legislature in Phoenix, Arizona.

AZ Democrats Eye Education Policy

August 12, 2024 7:34 amAugust 22, 2024 9:28 am

What Democratic majorities would look like in the Arizona Legislature: Education (The Center Square) – Arizona Democrats will usher through some long-sought changes to ESA vouchers, teacher pay, school meals, and all-day kindergarten if they can wrest the gavels away...

Lake Wins AZ GOP Primary, Trails Gallego in General

July 31, 2024 9:35 amAugust 13, 2024 8:05 pm

(The Center Square) – Multiple media outlets are calling it – former TV Anchor Kari Lake will win the GOP Arizona U.S. Senate primary election. As of Tuesday at 9 p.m. local time, Lake led her closest opponent, Pinal County...

Kelly, Sinema Tout Infrastructure Bill for $36M Sky Harbor Expansion

July 22, 2024 12:28 pmJuly 29, 2024 5:50 pm

(The Center Square)— Phoenix Sky Harbor’s utility plant is expected to get major updates using federal taxpayer dollars. Thirty-six million from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was allocated to the project as part of the Airport Terminal Program...