Steve Kirwan, Author at Arizona Globe

Dem Lawmakers Caught in Homeless Scandal

November 30, 2023 6:59 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:52 pm

In October 2023, two Democrat State House Representatives, Nancy Gutierrez (D-18) and Analise Ortiz (D-24), blamed a homeless man’s death on Republican policies. Roosevelt White III, a 36-year-old homeless man and frequent resident of Phoenix’s notorious “The Zone,” passed away...

Phoenix Set to Reject DOJ Police Oversight

November 29, 2023 8:55 amJune 17, 2024 10:36 am

Phoenix is poised to be the nation’s latest, and possibly the largest, city to refuse to cede control of its police department to the Biden Administration’s DOJ. The request is the result of a two-year-long investigation by the Feds stemming...

Borrelli and Kern Call for Gutting ASU Funding

November 29, 2023 7:41 amNovember 21, 2024 12:53 pm

The Arizona Legislature’s second joint meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Freedom of Expression at Arizona’s Public Universities convened Monday, November 27, 2023, but this time, without Democrats. Republican Majority Leader Senator Sonny Borrelli (R-LD30) and Anthony Kern (R-LD27)...

Water Wars Turns Into Left vs Right Battle

November 26, 2023 7:22 amNovember 21, 2024 12:53 pm

Arizona’s ongoing battle over water rights is taking a sharp swing into “left-versus-right” territory as Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) looks to reshape the 1980 Groundwater Management Act dramatically. The act requires residential developers to prove the availability of a...

Arizona’s ‘Bill Hopper’ Open for Submissions

November 23, 2023 11:46 am

Each year around this time—and Happy Thanksgiving to all Globe readers—the AZ legislature opens the floodgates to an onslaught of bill ideas for the new calendar year. This year, like those previous, is already receiving an onslaught of bill ideas...

Embattled Democrat Leezah Sun Denies Impropriety in Ethics Probe

November 21, 2023 3:49 amNovember 21, 2024 12:53 pm

Representative Leezah Sun (D-22), who faces a series of ethics challenges stemming from alleged misbehavior in and out of her professional role as one of Tolleson’s elected representatives, denies that she acted improperly on behalf of Attorney General Kris Mayes...

AZ Senate and House Republicans Announce Teacher Pay Hike Plan

November 16, 2023 6:23 amJune 17, 2024 10:36 am

Touting wins in tax relief to Arizona families and renters, State Republicans are focusing on a new financial boon, this time for Arizona teachers. In a move seen by some as a preemptive strike against a traditionally Democrat election issue,...