Steve Kirwan, Author at Arizona Globe

State Republicans Consider Hobbs Colleague Anna Tovar for Top Educator

October 31, 2023 3:56 pm

Governor Katie Hobbs has forwarded and political pal Anna Tovar’s name as Director of Educator despite her current $79,500-a-year position as a utility regulator on the Arizona Corporation Commission. In a move deemed “unusual but not illegal,” Senate President Warren...

Lake, Masters Endorse Longshot Tucson Mayoral Candidate

October 27, 2023 1:40 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

Tucson is a retirement Mecca for so-called “snowbirds,” seniors who migrate to warmer climes during the cold northern winter months. They also register to vote in a two-to-one ratio of Democrat to Republican, making the city a reliably blue haven...

Peterson, Shamp, and Bennett join Toma and Pingerelli in Condemning Biden War on Christianity

October 26, 2023 2:38 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

In a show of legislative solidarity, Arizona Senate and House leaders sent a letter protesting the Biden administration’s ongoing war on Christian schools. Today’s letter, signed by Senators Petersen, Shamp, and Bennett and cosigned by representatives Toma and Pingerelli, outlines...

Freshman Rep. Selina Bliss Named Legislator of the Year

October 26, 2023 12:46 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) honored first-year Republican Representative Selina Bliss (R1) as its 2023 “Legislator of the Year” for her support and defense of Arizona’s 2nd Amendment at the organization’s 18th annual meeting this past Saturday. The grassroots...

Frank Carroll’s War on Federal Regulatory Hell

October 23, 2023 6:42 amNovember 21, 2024 12:58 pm

Arizona Senator Frank Carroll cuts an imposing profile. Tall and silver-haired, it’s an advantage in his ongoing battles to protect Arizonans ‑from irrational border policies, unscientific environmental ideology, and now, from hidden taxes imposed by the EPA and other Federal...

Kelli Ward Endorses Abe Hamadeh

October 19, 2023 2:12 pmDecember 22, 2023 6:21 am

Abe Hamadeh, the popular AZ Attorney General candidate who lost in 2022 by just a few hundred votes, appears poised to be the shoo-in replacement for veteran congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-CD8). His latest endorsement, by former AZ State Senator (R-LD5)...

Kerr and Carroll Tout Tax Rebate That Rewards Families, Skips Seniors

October 18, 2023 7:00 amOctober 18, 2023 7:06 am

In response to questions by the Arizona Globe, the AZ Senate Communications liaison Kim Quintero clarified the recently touted Senate Bill 1734, which outlines a rebate authorized for what it describes as “Arizona Families.” In a press release issued subsequent...