Steve Kirwan, Author at Arizona Globe

State ‘Misplaces’ $122M for Disabled Kids

March 3, 2025 3:17 pmMarch 12, 2025 3:59 pm

The Arizona Globe is investigating $122M in mandatory funding shortfalls for the Division of Developmental Disability. Char Ugol, the parent who spurred HB2847, dubbed “Steven’s Law” and pushed for HB2042, “The Tamale Bill, notified the Globe that she has been...

Hoffman Deportation ‘Bounty’ Bill Stirs Controversy

February 24, 2025 4:41 pmMarch 5, 2025 7:50 am

Arizona Senator and Government Committee Chairman Jake Hoffman (R-LD15) sponsored two Senate bills aimed at enhancing the illegal immigrant deportation efforts of the federal government. SB1088 and SB1111 each advanced out of committee, setting the stage for a full Senate...

AG Mayes Latest DA to Sue Trump over Birthright Citizenship Ban

January 27, 2025 9:50 amFebruary 8, 2025 1:50 pm

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joins a growing list of Democrat-state AGs to enjoin the lawsuits challenging President Trump’s executive order ending “Birthright Citizenship.” Under the current interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s “Equal Protection Clause,” children born in the United...

Prop 206 is Poised to Wreak Havoc – Again

January 6, 2025 3:03 pmJanuary 15, 2025 1:33 pm

When Proposition 206, the “Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act,” passed in 2016, it raised Arizona’s minimum wage from $8.05 per hour incrementally each year to $10, $12, $14.35, and now, in 2025, $14.70 hourly. And, as many economists predicted,...

Cochise Sup Crosby Loses Election Interference Appeal

January 2, 2025 3:53 pmJanuary 13, 2025 10:12 am

Reverberations from the 2022 election continue as the Arizona Appeals Court denies Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby’s appeal of AG Kris Mayes’ indictment on election interference and conspiracy charges. Cosby, along with fellow Republican supervisor Peggy Judd, refused to certify...

Hobbs Under Fire for Water Mismanagement

December 24, 2024 7:42 amJanuary 10, 2025 9:20 am

Last week, the Goldwater Institute released a letter demanding that the Hobbs Administration end its arbitrary water restriction, which has all but stopped home construction in parts of Maricopa County. The letter addresses the new water rules, which amend the...

Partisan Rancor Tops the Arizona Corporation Commission Agenda

December 20, 2024 7:12 amJanuary 6, 2025 3:04 pm

Four Republican members of the AZ Corporation Commission initiated an investigation into outgoing Commissioner Anna Tovar, which resulted in a motion to censure. They allege that the Democrat violated the Commission’s open meeting laws and code of ethics when she...