Arizona Attorney General Archives

Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-10: Election Turns on Turning Point, Firetruck Antitrust Suit, Land Acknowledgment Fracas in Chandler School Board, and More

September 10, 2026 9:33 am

Turning Point, Turning Point, TURNING POINT!!!! It’s coming for you, it’s coming for your pets. It’s coming for your children. At the very least, it’s coming for the Morning Briefing. •SUPER DUPER CHASE–As election season kicks off in earnest, we...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-9-26: Turning Point Activists DeepFake Austin, Mayes Announces Charges Against Academy Del Sol, and Where Are The Biggs TV Ads?

September 9, 2026 8:48 am

We all knew that AI was going to play a role, large and small, in this fall’s campaigns. But some candidates are making savvier use the technology that will destroy us all than others. •Over the weekend, Matt Whitmire and...

Competition Impracticable–Petersen Highlights Stacey Champion’s Role in Mayes’ Tenure

September 4, 2026 8:41 amSeptember 8, 2026 9:43 am

Stacey Champion did everything for Kris Mayes’ campaign. Public relations. Communications. Design. Zoom calls. Early-morning MSNBC appearances. Even Mayes’ makeup. “I was always her cheerleader & optimist,” Champion tweeted shortly after Mayes took office in January 2023. “I got shit...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-4: DCS/Sunshine Scandal Widens, Yee Says Ruiz is Campaigning Illegally, Mayes Must Repay McDowell, Hobbs Back Data Centers, and more

September 4, 2026 7:42 amSeptember 8, 2026 9:12 am

Did you ever have one of those days where you wake up to a story that could potentially topple a governorship? I don’t know if today is one of those days. But it’s starting to feel like one of those days. Let’s...

Arizona Joins FTC to Sue Amazon Over Alleged Consumer Fraud

September 2, 2026 11:21 am

Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other states to sue Amazon for allegedly artificially inflating the prices of advertisements sold on its e-commerce platforms. The group says Amazon imposed “undisclosed” surcharges on customers looking...

Mayes Calls For Freeze On Data Centers

September 2, 2026 9:31 amSeptember 4, 2026 8:44 am

Attorney General Kris Mayes called for a statewide pause on new data center projects across Arizona on Monday — a move eliciting criticism from some in Arizona’s economic-development community. The announcement, which follows the U.S. Department of Interior’s recent nearly...

Who’s Behind the Prop 318 Lookalike Website?

August 11, 2026 10:36 amAugust 12, 2026 4:43 pm

The Yes-on-Proposition 318 campaign says an unidentified opponent of the ballot measure built a website with a nearly identical name, URL and visual presentation, without identifying who paid for it. The campaign has filed a complaint with the Attorney General...