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Arizona Morning Briefing 10-7: Greene-Placentia Reports Sexual Assault While Campaigning, Turning Point Spends $18 Million on Biggs, Feely-Shah Debate, and More

October 8, 2026 7:51 amOctober 9, 2026 8:00 am

• CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE REPORTS ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT–In a story that garnered significant national coverage, Democratic CD8 nominee Bernadette Greene-Placentia told the Phoenix New Times on Wednesday that two men allegedly sexually assaulted her while she was repairing a campaign sign...

Rep. Crane Claims Leadership in Water Wars as House Challenger Turns Up Heat

September 22, 2026 9:02 amSeptember 24, 2026 9:28 am

District 2 Rep. Eli Crane, a Republican, issued statements on Friday expressing his fervent support for H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act, which the House of Representatives passed on September 16 by a vote of 415-9. Crane described the...

Arizona Morning Roundup 9-18-26: Arizona Keeps Missing HHS Audits, Hobbs Announces Infrastructure District Program, Biggs Pushes Arizona’s Interests In Water Act, and More

September 18, 2026 8:57 amSeptember 21, 2026 9:42 am

Here are the exciting Arizona politics stories we’re following today: •I CAN GET A WITNESS–Rep. Matt Gress announced late Thursday that Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources Gustav Chiarello will testify Monday, Sept. 21, before the Joint...

Arizona Morning Briefing, Sept. 17: Sunshine Subpoenas, Peoria Water Deal, Heap Medical Drama, Meet the Candidates’ Wives, and More

September 17, 2026 8:58 amSeptember 21, 2026 9:42 am

Here are the Arizona stories we’re following today: •SUNSHINE SUBPOENA–Senate Government Committee Chairman Jake Hoffman issued subpoenas Wednesday to Gov. Katie Hobbs, AG Kris Mayes, members of their staffs, former DCS officials and Sunshine Residential owner Simon Kottoor, with a...

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...

Arizona Water Shortage Impacts Housing Development

Arizona Takes Biggest Colorado River Cut as State Challenges Federal Framework

August 27, 2026 9:29 amSeptember 4, 2026 8:44 am

Arizona will surrender 760,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually in 2027 and 2028 under new federal operating rules, by far the largest reduction among the three Lower Basin states. But state officials are already fighting the longer-term framework behind...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 8-24: Mayes Clears Hobbs in Sunshine Case, Shah Lands Police Endorsement, Prescott Valley Mayor’s Saloon Showdown, and More

August 24, 2026 8:09 amAugust 26, 2026 9:23 am

Labor Day still isn’t here, so we’re still wearing white. And we wear shorts pretty much year-round. Maybe the old rules don’t apply anymore. They certainly don’t seem to apply to Governor Hobbs. •The big state news is that Attorney...