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Arizona Morning Briefing, 9-29: Eight Illegal Voters, Scottsdale Axon Opponents File Appeal, Treasurer’s Race Gets Dirty, and More

September 29, 2026 9:09 amOctober 1, 2026 9:26 am

•EIGHT NONCITIZENS VOTE, DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGER–Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s dramatic noncitizen SAVE database sweep of the voter rolls ended up flagging 60 voting “noncitizens”, Votebeat reported yesterday. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday afternoon that her office...

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...

Scottsdale Unified Faces Uncertain Future

September 15, 2026 2:09 pmSeptember 15, 2026 2:09 pm

The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) asked voters to authorize a $375 million bond this November as the district weighs additional school closures amid declining enrollment. Governing board members unanimously approved a bond resolution during the May 12, 2026, board...

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 amSeptember 10, 2026 3:44 pm

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...

There’s a New Editor in Town, and He’s Feelin’ Good

August 4, 2026 7:33 amAugust 6, 2026 7:02 am

My name is Neal Pollack. I’m the new editor of Arizona Globe, and I live, for now, in Austin, Texas. How can you edit a site about Arizona politics, you ask, while living in another state? And why would you...

Axon’s Scottsdale Deal Crumbles over ‘Toxic’ Opposition

June 10, 2025 1:10 pmJune 20, 2025 4:40 pm

For a brief moment, it looked like Axon had thrown in the towel on Scottsdale. ABC15 in Arizona quickly reported: “JUST IN: Axon has announced it is no longer with the City of Scottsdale in its plans to build a...

Ugenti-Rita Slams Senator Carroll’s ‘Axon Rezoning Bill’

March 31, 2025 2:54 pmApril 4, 2025 9:59 am

Former State Legislator and realtor Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R) delivered a blistering critique of the strike-everything (striker) amendment Senate Bill 1543 during testimony this week, accusing lawmakers of helping Axon Enterprise sidestep Scottsdale voters and override local control. “This is a...