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Judge Denies Maricopa BOS Reopening Discovery in Heap Dispute

March 12, 2026 4:28 pmApril 2, 2026 1:12 pm

PHOENIX – A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has rejected an attempt by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) to expand discovery in its ongoing legal dispute with Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap. The Honorable Scott A. Blaney criticized...

LD3 GOP Advances Reim, Ugenti-Rita, Khalaf for Chaplik Seat

March 11, 2026 5:22 pmMarch 26, 2026 9:39 am

Republican precinct committee members in Arizona’s Legislative District 3 (Maricopa County) gathered Monday night to fill the House vacancy created by Joseph Chaplik’s resignation. They ultimately advanced Cody Reim, Michelle Ugenti-Rita, and George Khalaf as the three finalists whose names...

Kolodin Visits Goodyear’s Hoop Therapy Session

March 9, 2026 8:39 amMarch 25, 2026 6:34 am

Arizona Secretary of State candidate Alexander Kolodin recently drove from Scottsdale to Goodyear to spend time with the men who gather weekly for the community basketball program known as Hoop Therapy. While Kolodin didn’t lace up for a run on...

Livingston Addresses AZ Leg’s Record-Setting Votes

March 7, 2026 1:33 pmMarch 25, 2026 6:34 am

PHOENIX — What began as a single extraordinary floor session on February 25, 2026, became the defining week of Arizona’s 2026 legislative session — one that observers called “unlike anything seen” this early in a session year. The Arizona House...

Peña to Face Snyder as GOP Single-Shot Strategy Collapes

March 6, 2026 8:57 amMarch 25, 2026 6:35 am

A Republican political strategy circulating inside Arizona’s Legislative District 23 appears to have collapsed, after former candidate Gary Garcia Snyder declined to participate in what activists described as a “single-shot” voting strategy. The approach, occasionally discussed in multi-seat legislative primaries,...

Nguyen, Petersen Hit Dem Caucus for Iran Stance

March 2, 2026 11:43 amMarch 25, 2026 6:54 am

United States and Israeli forces conducted a major military offensive against Iran on Saturday, February 8, 2026, in what President Donald Trump called “Operation Epic Fury,” a high-intensity campaign of airstrikes and missile strikes on Iranian military, missile, and leadership...

Blackman Accuses Arizona Republic of ‘High-Tech Lynching’

May 30, 2025 10:12 amJune 12, 2025 3:45 pm

In a recent exposé by the Arizona Republic’s Ray Stern, respected lawmaker Walt Blackman (R-7), best known for pushing legislation to criminalize false claims of military honors, now finds himself at the center of a credibility crisis. According to Stern, Blackman...