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Fontes Oversee Yet Another Campaign Finance Report Failure

October 20, 2025 3:58 pmOctober 20, 2025 4:18 pm

Arizona’s quarterly political campaign finance window just closed, and as usual, the reporting season kicked off with a glitch — literally. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced Thursday, that his office has been hit with another technical failure in its...

Gillette Identifies HR1’s Medicaid Changes as Corrections, not Cuts

October 10, 2025 2:32 pmOctober 16, 2025 12:28 pm

H.R.1’s Budget Cuts Could Squeeze Arizona Medicaid, Stir Political Fallout By Steve Kirwan, EditorPhoenix, Ariz. — October 10, 2025 Arizona officials are warning that the federal government’s new budget law, H.R.1—a.k.a. the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”—could deal a financial blow...

Unlikely Duo: Sinema and Wilmeth Make Ibogaine Research Funds a Reality

July 2, 2025 10:35 amJuly 16, 2025 12:02 pm

Former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I) joined forces with Representative Justin Wilmeth to sponsor House Bill HB2871, making a $5 million grant available to fund research for Ibogaine, a high-potential treatment for traumatic brain injuries and neurological disorders such as...

Hoffman Blasts Budget Deal as ‘Epic Cave’ by GOP Leadership

June 27, 2025 8:12 amJuly 12, 2025 12:28 pm

Yesterday, June 26, 2025, Senate President Warren Petersen told the Arizona Globe he was “hopefull” that a budget compromise was imminent. Today, Senator Jake Hoffman is blasting the state GOP leadership’s version of “compromise” as a betrayal of the conservative...

EXCLUSIVE: Petersen Tells the Globe “We Are Close” on Budget

June 26, 2025 10:43 amJuly 12, 2025 12:28 pm

Senate President Warren Petersen confirmed to the Arizona Globe that Republicans in both chambers are “working together on the budget,” adding confidently, “We are close to a deal.” His remarks come as the state heads toward a July 1 deadline to pass...

Petersen Backs Chief of Staff Josh Kredit’s GOP Budget Drama Comments

June 21, 2025 2:58 pmJune 27, 2025 4:48 pm

In an exclusive and candid conversation with the Arizona Globe during the Arizona Federation of Republican Women’s Summer Meeting today, June 21, 2025, Senate President Warren Petersen (R-14) confirmed that his Chief of Staff, Josh Kredit, was fully “within his...

Petersen, Shope Clash with GOP House Leaders over Budget

June 17, 2025 4:43 pmJune 23, 2025 4:29 pm

Arizona’s Republican-led Senate is moving forward with what leaders are calling a balanced and bipartisan budget, aiming to avoid a looming government shutdown and provide strategic investments in key areas without raising taxes. However, across the Capitol, House Republicans—surprisingly backed...