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Hobbs Sets New Records for Vetoes and Scandals

July 29, 2025 1:16 pmAugust 6, 2025 12:03 pm

Governor Katie Hobbs is entering her reelection campaign under a growing cloud of controversy, with a string of ethics complaints and documented mismanagement issues haunting her first term. At the same time, the Arizona Democratic Party just ousted its first...

Kolodin Calls Out Fontes for Misuse of State Funds

July 28, 2025 7:00 amAugust 4, 2025 10:24 am

At a campaign event in Yavapai hosted by the Arizona Farm Bureau, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and his opponent, State Representative Alex Kolodin, sat side by side to address the recent security breach of the SOS website. The breach,...

Hobbs’s Alleged Pay-to-Play Investigation by Mayes Resurfaces

July 25, 2025 4:27 pmAugust 4, 2025 10:24 am

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is under formal investigation by the state’s Attorney General following allegations that a politically connected group home operator made large political contributions and later received a substantial financial benefit from the state. We first broke this...

Hoffman, Bowyer, Lead Calls for Answers to Cyber Hack Incident

July 16, 2025 12:04 pmJuly 28, 2025 7:21 am

On July 1, 2025, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office quietly released a statement announcing a malicious cyber intrusion targeting its Candidate Portal, which prompted a temporary shutdown of the system for security review. Although the SOS has since assured...

Montenegro Declines to Comment on Lack of Ethics Complaints

May 30, 2025 11:47 amJune 12, 2025 3:44 pm

On January 30, 2025, the Globe reported that Freshman Democrat Rep. Lydia Hernandez (Elda) Luna-Nájera (D-22) caused the Tolleson District to pay nearly half a million dollars in a settlement after findings of sexual harassment and retaliation. Even earlier, on...

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...

Gillette Torches AZ Dems over Human Smuggling Bust

April 28, 2025 12:37 pmMay 9, 2025 10:35 am

Representative John Gillette (R-30) is not holding back after a stunning revelation that a Democrat-appointed Arizona Department of Agriculture inspector was arrested for human smuggling. In a blistering statement released, Gillette ripped into Arizona Democrats, accusing them of enabling lawlessness...