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Mayes to Back Republican Tax Rebate Against Fed Grab

January 27, 2024 1:08 pmJanuary 27, 2024 1:12 pm

In a rare moment of true bipartisanship, Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes came out swinging in support of the Republican tax rebate for families. The IRS has signaled its intent to collect taxes on the rebate passed by Republicans...

Ranked Choice Ballot Initiative Fails

December 18, 2023 8:16 amJune 17, 2024 10:35 am

Democrat-based election reform groups Better Ballot Arizona and, to a lesser extent, Voter Choice Arizona and Make Elections Fair failed to qualify ballot initiatives allowing ranked-choice elections. Sometimes called Incombant Welfare and Democrat Welfare election plans, ranked choice balloting enables...

DOJ Rejects Phoenix Request for Advanced Review of Takeover Bid

December 11, 2023 4:17 pmJune 17, 2024 10:35 am

The DOJ has again refused Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego’s request to preview the results of a federal investigation into alleged police misconduct. In the continuing saga of the Biden administration’s attempts to take control of the Phoenix police department, the...

Mayes Pressured to Charge Alleged ‘Fake’ Trump Electors

December 8, 2023 5:46 pmJune 17, 2024 10:35 am

In a move likely to chill future legal challenges to elections, Nevada recently became the third state to charge Trump electors with trying to overturn the 2020 election. This follows a similar move by Georgia and Michigan, and sets the...

Republican Maricopa Prosecutor Charges TPUSA Journalists

December 3, 2023 7:23 amNovember 21, 2024 12:52 pm

In a politically motivated prosecution, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell charged two Turning Point USA (TPUSA) journalists with assault against ASU instructor David Boyles. Boyles, who teaches writing and a course on LGBTQ+ youth in pop culture and politics, is...

Phoenix Set to Reject DOJ Police Oversight

November 29, 2023 8:55 amJune 17, 2024 10:36 am

Phoenix is poised to be the nation’s latest, and possibly the largest, city to refuse to cede control of its police department to the Biden Administration’s DOJ. The request is the result of a two-year-long investigation by the Feds stemming...

Arizona Republic Loves Up New Bar Head Ben Taylor

November 27, 2023 11:26 amJune 17, 2024 10:36 am

The new president of the Arizona Bar Association, Benjamin Taylor, doesn’t tweet often. His last communication occurred September 22, 2022. It was only three words long, and those three words were “Great opinion piece!” He was referring to a story...