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Gillette Backs Miller’s Plan for Fed Interference Clarification

January 16, 2026 2:39 pmJanuary 28, 2026 2:12 pm

PINAL COUNTY — Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller is urging lawmakers to pass legislation penalizing individuals who physically interfere with federal officers making lawful arrests. He is framing his proposal as a public-safety measure rather than an expansion of immigration-enforcement...

Petersen, Montenegro Await SCOTUS ‘Save Women’s Sports’ Outcome

January 13, 2026 1:11 pmJanuary 26, 2026 2:05 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a pair of pivotal cases today that could determine the future of state laws restricting transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports — decisions that will have direct implications for Arizona’s...

State Representative Ruben Gallego speaking at a "Gun Rights" debate hosted by Students for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

Gallego Escalates Anti-ICE Rhetoric Amid Minnesota Protests

January 9, 2026 8:47 amJanuary 20, 2026 9:48 am

Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sharply criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents following a shooting incident in Minnesota, calling for firings and accusing the Trump administration of deploying “undertrained and ill-equipped goon squads”—comments made while an official investigation was...

Kolodin Slams Fontes over DOJ Voter File Refusal

January 8, 2026 9:36 amJanuary 16, 2026 2:41 pm

Arizona State Representative and Secretary of State candidate Alexander (Alex) Kolodin is taking exception to current Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ refusal to turn over Arizona’s unredacted voter registration database to the U.S. Department of Justice. Fontes’ denial is escalating...

Kupper Warns Hobb’s USDA SNAP Data Denial Hurts Recipients

December 9, 2025 11:36 amDecember 23, 2025 3:49 pm

Arizona may be at risk of losing federal food aid support after state officials again refused to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with detailed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility data. The dispute has triggered warnings from federal...

Maricopa BOS’s Stewart Applaud’s Heap’s New Voter Signature Process

November 26, 2025 6:57 amDecember 8, 2025 1:36 pm

Maricopa County officials are offering sharply different assessments of Recorder Justin Heap’s new signature-verification process, which was used for the November 4, 2025, jurisdictional election. During last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Mark Stewart publicly praised Heap and the elections...

Petersen Blasts Mayes for Wasteful Electors Case Appeal

November 21, 2025 3:24 pmDecember 5, 2025 3:04 pm

Attorney General Kris Mayes announced she will appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court in State of Arizona v. Ward et al., keeping the electors case active after a lower court ordered the indictment returned to a grand jury because of procedural...