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Mesa Public Schools Caught in Secret Gender Transitioning Scandal

February 18, 2024 7:40 amNovember 21, 2024 7:45 am

America First Legal (AFL) just announced a lawsuit filed against Mesa Public Schools for secretly transitioning a female junior high student as part of a district-wide gender affirmation program. The plaintiffs, which include MPS Board Member Rachel Walden and “Jane...

Charles Lucking, LD5 (Photo: Gage Skidmore)

Maricopa County Supervisors Appoint Lucking to House Seat

February 15, 2024 12:34 pmFebruary 15, 2024 12:41 pm

Charles Lucking (D5) is the second Democrat House representative appointed by Maricopa County supervisors this year. Lucking, a civil rights and community action attorney, replaces Amish Shah, who resigned in January 2024 to run against Republican incumbent David Schweikert for...

Mitchell Draws a Republican Challenger

February 7, 2024 2:43 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:39 pm

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story referred imprecisely to the bills surrounding Kayleigh’s Law. The Globe regrets the error. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell may finally be getting the robust primary challenge many in her own party have been...

Senator Sine Kerr Offers Protection for AZ Groundwater

January 24, 2024 10:43 amJanuary 24, 2024 10:45 am

Republican State Senator Sine Kerr has been at the forefront of defending Arizona’s groundwater situation since she was elected and is now offering legislation that continues her fight. Over the past year, Governor Hobbs and her administration passed rules impacting...

State Senator Mitzi Epstein speaking on the floor of the Arizona State Senate at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

AZ Senate Democrats Refuse Kavanagh’s Request for Budget Input

January 12, 2024 5:00 amJanuary 11, 2024 2:05 pm

Despite attempts by Senate Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh and Senate President Warren Petersen to elicit statutory participation, Democrats refuse to engage with Republicans on the state budget. Governor Hobbs had expressed some conciliatory remarks regarding budget cuts in her SOTS...

Hamadeh Submits New Challenge to 2022 Election Results

January 4, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:44 pm

Republican Abe Hamadeh has filed a new legal challenge to his 2022 squeaker loss to Kris Mayes, requesting that Mayes be removed from her illegally gained position. This most recent challenge is based on an allegedly clear statutory precedent. Hamadeh’s...

Senator John Kavanagh (then a State Representative) and House Speaker Ben Toma at the 2019 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona.

AZ Senator Kavanagh Makes Blocking Traffic a Felony

January 2, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:45 pm

Arizona seeks to become one of the first states to outlaw protestors who block traffic. AZ Senator John Kavanah, R-LD3 (Fountain Hills), is proposing a new state law that would make blocking traffic a felony. In a recent interview with...