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AZ GOP Leaders Praise Trump’s ‘Miraculous’ First 100 Days

April 29, 2025 12:14 pmApril 30, 2025 8:33 am

As President Donald Trump marks the first 100 days of his return to the White House, Republican lawmakers in Arizona are offering high praise for what they describe to the Arizona Globe as a historic and transformative start to his second term....

Mayes’s Tariff Lawsuit Proves ‘Trump Hate’ Overshadows Policy

April 25, 2025 5:00 amMay 1, 2025 7:55 am

Arizona’s Attorney General Kris Mayes never met a Trump lawsuit she didn’t like. And her latest move, enjoining a multistate suit to halt Trump’s use of tariffs, proves the point. Even before the election, which Trump won by achieving an...

WEEK in REVIEW: April 6 – April 12, 2025

April 13, 2025 6:38 pmApril 21, 2025 6:29 pm

Hobbs Shunned Gress-Chaired Ad Hoc Oversight Committee Just minutes before a legislative hearing on Arizona’s $122 million shortfall in developmental disabilities funding, Governor Katie Hobbs barred her agency heads from participating, calling the ad hoc oversight committee a “political circus.”...

Carbone Addresses Dem ‘Stop Bills for Billionaires’ Rally

April 12, 2025 1:48 pmApril 21, 2025 6:29 pm

Arizona Senate Democrats hosted a “Stop Bills for Billionaires” rally at the state Capitol in Phoenix, AZ earlier today. The event protests legislation perceived as favoring the wealthy over working-class Arizonans. Senators Mitzi Epstein (D-LD12) and Lauren Kuby (D-LD8) were...

Border Czar Homan’s Address to AZ Legislators Prompts Dem Walkout

April 9, 2025 5:07 pmApril 17, 2025 2:32 pm

In a special joint session of the Arizona legislature on April 8, 2025, former Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and current Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan addressed the Arizona Legislature. Homan stated that President Trump assigned him...

AZ AG Mayes Joins Another Suit Thwarting Trump Admin

April 4, 2025 9:50 amApril 13, 2025 6:33 pm

Yet again, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has enjoined another multi-state lawsuit attempting to thwart key elements of the Trump administration’s government waste savings proposals. This time, it’s to prevent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from cutting a grant program based...

EXCLUSIVE: Gillette Gives Green Light on ‘Defend the Guard’ Hearing

March 25, 2025 5:30 pmMarch 30, 2025 3:07 pm

Arizona’s “Defend the Guard” bill, SB1495/HB2188, originally assigned to the House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections (FMAE) Committee on March 12, 2025, received a green light for a hearing by Chairman John Gillette (R-30). Gillette had held off on moving...