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When we go to the ballot box in November, we’ll be asked to weigh in on Proposition 320, a measure which would fundamentally change how Arizona’s public school districts operate. As leaders of local nonprofit organizations that partner directly with public school districts, we know our district partners are already struggling to stretch increasingly skinny budgets each year.
Political candidates and outside groups have spent more than $2.3 billion on advertising for this year's midterm elections, breaking previous records even as the final weekend approaches.
On Tuesday, Arizona voters will decide whether to stay the course with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs or return to Republican leadership under Congressman Andy Biggs.
Critics of the Arizona Corporation Commission are questioning the ACC's account of its decision to hire an attorney whose law license was previously suspended.
Arizona’s electricity needs are growing. Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project both recorded peak electricity demand during last summer’s heat waves. These peaks came as data centers continue to strain our energy grid across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area and beyond.
As Chandler Mayor and former League of Arizona Cities and Towns President Kevin Hartke waits to see if he’ll be elected to the state House of Representatives, League members have elected another mayor to lead the organization as its president.
Bringing new water sources online is expensive, forcing Arizona cities and residents to foot the bill if lawmakers don’t make sizable investments.
Leaders from three tribes in northeastern Arizona urged Congress on Wednesday to pass legislation settling their water rights, saying the agreement would ensure their access to the vital resource and provide greater certainty for water users across the Colorado River basin.
Every election cycle, Arizona voters are inundated with political advertisements, partisan attacks, and increasingly divisive rhetoric. By October, candidates suddenly remember that independent voters exist, even though we represent roughly one-third of Arizona's electorate and nearly as many registered voters as Republicans. As an independent voter myself, I find this ritual exhausting.
In a year when many pollsters expect a down year for Republicans on Election Day, Arizona could face a tied legislative chamber in 2027, something that hasn’t happened here in a quarter century.
Partisan election guides have infiltrated the nonpartisan judicial retention elections, with both sides airing lost lists of judges they feel are unfit to remain in their positions.
Tucked away on the last page of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission Arizona Voter Poll were data on Proposition 212, the disqualified effort by Save Our Schools to roll back the state ESA.
Arizonans will learn in just over a week whether Democrats' 2022 sweep of three top statewide offices was a fluke or a real sign the state is no longer blood red.
Healthcare is providing much of the state’s job growth, but employers need workers and money to keep expanding. Medicaid cuts aren't helping.
