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Arizona minimum wage to rise in 2027

A 2006 voter-approved law requires the state minimum wage to increase each year based on August-over-August inflation figures.

Record number of women win gubernatorial nominations

The Democratic and Republican parties have nominated 27 women for governor in this year’s midterm elections, a new record, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers.

Arizona CEOs warn election disputes could hurt economy

Business leaders say contested elections create market volatility, investment decline and distrust in all institutions.

Voter ID, noncitizen voting questions on ballots across the country

The measures generally fall into two categories: stricter limits on noncitizen voting and requiring voter ID to cast a ballot.

Voter ID, noncitizen voting questions on ballots across the country

Voters in a dozen states will decide ballot measures this year regulating access to elections.

Craig McFarland: Making Pinal County part of the new economy

When Craig McFarland won his first term as mayor in 2016, Pinal County was finally starting to boom.

Arizona’s school choice allies split on what comes next

A school choice advocacy group that has spent more than $6 million in 2026 to defend Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program will be pushing Republican lawmakers and the governor’s office to enact bipartisan legislation to secure a politically sustainable program.

At 35, I thought I understood America. Then came Sept. 11.

Twenty-five years ago, I thought I understood America. I was 35 years old, Washington bureau chief for The Detroit News, living in an apartment on 16th Street and working out of the National Press Building in downtown D.C.

Arizona Capitol Times – September 11, 2026

Appeals court rejects LUCHA’s challenge of immigration measure

The state Court of Appeals has rejected efforts to void a 2024 voter-approved immigration measure.

Dems bet on school voucher backlash in gov races

Democrats trying to flip governors' offices in Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Texas — and stay in power in Arizona — have proposed reining in private education subsidies their Republican predecessors created.

Kirk’s influence reshaped Arizona Republicans. It’s still being felt

In the year that’s passed since Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University, his impact on Arizona politics remains strong among Republicans.

One year after Charlie Kirk: What he meant to Black America

One year ago this week, a rifleman ended Charlie Kirk's life under a tent at Utah Valley University and meant, by that single shot, to end his argument with it. The country has had these twelve months to decide whether the proper memorial is only a wreath or a reckoning.

Heap skips back-to-back Corporation Commission debates

When candidates for two Arizona Corporation Commission seats assembled for back-to-back debates this week, one embattled contender was missing from both conversations.