This week saw Republican lawmakers reintroduce efforts for universal school vouchers — a move similar to one voters rejected four years ago. And with a June 30 deadline, talks on a budget continue at the state Capitol. Meanwhile, at the nation's capitol, Arizona's senators are working on gun legislation. To discuss these stories and more, The Show spoke with Lorna Romero Ferguson of Elevate Strategies and Stacy Pearson of Lumen Strategies.

This week rekindled the fierce debate around gun control as the nation witnessed its deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. And an effort to ban ballot drop boxes here failed in the state Senate. The Show spoke with David Lujan of Children’s Action Alliance and Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez.

This week saw a continuation of Arizona's 2020 election audit saga, with Senate President Karen Fann attempting to block the release of 700 documents related to the count. Meanwhile, Republican candidates for the state's attorney general race held their first debate. To discuss these happenings and more, The Show spoke with Doug Cole of HighGround and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy.

This week, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed an interim county attorney, filling the position held by former county attorney Allister Adel. And more contention brewed over the state budget and handling its $5 billion surplus as the July 1 deadline inches closer. To discuss these stories and more, The Show spoke with Stacy Pearson, co-founder of Lumen Strategies, and Paul Bentz of consulting firm HighGround.

This week saw the state Supreme Court reject Republican efforts to see early voting declared unconstitutional. And Attorney General Mark Brnovich caused more election-related consternation. To discuss those topics and more, The Show spoke with Doug Cole of HighGround and David Lujan of Children’s Action Alliance.

To discuss the special election for Maricopa County attorney, a pair of bills on transgender children and more, The Show spoke with Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic public affairs firm and Geoff Esposito of Creosote Partners.

To discuss an upcoming primary battle between a pair of Republican lawmakers, the bumpy road for some election-related legislation and more, The Show spoke with former congressional candidate Christine Jones and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera.

To discuss school funding, calls for Maricopa County Attorney Alister Adel to resign and more, The Show spoke with Karl Gentles of the Gentles Agency and Chuck Coughlin of HighGround.

This week saw House Speaker Rusty Bowers reject a bill that would allow lawmakers to reject election results. Plus, early polling is out for Arizona’s elections. To discuss these happenings and more, The Show spoke with Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic public affairs; and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera.

To discuss Senator Sinema and the filibuster, whether action will be taken on the state’s education spending cap and more, The Show spoke to Lorna Romero of Elevate Strategies and Chad Campbell of Strategies 360.

The Maricopa County Supervisors issued an official response Jan. 5 to Florida-based firm Cyber Ninjas' ballot report of the county's 2020 presidential election audit. To discuss that and more, The Show spoke with Chuck Coughlin of HighGround and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera, and Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic joined The Show to talk about Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ latest apology, Kari Lake’s idea of putting cameras into classrooms and more.

Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and attorney Tom Ryan joined The Show to talk about the censure of Congressman Paul Gosar, the gubernatorial race in Arizona and more.

Former legislative leader Chad Campbell of Strategies 360 and and former state House Speaker Kirk Adams of Consilium Consulting joined The Show to talk about the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling on the budget reconciliation process, state Senate President Karen Fann and more. 

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Emily Ryan of Copperstate Consulting and Democratic strategist Tony Cani joined The Show to talk about Arizona's COVID-related fights with cities and the federal government, the latest on backlash against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Jaime Molera of Molera-Alvarez and political analyst Chris Herstam joined The Show to talk about the so-called audit of Maricopa County ballots getting a congressional hearing, the Treasury Department faces off with Gov. Ducey’s mask mandate-related decisions and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Julie Erfle of Erfle Uncuffed and former congressional candidate Christine Jones joined The Show to talk about the draft report of the so-called Arizona audit, the resignation of a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting and attorney Tom Ryan joined The Show to talk about vaccination requirements, legislative resignations and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Paul Bentz of HighGround and political analyst Chris Herstam joined The Show to talk about Attorney General Mark Brnovich and the so-called ballot audit, new leadership at the Arizona Department of Health Services and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

With us to talk about Gov. Ducey and schools facing off on mask mandates, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s victory lap on a bipartisan infrastructure package and more are Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and David Lujan of Children’s Action Alliance.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera; and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show to talk about the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services moving on, the latest with state Senate Republicans' election audit and more.

Lorna Romero, owner of Elevate Strategies; and political analyst Chris Herstam joined The Show to talk the state Senate briefing on the election audit, Jeff Flake's appointment as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and more. And for more on audit and the Senate hearing, The Show also checked in with KJZZ's Ben Giles.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Jaime Molera of Molera-Alvarez joined The Show to talk about the just-completed legislative session, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a pair of Arizona voting laws and more.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera; and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show to talk about the latest entrants in the races to become Arizona's next Governor and Secretary of State, Attorney General Mark Brnovich picking a fight with the Department of Justice and more.

Former Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes; and Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting joined The Show to talk about out of town lawmakers visiting the audit of Maricopa County ballots, the growing number of gubernatorial candidates and more.

Former congressional candidate Christine Jones; and David Lujan of Children’s Action Alliance joined The Show to talk about the latest disagreement between Maricopa County and Republicans in the State Senate over the election audit, new candidates for Governor, and more.

Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting; and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about the latest with the controversial ballot audit, attempts to restrict how teachers can approach certain subjects and more.

Former Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey’s latest moves — from sending National Guard troops to the border and lifting school mask requirements — plus the latest with the State Senate’s ballot audit and more.

Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard; and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show to talk about voting-related legislation, more confusion with the auditing of Maricopa County ballots and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera and former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez joined The Show to talk about Gov. Ducey’s latest actions on the pandemic, his comments about border policy and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

Chuck Coughlin of HighGround and Julie Erfle of Erfle Uncuffed joined The Show to talk about Gov. Doug Ducey calling for schools to reopen to in-class learning, Arizona voting laws before the U.S. Supreme Court and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting and attorney Tom Ryan joined The Show to talk about the latest from the state Capitol, Superintendent Kathy Hoffman's statements about reopening schools and more.

Attorney and former congressional candidate Christine Jones; and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, the continuing disagreement between State Senate Republicans and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and more.

Chuck Coughlin of HighGround and Karl Gentles of the Gentles Agency joined The Show to talk about the chosen chairs of the state’s political parties, a call for a recount in one of those races and more.

Lorna Romero of Elevate Strategies and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about President Trump's second impeachment, Gov. Ducey's State of the State address and more.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera; and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show to talk about lawmakers challenging the Governor’s emergency powers, Maricopa County supervisors being subpoenaed for ballots and more.

Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic; and former Attorney General Terry Goddard joined The Show to talk about the ballot counting challenge in Arizona, what could be done to fight the COVID spike and more.

Lorna Romero, owner of Elevate Strategies; and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about ballot counting lawsuits, non-concessions and more.

Attorney Tom Ryan and Ricochet.com Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel joined The Show to talk about visits to Arizona by President Trump and Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, plus more of the week's top stories.

Former Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting joined The Show to talk about the latest polling in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, legislative leaders moving to question Governor Ducey’s emergency powers.

Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting and former legislative leader Chad Campbell, now with Strategies 360 joined The Show to talk about the impact President Trump’s positive Covid test might have on the election, the first presidential debate and more.

Former Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes; and Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic joined The Show to talk about President Trump and family visiting Arizona again, and polls that continue to show advantages for Democrats at the top of the ticket.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Chuck Coughlin of HighGround and Karl Gentles of the Gentles Agency joined The Show to talk about the latest with COVID-19 and big political spenders paying a lot of attention to Arizona.

Paul Bentz of HighGround; and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about Invest in Ed getting approval from the state Supreme Court, the Democratic National Convention and more.

Former Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic joined The Show to talk about Gov. Ducey’s meeting with President Trump in Washington, Arizona’s primary election results and more.

Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and David Lujan, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, joined The Show to talk about K-12 education in Arizona, the removal of confederate monuments and more.

Attorney Lawrence Robinson, who specializes in public policy; and Lorna Romero, owner of Elevate Strategies joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey’s Thursday press conference, Mayor Kate Gallego’s push for additional COVID testing and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. Emily Ryan of Copperstate Consulting, and Andrei Cherny, former Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party joined The Show to talk about President Trump’s visit to Arizona and the reaction to it, the continued spike in COVID-19 cases in the state and more.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera; and former gubernatorial communications director Matthew Benson of Veridus joined The Show to talk about the spike in Arizona’s coronavirus numbers, funding for Phoenix’s police oversight committee and more.

Chuck Coughlin, President and CEO of HighGround and David Lujan, Director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress joined The Show to talk about the Governor’s latest moves, the legislative session adjourning, and new polling on Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.

Marcus Dell’Artino, a partner at First Strategic, and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey’s latest moves to reopen the state, along with a state Supreme Court ruling that will affect ballot initiatives.

Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman; and Jon Gabriel, Editor-in-Chief for Ricochet.com joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey’s latest decision on when to reopen the state, along with President Trump expected to visit Arizona next week and more.

Former Attorney General Terry Goddard; and consultant Chris Baker of Trailhead Strategic Communications joined The Show to talk about when Governor Ducey may want Arizona to reopen for business, a couple of new polls and more.

Former state lawmaker and the head of Copper State Consulting Stan Barnes; and former Tempe Mayor and President and CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership Neil Giuliano joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey and some of the state’s mayors on Coronavirus, a new lawsuit related to proposed ballot initiatives and more.

Paul Bentz of HighGround and Julie Erfle, communications consultant at Erfle Uncuffed, joined The Show to talk about Governor Ducey’s latest actions related to the coronavirus, Joe Biden’s Presidential Preference Election victory in Arizona and more.

Jon Gabriel, Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet.com and Andrei Cherny, former Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party joined The Show to talk about the suddenly much smaller Democratic presidential primary field and how it could affect Arizona’s debate and presidential preference election…the business community flexing its political muscle and more.

Paul Bentz of HighGround; and attorney Tom Ryan, joined The Show to talk about President Trump’s visit to Phoenix and a new U.S. Senate poll and more.

Julie Erfle, communications consultant at Erfle Uncuffed, and former state lawmaker Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting joined The Show to talk about President Trump’s impeachment acquittal, the State of the Union and more.

Doug Cole, Chief Operating Officer at HighGround, and former state lawmaker Ken Clark joined The Show to talk about the start of the impeachment trial against President Trump in the US Senate, the ongoing dispute between Phoenix and Uber and more.

Attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera; and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show to talk about the U.S. and Iran, the resignation of Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen and more.

With us to talk about impeachment and the potential political fallout and more are Stan Barnes of Copperstate Consulting and attorney Tom Ryan.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about about this week’s impeachment hearings, ALEC meeting in the Valley and more, The Show sat down with Lorna Romero, owner of Elevate Strategies; and Sam Richard, owner of the Ebenezer Group.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. To talk about DACA at the Supreme Court and the beginning of public impeachment hearings, former congressional staffer Roy Herrera, and Matthew Benson, partner at Veridus and former gubernatorial communications director, joined The Show for a special Thursday NewsCap.

Former state schools superintendent Jaime Molera with the firm Molera Alvarez and Julie Erfle, communications consultant at Erfle Uncuffed joined KJZZ's The Show to talk about the vote in the House to formalize the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, the latest on now-suspended Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen and more.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. To talk about political party fundraising, Arizona’s congressional delegation once more divided on President Trump’s policies and more, former Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the new Maricopa County attorney, Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Arizona and more, Lorna Romero with the Arizona Chamber Foundation, and former state lawmaker David Lujan, now with the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about many things, including the Brush & Nib Arizona Supreme Court case and the eight people who are under consideration to be Maricopa County attorney, Julie Erfle, communications consultant at Erfle Uncuffed, and former state lawmaker Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about Bill Montgomery being named Arizona’s next Supreme Court Justice, along with the head of APS facing the Corporation Commission and more, former legislative leader Chad Campbell of Strategies 360 and Jon Gabriel, editor in chief at Ricochet, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. To talk about the retirement of the head of APS and more, Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and former Attorney General Terry Goddard, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the call for a legislative special session related to guns, a new education funding-related poll and more, public policy consultant Chris Herstam, and Paul Bentz of HighGround joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the Mueller hearings, Bill Montgomery’s hopes for the Arizona Supreme Court and more, The Show spoke to Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, and Roy Herrera, attorney and former congressional staffer.

To talk about the Corporation Commission leaving APS’s rate hike in place, Greg McKay stepping down as Director of the Department of Child Safety and more are former House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, now Senior Vice President at Strategies360, and Emily Ryan with Copper State Consulting.

To talk about a couple of interesting meetings around police behavior in Phoenix, along with the politics at the Corporation Commission and more, communications consultant Julie Erfle and former Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker, also a former congressional nominee, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the potential impact of new tariffs on Mexico, the continuing jabs by President Trump against John McCain and more, former Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the latest at the Legislature and budget negotiations — and more — are Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and Sam Richard of Creosote Partners.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the latest legislative news and a very early presidential poll, Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, and former legislative leader Chad Campbell, senior vice president at Strategies 360, joined The Show.

To talk about K-12 funding in Arizona, budget talks at the Capitol and more, communications consultant Julie Erfle and Doug Cole, chief operating officer at HighGround joined The Show.

Discussing the week in news with Lorna Romero of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Laurie Roberts, columnist for the Arizona Republic.

Discussing the week with attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera and Paul Bentz of HighGround.

To talk about the new mayor of Phoenix, the Equal Rights Amendment and more, Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting and communications consultant Julie Erfle joined The Show for the Friday NewsCap.

To talk about Michael Cohen and Congressman Paul Gosar, and Gov. Ducey’s perspectives on vaccination and more, Chad Campbell of Strategies 360 and Emily Ryan of Copper State Consulting joined The Show.

To talk about Mark Kelly officially entering Arizona’s U.S. Senate race and President Trump’s national emergency declaration and more, Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, and David Lujan, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, joined The Show.

With The Show to talk about the present and possible future of Representative David Stringer, along with Kelli Ward taking over as chair of the Arizona GOP and more were attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera and consultant Chris Baker of Trailhead Strategic Communications.

Discussing the week in news with Chad Campbell of Strategies 360 and Emily Ryan of Copperstate Consulting.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week. 

To talk about Arizona’s new U.S. Senators and former Senators Flake and Kyl — and more, public policy consultant and former legislative leader Chris Herstam and former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about Gov. Ducey appointing Congresswoman Martha McSally to the Senate and more of this week’s news, former Arizona Democratic Party Chair Andrei Cherny and former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman joined The Show.

Discussing the week in news with Doug Cole, chief operating officer with Highground, and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera.

It’s time for our Friday NewsCap and some voices from the news this week.

To talk about the results from Election Day in Arizona — as ballot counting is almost done — and Jeff Flake’s latest stand in the Senate, The Show was joined by Jon Gabriel, editor in chief of Ricochet.com and Sam Richard of Creosote Partners.

Discussing the week in news with Stan Barnes of CopperState Consulting and public policy consultant and former legislative leader Chris Herstam.

Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround and Sam Richard of Creosote Partners joined The Show to talk about the lone U.S. Senate debate between Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Arpaio suing The New York Times and more.

To talk about the Brett Kavanaugh FBI investigation, some new polls on Arizona’s U.S. Senate and Governor races and more, Paul Bentz of HighGround and former Arizona Democratic Party Chair Andrei Cherny, joined The Show.

KJZZ's Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week.

To talk about the temporary Senate appointment of former Sen. Jon Kyl, along with whether a longtime Republican may become a Democrat to run for the seat himself and more, The Show spoke with attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s Lorna Romero, who was communications director for John McCain’s 2016 senate campaign.

Discussing the week in news with Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, and former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, who is currently the CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership.

Discussing the week in news with former Arizona lawmaker Stan Barnes, head of Copperstate Consulting and attorney Tom Ryan.

Discussing the week in news with former legislative leader Chad Campbell, vice president of Strategies 360, and Jon Gabriel, editor of Ricochet.com and a contributor to the Arizona Republic.

Discussing the week in news with Marilyn Rodriguez from Creosote Partners and Chip Scutari from Scutari and Cieslak Public Relations.

Discussing the week in news with former Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes and Sam Richard of Creosote Partners.

Discussing the week in news with former legislative leader Chad Campbell, senior vice president at Strategies 360, and Jon Gabriel, editor in chief of Ricochet.com and a contributor to the Arizona Republic.

Discussing the week in news with Jaime Molera, former state schools superintendent, now with the firm Molera Alvarez, and longtime pollster and host of "The Think Tank" Mike O’Neil.

Discussing the week in news with Doug Cole, senior vice president with Highground Public Affairs, and Chad Campbell, former legislative leader, currently with Strategies 360.