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A senior official on Martha McSally’s 2018 Senate campaign pleaded guilty Friday to stealing campaign funds. Prosecutors say Anthony Barry, a consultant and deputy campaign manager for McSally, used his position to make payments to himself beyond his owed salary.
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An attorney for the Arizona Senate’s audit of Maricopa County’s election results is threatening subpoenas against the county Board of Supervisors if they don’t provide passwords for routers and voting machines.
May 8, 2021
The Arizona Senate recently passed a bill that would require a retailer to receive a license to sell tobacco, vapor or alternative nicotine products. The bill received bipartisan support, but is drawing criticism due to a perceived lack of strict regulations.
May 8, 2021
Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann has made her first public comments on the ongoing audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 election.
May 8, 2021
Arizona lawmakers are close to passing a bill opponents say is part of a nationwide effort to ban teaching critical race theory in K-12 schools. An ASU professor explains what critical race theory is and dispels misconception.
May 7, 2021
In a letter to the U.S. Justice Department, state Senate President Karen Fann says plans to go door-to-door asking Arizonans about their voting history are “indefinitely” on hold.
→ Election Experts Say Arizona Senate's Recount Of Maricopa County Ballots Not 'Normal'
→ Election Experts Say Arizona Senate's Recount Of Maricopa County Ballots Not 'Normal'
May 7, 2021
Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered a detail of Arizona state troopers to protect the state’s top election official and her family.
May 7, 2021
President Biden initially indicated he would maintain the Trump administration's number of refugees allowed into the country, but after some back and forth, the administration has announced the new cap will be 62,500. And there are ambitions to push the number higher than that in subsequent years.
May 7, 2021
Many Arizonans are disappointed that the U.S. 2020 census did not bring the state a 10th Congressional seat, but Gov. Doug Ducey is looking at the bright side.
May 7, 2021
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation to tighten Arizona laws on civil forfeitures of private property. The legislation requires that property can be forfeited and sold, only if the owner has been convicted of a crime related to the forfeiture.
May 7, 2021
Election experts say processes used to review and recount votes cast in Maricopa County are vastly different from standards used by election officials, casting doubt about the results of the review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.
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May 6, 2021
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly criticized President Joe Biden’s congressional address last week for failing to mention what Kelly calls a “crisis” at the border in Arizona and Texas.
May 6, 2021
"I can't breathe" has become a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protesters after George Floyd was murdered by a former Minnesota police officer. It's the same thing a Phoenix man said as police held him down in 2017. He died after the encounter, and now his family has launched a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit. The Show spoke with KJZZ's Matthew Casey.
May 6, 2021
Last month, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing what many are calling the crisis on our southern border. It’s called the “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act," and it includes a large investment in personnel and resources in the current system. But many pro-immigrant rights groups have come out strongly against the bill.
May 6, 2021
Cindy McCain endorsed Joe Biden in the presidential race against Donald Trump. And she was given at least some of the credit for Biden becoming only the third Democratic presidential candidate to win in Arizona since World War II. That's just one of the stories she tells in her new autobiography.
May 6, 2021
On May 6, Republican lawmakers passed two controversial, last-minute amendments to bills that had been working their way through the Legislature. Those amendments drastically changed the underlying bills. To learn how lawmakers sidestep the rules, The Show spoke with Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer.
May 6, 2021
The Arizona Democratic Party's lawsuit against Senate Republicans and its auditing firm, Cyber Ninjas, has ended with a settlement. A verbal agreement between the Senate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was put in writing, which allows her to have three observers inside the Coliseum.
May 6, 2021
In a letter to the president of the Arizona Senate, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice expressed concerns that an audit and recount of the November election in Maricopa County may be out of compliance with federal laws.
→ Arizona Senate's Auditors Must Vacate Veterans Memorial Coliseum On May 14
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→ Arizona Senate's Auditors Must Vacate Veterans Memorial Coliseum On May 14
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May 5, 2021
The Arizona House of Representatives has passed a bill along party lines that proponents say would bar racist, sexist and politicized instruction in schools.
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May 5, 2021
A review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, ordered by the Republican-led Arizona Senate, is far behind schedule and won’t be finished in the time frame officials previously promised.
May 5, 2021
The state Senate’s audit of Maricopa County’s election continues at the state fairgrounds, and questions are still swirling about who’s paying for it.
May 5, 2021
