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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury. District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it has contacted Trump's attorney "to coordinate his surrender" for arraignment.
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Katie Hobbs offered Thursday to work with Republicans even as she warned them that some ideas and items are off limits and essentially would be courting vetoes.
→ Hobbs will be put to the test by a conservative Republican majority
→ Hobbs will be put to the test by a conservative Republican majority
Jan. 5, 2023
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on border security and enforcement, an issue that has come to the forefront as large numbers of migrants come to the southern U.S. border. Video is expected to go live around 9:15 a.m. Arizona time.
Jan. 5, 2023
On Thursday, Democrat Katie Hobbs will be ceremonially sworn in as Arizona’s next governor. Hobbs got here by managing to fight off a strong, Trump-backed opponent in the November election. But the state Legislature is a different story.
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Jan. 5, 2023
Most of the dust has settled from the Arizona 2022 midterms. But attorneys for Abe Hamadeh, the losing Republican candidate for attorney general, have asked a Mohave County judge to revive his lawsuit challenging the results that gave Democrat Kris Mayes the win.
Jan. 4, 2023
The director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Heston Silbert, announced that he will retire Friday. Silbert was appointed by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2019. In an unlisted YouTube video, he said Gov. Katie Hobbs’ staff told him that he wouldn’t be retained as director.
Jan. 4, 2023
The order directs state agencies to eliminate all barriers restricting employment that are not directly related to the job. The expansion includes gender identity, political affiliation and marital status.
Jan. 4, 2023
It has been an eventful couple of years for outgoing Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers.
Jan. 4, 2023
Cathi Herrod has long been one of the leading voices against abortion rights in Arizona. Caroline Mello Roberson is the Southwest regional director of NARAL, which lobbies for abortion rights across the country. The Show spoke with both of them about the legal and political landscape surrounding abortion in Arizona.
Jan. 4, 2023
The vote counting is over and the lawsuits over the results are mostly over with. But there are some outstanding questions about what happened in one county after a recount was completed there.
Jan. 4, 2023
Arizona school districts are facing a now-familiar dilemma: whether or not they’ll be allowed to spend money the state has allocated to them.
Jan. 4, 2023
The GOP on Tuesday did not officially take political control of the U.S. House as enough dissenters from their caucus did not vote to elect California Republican Kevin McCarthy as the next Speaker.
Jan. 3, 2023
Incoming Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is kicking off her term with a celebratory ball, a first for a new governor since Fife Symington had one in the 1990s. But Hobbs, who touted transparency as part of her leadership, has refused to disclose which people or corporations are paying for the party.
Jan. 3, 2023
Sen. Mark Kelly was sworn into office Tuesday morning, beginning his first full six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
Jan. 3, 2023
It’s a new year and that means the Editorial Board of The Arizona Republic is announcing its Arizonan of the Year. And this year’s is someone who captured all of our attention intensely this year as her life hung in the balance between two world powers and a brutal war: Brittney Griner.
Jan. 3, 2023
The issue of debates became a big one over the course of Arizona's midterm elections. Ted Simons says debates are an important part of the process — both for candidates and for voters.
Jan. 3, 2023
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With The Show to talk about the state Court of Appeals abortion ruling and some other goings-on in state government as the calendar turns to 2023 is Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services.
Jan. 3, 2023
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she does not plan on challenging a ruling from the state Court of Appeals that allows doctors to perform abortions through the 15th week of pregnancy.
Jan. 3, 2023
With the new year comes a major change to the way state taxes are collected in Arizona that not many people are talking about. A new flat tax rate of 2.5% across the board takes effect in the state, replacing individual brackets based on income.
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Jan. 2, 2023
A new proposal by a Republican legislator would bar school employees from knowingly referring to a student by a pronoun "that differs from the pronoun that matches the student's biological sex,” despite what the student wants.
Jan. 2, 2023
State lawmakers are free to ignore laws they approved requiring public access to their meetings and there's nothing that courts can do about it, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Jan. 2, 2023
