Top stories for Jan. 31, 2024
An Arizona lawmaker wants to give the state Legislature the power to appoint presidential electors regardless of who wins the popular vote.
Kari Lake’s finances: She got six-figure pay from company once led by former ex-GOP chair
U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake was paid more than $100,000 for up to 15 months of service with the company once headed by the man she helped depose last week as chair of the Arizona Republican Party.
Sinema’s fundraising plummets as reelection decision deadline nears
The independent Arizona senator raised just $595,000 in the final three months of 2023, according to a report filed by her campaign with the Federal Election Commission late Tuesday. That is less than one-fifth of the total that her main Democratic challenger, Rep. Ruben Gallego, said his campaign raised during the same period. Her likely Republican challenger, Kari Lake, reported raising $2 million.
RELATED: If Trump’s team tried to pay Kari Lake to get lost, that would truly be a bombshell
Opinion: What if Trump’s team sent the AZ GOP chair to convince Kari Lake not to run for U.S. Senate? A former chairwoman suggests it’s possible.
RELATED: What is a presidential preference election? Everything Arizona voters need to know
A busy election year is here. It starts with the March 19 presidential preference election, followed by the Aug. 6 primary, and then the Big One: the Nov. 7 presidential election.
MAGA attacks on Taylor Swift could cost Donald Trump the election
Opinion The Republic: The woman has 279 million Instagram followers across all demographics. She’s civic minded. Why trash her?
‘Disorderly behavior’: Democratic lawmaker could face censure, expulsion after ethics probe
The state House Ethics Committee issued a 12-page report Tuesday that outlined its investigation of state Rep. Leezah Sun of Phoenix, concluding that she lied in denying she threatened during a conference in Tucson she would throw a Tolleson official over a balcony and “kill her.”
This Phoenix lawmaker wants to trade the Legislature for City Hall. See who she’d replace
Sen. Anna Hernandez will run for Phoenix City Council, opting against seeking reelection to her Phoenix-based state Senate seat.
‘It’s a choice’: Sinema-led border security deal heats up Arizona’s Senate race
The politics surrounding a controversial Capitol Hill border security deal is seeping into Arizona’s competitive race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s seat.
RELATED; Trump and Lake want chaos, not solutions, at the border
Opinion: They not only WANT chaos on the border, they NEED there to be chaos on the border. It’s their entire campaign strategy.
The legislation, sponsored by border-state Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), would expand those penalties if the chase results in death or serious injury — and would make any immigrant convicted of such a crime ineligible for legal status in the U.S.
Lawmakers clash over 2 water supply plans while ADWR launches groundwater protection area
Groundwater protection area for Gila Bend a potential solution. If you’re farming in the Gila Bend area, your legislators need to hear from you now,” said Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group
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THE NEGOTIATIONS WON’T BE PUBLIC BUT THE POSTURING WILL BE: Hobbs said an independent “conservative” analysis of state land trust’s growth sought by her office shows her proposal to increase the distribution rate for public school funding by 2% is sustainable, contrary to claims by Yee. Then came the Republicans And on the heels of Hobbs’ proposal, Republican lawmakers filed their own plans for Prop 123 Monday. Hoffman and Petersen introduced SCR1034 (schools; teacher salary increases; reporting) to allocate state land trust funds to teacher pay. On the teacher pay …more
News Release
Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America Elects Executive Committee and Board of Directors
On Friday, January 26, 2024, the Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. (AZAGC) elected its board of directors and executive committee. Serving on the executive committee as chair of the board is Steve Campbell of Pulice Construction, immediate past chair Stan Driver of Kiewit Infrastructure West, first vice chair Tom Drysdale of DBA Construction and Matt Carpenter of Haydon Building Corp. was selected as second vice chair. Tony Hakes of CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C. was selected as AZAGC’s treasurer. Robert Roos, of Lewis Roca is general counsel.
