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“The next $3,300 to the Kari
Lake for Senate recount fund.”
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
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TODAY’S NEWS & VIEWS
March 11, 2024
Arizona lawmakers pan, praise Biden’s combative State of the Union address
President Joe Biden delivered a combative State of the Union address Thursday that laid out his achievements and baited Republicans for not doing more, a tone that did not sit well with Arizona’s GOP lawmakers.
Gov. Katie Hobbs faces an even tougher choice after the UA shakeup that wasn’t
Opinion: Gov. Katie Hobbs probably has the political oomph to make changes at University of Arizona. But would that be wise?
Arizona’s electric vehicle charging stations have the nation’s second highest average price, per data gathered by Stable Auto, an EV charger software developer.
The big picture: It costs an average of 53 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to charge an EV at a public charging station in Arizona. That’s compared with the national average of 45 cents per kWh.
FOR A SENATOR WHO COULDN’T WIN REELECTION, Kyrsten Sinema still holds a considerable amount of clout in Arizona — and how she uses that clout from now until November could help determine who becomes the state’s next U.S. senator.
And while Sinema endorsing Republican Kari Lake seems unlikely, it seems almost equally difficult to imagine Sinema wholeheartedly throwing her endorsement, campaign energy and boatloads of money behind Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego to succeed her.
The Democrats in general, and Gallego in particular, have not been especially kind to Sinema in recent months.
And now they need her help. ~ From The Agenda
WEEKEND NEWS & VIEWS
March 9-10, 2024
With Kyrsten Sinema out, Arizonans must now choose between anger and division
Opinion: Kyrsten Sinema paid for stepping across the aisle. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake, sadly, will fit in much better in D.C.
RELATED: Kari Lake Tries a New Tactic: Mending Fences
The close Trump ally is courting former foes and trying to mend fences as she runs for Senate in Arizona. But bad blood from her 2022 campaign simmers at home.
A third of the Arizona House is out of the country. And this is a bad thing?
Opinion: Seventeen Arizona legislators left for a week-long junket in the middle of the session. The question is, how can we convince them to stay there?
‘The eyes of the nation are on Arizona’: VP Harris talks reproductive freedom in Phoenix
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared Friday in Phoenix to mobilize supporters around one of Democrats’ top campaign issues: abortion.
Aspirin between the knees as birth control? Is this GOP leader dumb or merely insulting?
Opinion: Welcome to the 1950s. Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli has a suggestion for women who want a state law guaranteeing access to contraception.
Jack Smith, a former Yavapai County supervisor, has filed paperwork to challenge Arizona’s freshman Rep. Eli Crane for Congress in the state’s 2nd Congressional District
The news comes amid media reports that allies of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have been seeking a candidate to challenge Crane, R-Ariz., and other Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy from the party’s top House leadership post.
State of the Union through the eyes of Saturday Night Live
Judge tosses Horne’s effort to block English learners from dual language programs
A judge has tossed out a lawsuit by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne that tried to bar students not proficient in English from participating in dual language programs.
Are you middle class?
Many would think making six figures would place families in the upper middle class, especially since most Arizona households make less than $73,000 a year, according to 2023 data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
