PHOENIX – In early March, Democratic legislative candidate Larry Herrera filed 255 signatures to qualify for public campaign funding. Among them was a form signed on Feb. 3, 2018, by Bernadine Barbara Misiak. Except Misiak died in November 2016. And she was one of at...
PHOENIX – Several thousand Arizona teachers descended on the state Capitol March 28 as part of the national “Red for Ed” movement, demanding state legislators and Gov. Doug Ducey provide funding to increase pay for educators by 20 percent. The call for such a massive...
There were no statewide or legislative elections in 2017, but the year marked the most prolific campaign fundraising year since the state began keeping the records in an electronic database, setting up the 2018 election for massive political spending. Political...
Campaign finance reports summarizing the money raised and spent by Arizona political committees during 2017 show more than $1 million in contributions that have been double reported because of how money raised by Gov. Doug Ducey’s joint fundraising committee has been...
Attorney General asks court to halt Scottsdale school construction over procurement violations By Evan Wyloge, AZCIR, and Mariana Dale, KJZZ News | Feb. 22, 2018 The Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a complaint Thursday against Scottsdale Unified School...
Pregnant and Addicted Opioid deaths in Arizona nearly doubled over the past ten years. The number of babies born exposed to opioids grew more than twice as fast. By Claire Cleveland At the urging of Gov. Doug Ducey, Arizona lawmakers approved sweeping new regulations...
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