This week, a congressional panel gathered at Phoenix College for a hearing on voter rights and accessibility for Native Americans in Arizona. State law requires that all voters show photographic ID at polling places. “In contrast, individuals who cast provisional ballots, or vote early by mail, do not have to provide identification in order...
Read MoreU.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey acted illegally by using funds from the state’s land trust to fund schools. Although Proposition 123 was narrowly approved by voters in 2016 to increase funding to $3,600 per-pupil in Arizona’s K-12 public education system, the federal judge asserted that Ducey still required...
Read MoreEight candidates have applied to become the next Maricopa County Attorney. This comes after previous County Attorney Bill Montgomery was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court. Rachel Mitchell, the sex crimes prosecutor who questioned Christine Blasey Ford during U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing last year is an applicant. She is...
Read MoreNew Arizona laws are being implemented for the forthcoming election season to help avoid ballot fiascos. A bill passed in June assures that all Arizona counties will take the same amount of time to confirm early ballot signatures. This law was created to make sure all 15 counties follow the same voting practices and...
Read MoreTariffs were increased again on Sunday by the U.S. and China on each other’s goods as part of the ongoing trade war. This could affect the prices of clothes, shoes and other goods for consumers before the holiday season. “We’ll see what happens,” President Trump told reporters as he returned to the White House...
Read MorePhoenix Pediatrics has made their new policy loud and clear to patients. Unvaccinated children will no longer be accepted for medical care at their location. “We no longer will accept new patients who have not been fully vaccinated or are refusing vaccines,” Dr. Brad Golner of Phoenix Pediatrics. “For our current patients, for those...
Read MoreOn Wednesday Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Republican Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court. Montgomery will replace Chief Justice Scott Bales, who in March announced he was had plans to step down to lead the University of Denver Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. Montgomery was one...
Read MoreDeadlines are beginning to loom over Navajo landowners who want to participate in the second round of a $1.9 billion federal buy-back program to accumulate dispersed secluded Navajo Nation land. Tribal members currently have until Sept. 30 to take part. The Interior Department estimates that $157 million worth of Navajo land out there could...
Read MoreSpecial election votes are in for the City of Phoenix and the no votes have it. Prop 105 Tuesday voters decided Prop 105 will effectively prevent a block on current and future light rail expansion projects, clearing the way for light rail expansion. The results have not been finalized and are not official, but...
Read MoreOn Sunday, Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he plans to run for his 7th term as Sheriff in 2020. Arpaio, 87, announced in a press release that he will make another run at the position he held for more than 20 years. “On this day, August 25, 2019, after consultation and approval...
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