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On December 11 the Chandler City Council will vote whether to green-light a 422,877-square-foot “AI data center” in the city’s South Price Road corridor, a project that has attracted heated controversy and raises serious questions about lobbying, city planning, and corporate influence. The most striking factor in this fight is the heavy-duty involvement of Kyrsten Sinema. The former U.S. senator has inserted herself personally in Chandler’s zoning process, an unusual move for

Health authorities in Arizona recently determined that multiple E. coli cases among children, some ending in hospitalizations, can be linked to the Arizona State Fair. Despite the severity of some of the illnesses, no public warning was issued during the outbreak. According to reporting, even though some children developed dangerous complications, including Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), officials concluded that the outbreak did not meet criteria for a formal public alert.

Scottsdale is considering new restrictions on public comment at City Council meetings, a move that would shrink both the time allowed for each speaker and the total number of residents permitted to address their local government. The proposal arrives at a moment when communities across Arizona are debating how much space citizens should have in the political process. The fact that this conversation is happening in Scottsdale, a city that has long prided itself on public invol

In a Nov. 18 vote likely to reverberate across civic halls across Arizona, the Fountain Hills Town Council voted 5–2 to eliminate the “Call to the Public” portion of its meetings, the segment where residents can speak on non-agenda issues. The decision came after a resident issued a formal complaint, alleging that council members and a private citizen used a recent meeting to promote Christian beliefs, in violation of constitutional church-state rules. The complaint referenc

Former Prescott lawmaker David Stringer resigned from the Arizona House in 2019, and many voters assumed that was the end of the story. It was not. He kept his law license for several years, built a local media platform, hosted candidates and forums, and is still drawing respectable guests from around the state. That is a problem Republicans should stop pretending not to see. The core facts are not in dispute. In 1983, Stringer was arrested in Baltimore on suspicion of payin

Arizona voters have short memories, but sometimes, the past doesn’t stay buried for long. Take Michael Todd, now a familiar name again as the embattled board president of Liberty Elementary School District. The same man who’s facing a recall effort from furious parents and educators today is the very same Michael Todd whose “family troubles” dominated front pages back in 2008, when he was running for mayor of Buckeye. At the time, Todd was a self-proclaimed “family man” who a