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Two residents ask attorney general to remove Sen. Janae Shamp over residency; she denies the claim
Two residents allege Sen. Janae Shamp lives outside her district and want the attorney general to remove her; Shamp denies it and the office is reviewing.
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Public school advocates call for ethics probe of Rep. Matt Gress over out-of-state lobbying
Public school advocates are calling for a House Ethics investigation of Rep. Matt Gress, who denies their conflict of interest allegations.
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Rep. Matt Gress is a registered lobbyist in four other states, report says
The Arizona Agenda reports that Rep. Matt Gress lobbies in four other states for a group whose priorities track bills he has advanced at the Arizona Legislature.
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Sen. Brian Fernandez abstained on funding for his employer, then voted for a budget carrying $3 million of it
The Arizona Agenda reports that Sen. Brian Fernandez proposed state money for a program tied to his employer, Onvida Health, and says he had no legal conflict.
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Sen. Carine Werner says she apologized; Scottsdale Unified employee says not for remarks on her appearance
Sen. Carine Werner and Scottsdale Unified nutrition director Patti Bilbrey disagree over whether Werner apologized for remarks about Bilbrey's appearance.
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More than 1,500 sign petition asking Sen. Carine Werner to resign from Scottsdale school board
A petition asking Sen. Carine Werner to resign her Scottsdale Unified board seat passed 1,500 signatures, the Arizona Capitol Times reported.
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Scottsdale residents protest, urge Sen. Carine Werner to give up her school board seat
Protesters at a Scottsdale Unified board meeting called for Carine Werner to resign her school board seat over a hot mic remark about a district employee.
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Scottsdale school board member Carine Werner criticized over remark about district employee's weight
KJZZ reports that Carine Werner, a Scottsdale Unified board member and state senator, was heard during a public meeting calling a district employee morbidly obese.
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Rep. Matt Gress missed House stopgap budget vote while in Italy for his wedding
Rep. Matt Gress was among four House members absent for a stopgap budget vote, the Arizona Agenda reported, leaving Republicans at the 31-member minimum.
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Arizona faces historic shutdown as House passes doomed continuation budget
The Arizona House passed a stopgap budget along party lines that the governor had promised to veto, and the report notes Rep. Matt Gress, an architect of the earlier House budget, flew to Italy that weekend for his wedding.
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Bolick and Schwiebert compete for North Phoenix seat that could sway control of AZ Senate
The Arizona Mirror previews the 2024 Legislative District 2 Senate race between Shawnna Bolick and Judy Schwiebert, covering education, elections, abortion and Proposition 137.
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Progress Arizona challenges GOP ballot measure that would give judges lifetime appointments
Progress Arizona filed suit calling the title of SCR1044, a 2024 referral that would end judicial terms, deceptive, and the report notes Sen. Shawnna Bolick voted for it despite colleagues raising a conflict of interest.
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Bolick's Twitter posts indicate she hasn't moved on from past elections
Shawnna Bolick told Maricopa County supervisors she had moved on from the 2020 and 2022 elections, but an Arizona Mirror review of her Twitter posts reported she called the 2020 election "rigged" as recently as May 2023.
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Shawnna Bolick, author of bill to reject voters' presidential choice, running to be top elections official
Rep. Shawnna Bolick launched a 2022 bid for Arizona secretary of state, months after sponsoring a bill that would have let lawmakers revoke certification of presidential electors.
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Editor's Thought Bubble: The most un-democratic bill I've ever seen
In this February 2021 opinion column, Arizona Mirror editor Jim Small takes aim at HB 2720, Rep. Shawnna Bolick's bill on certifying presidential electors and other election rules.
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Aaron Lieberman pitches pragmatism in bid to unseat Carine Werner in pivotal Senate race
Former state Rep. Aaron Lieberman is running against Sen. Carine Werner in Legislative District 4, pitching pragmatism in a competitive district that leans Republican.
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Hoffman steps back from Hobbs investigation amid scrutiny over Turning Point PAC payments
PHOENIX — State Sen. Jake Hoffman will no longer lead a Senate investigation into alleged pay-to-play activity involving Gov. Katie Hobbs, following scrutiny of political payments to Hoffman’s company from a group working to defeat the Democratic governor. The Arizona Senate announced Monday that the investigation will move from the Government Committee, which Hoffman chairs, to the Appropriations Committee led by Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa. Former Arizona Supreme Court Ju
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Hoffman political firm collects more than $200,000 from candidates he helped recruit
PHOENIX — A political consulting firm owned by state Sen. Jake Hoffman has received more than $200,000 from two statewide candidates whom Hoffman helped recruit to run for office, according to campaign finance records reviewed by Axios. Forged Communications, a political advertising and communications firm owned by the Queen Creek Republican, received approximately $121,000 from state Treasurer Kimberly Yee’s campaign for superintendent of public instruction and nearly $90,00
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Arizona courts knock multiple measures off November ballot
PHOENIX — Arizona’s November ballot got shorter Tuesday after the state Supreme Court blocked two school-voucher measures from going before voters, continuing a summer in which courts have removed several proposed constitutional amendments and initiatives from the ballot. The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that Proposition 145, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment involving Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, violated the Arizona Cons
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Hobbs declines debate with Biggs, opting for statewide tour instead
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs will not debate Republican gubernatorial nominee Andy Biggs ahead of the November election, marking the second consecutive governor’s race in which the Democrat has declined to share a debate stage with her Republican opponent. Hobbs campaign manager Nicole DeMont confirmed the decision Thursday, saying the campaign believes direct engagement with voters is more useful than participating in a traditional televised debate. “Face-to-face engagement wi
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