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The Arizona Board of Regents is asking that Attorney General Mark Brnovich be investigated and disciplined by the agency that regulates lawyers. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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#BREAKING: Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat that Sen. Jon Kyl will vacate at the end of the year. #AZSen
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Two Democratic members of the state's congressional delegation are asking federal officials to review the legality of Gov. Doug Ducey using Covid relief dollars to benefit only schools that do not require masks. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Arizonans may get the last word on a nearly $2 billion tax cut plan that mainly benefits the wealthy. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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The Democrat who accomplished the most during the First Regular Session of the 54th Legislature is the one who was criticized for her lack of political experience during the campaign – and she wasn’t even a lawmaker.
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State Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix is fighting cancer and has a good prognosis, she said this week. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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A draft audit report circulated on Gateway Pundit and other conservative blogs that called for decertification of Maricopa County’s 2020 general election results is a fake, a Senate audit official confirmed. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @WayneSchutsky
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.@FannKfann passed up an opportunity to hire an experienced auditing company to conduct its ballot review, opting instead for a company without experience and whose founder has said he believes President Joe Biden stole the election. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @DillonReedRose
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Former President Donald Trump may have offered to help pay for Arizona Senate election audit that supporters hope will reverse his election loss, according to newly released records. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @DillonReedRose @kc_haas
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The measure to ban voters from dropping off mail-in ballots at polls is effectively dead due to @KateMcGeeAZ and @HeatherCarterAZ's opposition. #SB1046 via @ben_giles
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The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by meeting with Rudy Giuliani. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose @JMShumway
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“I’m pro-vaccination and anti-measles,” @dougducey said. via @CarmenMForman
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Major League Baseball is trying to convince Arizona lawmakers to exempt minor league ballplayers from the state’s minimum wage law. via @ben_giles
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After fighting the issue in court for years, Gov. @dougducey has finally agreed to issue driver's licenses to all deferred action recipients. via @azcapmedia
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A judge on Tuesday rejected a Senate claim that some of its records about the audit are not public. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Senate President Karen Fann is taking the position that Arizona courts cannot force her or any other member of the Arizona Legislature to comply with the state's Public Records Act. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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GUEST OPINION: H.R. 1 is bad news for Arizona voters azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @PARISDENNARD
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We intend to challenge this injunction on behalf of @CamrynSanchezAZ because it is baseless and an unconstitutional prior restraint against a reporter investigating public allegations involving @WendyRogersAZ azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023…
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Arizona’s legislative Democrats are asking @FBI to investigate 2 AZ GOP congressmen, one state representative and one former state representative for their role in protests and riots at the U.S. Capitol. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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Thank you, Arizona Capitol Times azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @ldelpuerto
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The Court of Appeals has rejected the latest bid by Cyber Ninjas to keep secret the records it has related to the audit of the 2020 election. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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The Senate’s contract with Cyber Ninjas, the leading firm for the audit that kicked off this week, displays a concerning lack of clarity and methodology and a general shoddiness indicative of rushed workmanship azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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2 lawmakers try to pressure a state licensure board to drop an investigation into one of the lawmaker's husband
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Gov. Doug Ducey is defending his promotion of a flat income tax rate as saving the average Arizonan $300 a year even though legislative budget staffers figure that 72% of state residents will see a benefit of less than $45. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Maricopa County officials are sending a bill for $2.8 million to the state Senate to cover the cost of having to acquire new voting machines. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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What the Senate election audit lacks in transparency, it makes up for in QAnon conspiracy theories. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @DillonReedRose
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An opinion finding justices were wrong to wear robes to a religious event was kept from the public after the Arizona Supreme Court recently changed how it oversees an ethics committee.
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.@realDonaldTrump supporters at the Arizona Capitol yesterday singled out dark-skinned legislators, staffers and visitors, including children. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018… via @ben_giles @paulinapineda22
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out what is likely the last legal challenge remaining about the choice of Arizona voters of Joe Biden for president. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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The newest Press Secretary for @realDonaldTrump is Stephanie Grisham. She was the Arizona House GOP spokesperson who revoked the media credentials in 2016 for their refusal to take a background check. @StephGrisham45
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A former assistant to Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, is suing the senator and the state for assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and wrongful termination azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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Arizona’s Democratic Secretary of State @katiehobbs is hoping to accomplish something only five former state lawmakers have done before – become governor. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @DillonReedRose
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A Republican senator single-handedly killed a resolution that could have sent Maricopa county supervisors to jail, arguing that the Senate and the county need more time to reach a compromise over a proposed election audit. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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Attorney General Kris Mayes says Arizona is not violating federal law in offering in-state tuition at public colleges and universities to those not here legally — despite an edict from President Trump.
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. @kathyhoffman_az is calling on lawmakers to repeal a law that prohibits any courses on AIDS and HIV from portraying homosexuality "as a positive alternative lifestyle.'' azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019… via @azcapmedia
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NEW: In an October surprise, a federal judge extended Arizona’s voter registration deadline from Oct. 5 to Oct. 23.
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An attorney for American Oversight charged on September 1 that the Senate has not complied with a court order to surrender all the documents it has dealing with the audit of the 2020 election. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Mayes warns parents removing children from public schools for voucher program could victimize them
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Arizona Senate votes to give police more power to crack down on protesters. via @azcapmedia azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017…
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An @azcentral reporter had his press access for the Senate audit revoked Friday after he tweeted a photo of former Republican lawmaker and Jan. 6 protester @anthonykernAZ reviewing Maricopa County ballots at the AZ Veterans Memorial Coliseum. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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The Phoenix Union High School District plans to require students, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks indoors when school starts on Aug. 2. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @NateBrownNews
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A Flagstaff judge tossed out an injunction against harassment obtained by @WendyRogersAZ against a reporter investigating whether she lives in the district she represents. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023… via @WayneSchutsky
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Katie Hobbs revs-up campaign, releases economic plan | Arizona Capitol Times @bynickphillips azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022…
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.@Mark4AZ is investigating @dougducey over potentially violating state law relating to electioneering using government resources. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose
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Exactly one year after 25-year-old Landon Marsh died of a fentanyl overdose, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Marsh’s mother drafted to prevent other young people from unknowingly ingesting the drug. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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.@GovernorHobbs rejected a proposal Monday sought on behalf of Lucid Motors that would have allowed visitors to buy a car here and then drive it off without paying the taxes. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023… via @azcapmedia
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Republican Maricopa County Supervisors Jack Sellers and Bill Gates testified to Congress Oct. 7 that the county’s 2020 general election was secure and that the months-long review spearheaded by Arizona Senate Republicans undermined democracy. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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Senate President Karen Fann said Friday that Maricopa County officials may be balking at cooperating with an audit of the 2020 election results because they fear what it might turn up. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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A Superior Court judge has stopped Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes from sending ballots to all voters who aren’t on the early voters list for Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose
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State health officials are seeking federal help for 14 Arizona hospitals as they attempt to deal with the Covid pandemic. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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A federal judge says Arizona may have to repay at least $344 million to the state land trust because a school funding settlement championed by Gov. Doug Ducey violates federal law. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018… via @APChristie
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Grisham, who was apart of Trump’s transition team, was supposed to return to her job at the Arizona House after he won the election, but there was no evidence she did and she was still paid roughly $19,000 from Arizona taxpayers.
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GUEST OPINION: Legalizing marijuana use will create jobs and new revenue azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… @NORML
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Terry Goddard wants Arizonans to ban anonymous donations from campaigns. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017… via @azcapmedia
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Sen. Eddie Farnsworth announced at a Thursday night meeting of Legislative District 12 Republicans that he plans to retire. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019… via @JMShumway
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GUEST OPINION: Disenfranchising voters is not ‘election reform’ azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021…
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GUEST OPINION: Put politics aside – help police protect our community azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021…
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GUEST OPINION: Impeachment should be about country’s best interests, not partisan
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It looks like Arizona voters are going to get the last word on a $1.5 billion tax cut approved by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. Doug Ducey. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Arizona’s health director said today statewide cases of COVID-19 will peak in mid to late April and hospitalizations will peak in May. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @AndrewNicla
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In a sign the Senate audit, which was supposed to be only about the 2020 election results, is now expanding in scope, Senate President Karen Fann now wants documents from Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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The House is considering @JennJermaine’s HB2570 to study why so many indigenous women like Frances Tsinajinnie are lost forever in Arizona. Story via @_KECampbell. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019…
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GUEST OPINION: McSally should stop misleading public about her health care record azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020…
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Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants to nearly double her office’s funding next year because of new burdens imposed by Republican legislators. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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Officials in the city of Tucson plan to ignore Arizona's new "Second Amendment sanctuary" law that bars state and local governments from enforcing certain federal gun regulations, azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @AP
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The Maricopa County Democratic Party is leading an effort to remove the trial-court judge who ruled against putting an education initiative on the ballot. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose
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Police officers patrolling school campuses will soon undergo new training on de-escalation and crisis intervention with students, thanks to a tweet from @almaforarizona
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A practice used by some, if not all, Arizona counties to verify signatures on early ballots may be illegal. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023… via @azcapmedia
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.@WendyRogersAZ may face a civil lawsuit alongside a Senate ethics investigation and federal workplace discrimination complaint, her former assistant’s new attorney said Monday. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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.@JennJermaine has long dedicated her career to public service in the nonprofit sector, but this was the year for her to take it to the next level. via @_KECampbell
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The ACLU of Arizona is going to spend nearly $1 million to inform 300,000 registered voters about the Maricopa County Attorney’s race. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose
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.@dougducey and @dg4az will go head-to-head in back-to-back televised debates on Sept. 24 in Phoenix and Sept. 25 in Tucson. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018… via @CarmenMForman
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Rep. Athena Salman and 22 other House Democrats introduced a resolution Monday to expel Rep. Mark Finchem from the body. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @NateBrownNews
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"My mom will tell you my first gig was her pushing me in a stroller knocking door to door." azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018… via @ben_giles
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A lawyer for @CharleneforAZ told a current and former House member they will end up paying her attorneys’ fees if they proceed with their lawsuit full of “irrelevant, tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories” against her. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @NateBrownNews
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.@GovernorHobbs signed in an EO Friday aimed at eliminating hair-based discrimination in the state. The order is patterned after the California CROWN act and cites common Black hairstyles like braids, locs, twists, knots, and headwraps. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023… via @bynickphillips
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A judge has rejected a bid by a Republican-dominated legislative panel to give voters what he concluded was a biased description of a proposed tax to fund education. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @azcapmedia
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GUEST OPINION: Gov. Ducey’s attack on judge out of line azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019… via @tomryanlaw @PalumboWolfe
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A judge has ordered the Senate to immediately produce the records it has related to the audit of the 2020 election -- even those in the hands of Cyber Ninjas Inc., the private firm hired to conduct the review. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Attorney General Mark Brnovich is not going to defend the state's controversial "no promo homo'' law. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019… via @azcapmedia
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The tax cuts that are the centerpiece of next year’s proposed budget failed in the House Monday when one Republican joined the Democrats to shoot them down. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @NateBrownNews
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.@AZCourts hears arguments on whether @WendyRogersAZ defamed the employer of @senstevesmith during 2018 run for Congress azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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A Republican senator dealt a blow to Arizona’s anti-abortion lobby when he voted against what would have been the most far-reaching abortion legislation passed in Arizona in years. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @JMShumway
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The Associated Press and major TV networks declared Democrat Katie Hobbs the winner of the Arizona governor’s race on Monday night, after Arizona’s two largest counties tabulated more than 100,000 votes on Monday. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022… via @bynickphillips
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Teachers union takes Ducey to task for pay raises for aides azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017… via @ben_giles
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.@GovernorHobbs said the 4 bills "are attempts to criminalized free expression and ostracize the LGBTQIA+ community ... azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023… via @azcapmedia
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Rep. Justin Heap, who's running for Maricopa County Recorder, was sworn in as a special deputy county attorney by MCA Andrew Thomas in July 2009. Months later, Thomas filed unfounded charges against other county officials that later led to his disbarment.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed several bills this past session that were aiming to speed up the state’s election results, forcing Republicans to wait at least another year to implement a Florida-style election system.
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The Arizona Senate must turn over audit records requested by watchdog group American Oversight, including those in the possession of Cyber Ninjas, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @kc_haas
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GUEST OPINION: Wild claims about patient-safety risks posed by SB1336 are baseless wp.me/p2XCnJ-qPa
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ADE recently spent $600K to advertise ESA program
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Gov. Doug Ducey may have violated a state law prohibiting politicians from campaigning with state resources when he encouraged business owners on September 29 to vote against Proposition 208 while on a conference call from his office. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020… via @DillonReedRose
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GUEST OPINION: Higher education is one of the most important investments for an individual’s future and our future as a state. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018…
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Arizonans are one step closer to being able to vote whether to repeal $1.9 billion of tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthiest in the state. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2021… via @azcapmedia
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Rep. Don Shooter was found to have violated House policy against sexual harassment and created a hostile work environment. @JDMesnard determined he would be removed from all committee assignments effective today. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018… via @rachelleingang
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@kathyhoffman_az’s first few months in office were also free of the strife that engulfed the previous two administrations of the @azedschools – Republicans John Huppenthal and Diane Douglas.
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School group says it has enough signatures to put voucher law on hold azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017… via @_KECampbell
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Hear the audio of @WendyRogersAZ asking court for an injunction against harassment against @AzCapitolTimes reporter
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