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Arizona Senate hires a Trump ninja to do its election audit. No ... really Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic © Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic Arizona Senate President Karen Fann stands on the floor of the Senate at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on Monday, May 27, 2019. The Great Arizona Search for Election Fraud kicks off today as the Arizona Senate announced it has hired four – count ‘em four – firms to audit Maricopa County’s election. "I’m tired of hearing ...

The legal battle between the Arizona Senate and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is over. Listen now to find out what to expect moving forward.

Dark money is still trying to influence Phoenix elections despite new law. Heres how Jen Fifield, Arizona Republic © The Republic Those living in District 7 have a choice in the March 9 election between two candidates: (L-R) Yassamin Ansari and Cinthia Estela. Southwest Phoenix voters got the first deceitful political mailer from Americans for Progress nearly two weeks ago, and they just keep coming. The ads, featuring Donald Trumps talking points, are seemingly attemptin...

Metro Phoenix ballparks are preparing for spring training baseball to start on schedule, despite pleas to delay the season made by the Cactus League and a coalition of Valley mayors. After they sent a letter to Major League Baseball and asked the organization to pump the brakes, MLB proposed delaying the season by one month. The players union in response said it is ready to proceed with spring training on schedule, with pitchers and catchers reporting on Feb. 17 and the planned slate of game...

Voters in southwest Phoenix will soon decide an influential City Council race that may help chart the course of the city for the next few years. Those living in District 7 have a choice in the March 9 election between two candidates: Yassamin Ansari and Cinthia Estela. The city is mailing early ballots out this week, and in-person voting  began at City Hall on Feb. 10. Here’s more on how and where to vote, and where to look up your district. Phoenix has two council races on the March ballot....

Pressley said that "as a black woman," hiding in the dark in her office and "those moments of terror" were "familiar in a deep and ancestral way."

Pressley said that "as a black woman," hiding in the dark in her office and "those moments of terror" were "familiar in a deep and ancestral way."

Pressley said that "as a black woman," hiding in the dark in her office and "those moments of terror" were "familiar in a deep and ancestral way."

The Senate, controlled by Republicans, has threatened to hold the supervisors, nearly all Republicans, in contempt for not responding to subpoenas asking for copies of all the countys mail-in ballots and access to voting machines.

As protesters marched Phoenix streets this year calling for more just treatment from the citys police force, the city was considering a solution that some considered extreme: allowing civilians to independently investigate complaints of police brutality. Over time, though, as officials crafted the plan for a new Office of Accountability and Transparency and accompanying Civilian Review Board, it failed to live up to activists hopes that it would offer truly independent investigations. The pro...