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Still think you're better off under Trump and tariffs?

yesterday 0

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Republicans shoot at Gov. Hobbs but hit the disabled

yesterday 0

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Trump's sweeping tariffs will do Arizona no favors

previous day 3

Arizona Republic

Elvia Díaz

Anti-DEI bill is an incoherent, unenforceable joke

Anti-DEI bill is an incoherent, unenforceable joke

I’d guess that the Republicans pushing the latest anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill through the Arizona Legislature have no idea what half...

wednesday 10

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Sen. Gallego draws a line in the sand over VA cuts

Sen. Gallego draws a line in the sand over VA cuts

Donald Trump’s pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary, Doug Collins, announced plans last month to cut 80,000 jobs from the VA. “Things need to...

wednesday 5

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

MAGA has a genius plan to boot GOP schools chief

MAGA has a genius plan to boot GOP schools chief

It’s official. The hard right wing of the Arizona Republican Party has gone around the bend en route to taking a header straight off an electoral...

wednesday 9

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Lawmakers have a terrible plan to bulk up their wallets

Lawmakers have a terrible plan to bulk up their wallets

Fresh off clinging to their immunity from speeding tickets, Arizona’s legislators are now working on a plan to give themselves massive pay raises....

wednesday 3

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Scottsdale could lose millions ... over a roundabout?

Scottsdale could lose millions ... over a roundabout?

A new Scottsdale City Council majority appears ready to forfeit a $31 million federal grant to fulfill a campaign promise to eliminate future...

wednesday 3

Arizona Republic

Op Ed

'Outlaws' don't rob Arizona trains now. It's much worse

'Outlaws' don't rob Arizona trains now. It's much worse

There has been much talk this year about the new Trump administration locking and loading and taking the fight to the drug cartels in Mexico....

wednesday 3

Arizona Republic

Phil Boas

Wadsack just embarrassed herself ... again, that is

Wadsack just embarrassed herself ... again, that is

Ex-Sen. Justine Wadsack is suing the city of Tucson for daring to stop her last year as she barreled down a local roadway at twice the speed limit....

01.04.2025 4

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Rep. Biggs wants judge fired for doing the right thing

01.04.2025 5

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Elon Musk finds a cheap, easy, legal way to 'buy' votes

Elon Musk finds a cheap, easy, legal way to 'buy' votes

Federal law says a crime is committed by anyone who “makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or...

01.04.2025 4

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

In Arizona's battle of man v. machine, the machines win

In Arizona's battle of man v. machine, the machines win

While you sleep at night, cameras that can see the world in ways the human eye cannot are on the job 24/7 monitoring Arizona forests for...

01.04.2025 2

Arizona Republic

Phil Boas

Trump's folks admit deportation mistake but won't fix it

Trump's folks admit deportation mistake but won't fix it

What’s worse than admitting a potentially deadly deportation mistake? Laughing it off. You already know that Trump and his folks never own up...

01.04.2025 9

Arizona Republic

Elvia Díaz

Kennedy's reckless health cuts will kill Arizonans

Kennedy's reckless health cuts will kill Arizonans

I’m old enough to remember a time when the federal government, by way of the Department of Health and Human Services, worked hard to keep as many...

31.03.2025 1

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Kooky Kolodin wants to run elections? Oh, joy

Kooky Kolodin wants to run elections? Oh, joy

The election lawyer who claimed “massive fraud” in Arizona’s 2020 election has set his sights on becoming the state’s chief elections officer. Rep....

31.03.2025 2

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

'Lackluster' leader finally finds redemption with Trump

'Lackluster' leader finally finds redemption with Trump

Well, it took a few years, a finely honed blind eye and a complete capitulation of ethics, but former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich...

31.03.2025 10

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Elon Musk blunders an attempt to buy a judge's election

Elon Musk blunders an attempt to buy a judge's election

Co-President Elon Musk posted a tweet late on March 27, reading: “On Sunday night, I will give a talk in Wisconsin. “Entrance is limited to those...

30.03.2025 20

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini