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Laurie Roberts

Arizona Republic

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Breathe, Dems. Trump's pause on grants is not DEFCON 1

Breathe, Dems. Trump's pause on grants is not DEFCON 1
yesterday 10

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Help this Phoenix school district, then dissolve it

previous day 3

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Gov. Hobbs faces Big Trouble in 2026

Gov. Hobbs faces Big Trouble in 2026
previous day 4

Arizona Republic

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AZ GOP leadership battle could hobble the party (again)

AZ GOP leadership battle could hobble the party (again)
26.01.2025 10

Arizona Republic

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GOP superintendent dares to disagree with Trump raids

GOP superintendent dares to disagree with Trump raids
25.01.2025 10

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Trump and his MAGA choir can't handle the holy truth

Trump and his MAGA choir can't handle the holy truth
23.01.2025 2

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A GOP fight for governor only helps Democrats

A GOP fight for governor only helps Democrats
22.01.2025 1

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QAnon Shaman gets pardon, plans to go ... buy guns?

QAnon Shaman gets pardon, plans to go ... buy guns?
22.01.2025 3

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Strip babies of their birthright? That'll backfire

Strip babies of their birthright? That'll backfire
22.01.2025 6

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Governor's ESA reform plan is smart ... and doomed

Governor's ESA reform plan is smart ... and doomed
19.01.2025 4

Arizona Republic

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Why does a school district this messed up even exist?

Why does a school district this messed up even exist?
18.01.2025 20

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Democrats have no good reason to hate early voting bill

Democrats have no good reason to hate early voting bill
17.01.2025 10

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Force Hobbs to deport migrants? That's almost funny

Force Hobbs to deport migrants? That's almost funny
16.01.2025 3

Arizona Republic

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State could arm teachers, but not with what they need

State could arm teachers, but not with what they need
15.01.2025 5

Arizona Republic

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Gov. Hobbs is headed for a MAGA meat grinder

Gov. Hobbs is headed for a MAGA meat grinder
14.01.2025 20

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Lawmakers must focus on schools, not defeating Hobbs

Lawmakers must focus on schools, not defeating Hobbs
10.01.2025 5

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Scottsdale would chase away jobs to stop apartments?

Scottsdale would chase away jobs to stop apartments?
10.01.2025 20

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Sen. Gallego's immigration about-face is a real stunner

Sen. Gallego's immigration about-face is a real stunner
09.01.2025 20

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Déjà vu? Trump fumes over half-staff flag honoring Carter.

Déjà vu? Trump fumes over half-staff flag honoring Carter.

Incoming President Donald Trump railed recently about the outrage that is apparently sweeping through the nation. The American flag, it seems, will...

08.01.2025 3

USA TODAY

Laurie Roberts

Lawmakers move to protect guns, not kids who die by them

Lawmakers move to protect guns, not kids who die by them

Sixty-eight Arizona children were killed with guns in 2023, according to the latest state report on child fatalities. Guns were the second leading...

08.01.2025 5

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Sure, bring back hockey to Phoenix ... with 2 conditions

Just nine months after the Arizona Coyotes skated off to Salt Lake City, there’s talk once again about bringing  professional hockey back to the...

07.01.2025 4

Arizona Republic

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We need way mo' answers about Waymo's circling taxi

If you drive anywhere in the Valley, you’ve seen them on the streets. Those weird Waymo robo-taxis driving around (and around and around) the...

07.01.2025 6

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Trump fumes over half-staff flag. He's done this before

04.01.2025 40

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Free tutoring program works. So, naturally, we nixed it

Just two months after announcing that free tutoring for struggling students would continue in 2025, the Arizona Department of Education has...

31.12.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Arizona's 10 best (and worst) political moves of 2024

Crazy as it seems, 2024 is a wrap. It’s been, as usual, a year of the strange and the surprising in Arizona politics. Of a scorned senator and a...

31.12.2024 3

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It's not Biden selling border wall sections. It's Congress.

Break out the smelling salts. That sneaky Joe Biden is apparently selling off America’s future border wall as part of a dastardly plot to open...

21.12.2024 2

USA TODAY

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Trump could build his 'beautiful' border wall with junk

Break out the smelling salts. That sneaky Joe Biden is apparently selling off America’s future border wall as part of a dastardly plot to open...

20.12.2024 20

Arizona Republic

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Kari Lake echoes fake report that Hobbs could be jailed

Kari Lake, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Voice of America, is spreading a gossip rag’s report that a key Trump official is calling for the arrest...

20.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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'Tis not the season for a severed Trump head wreath

From the peace on earth and goodwill toward man category: Democrats in Fountain Hills hung a Christmas wreath in the town’s community center. At...

17.12.2024 3

Arizona Republic

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Gilbert is clearly in denial about its goons

After years of a gang of thugs running rampant through the town … after the community screams and the police finally are forced to act … after...

17.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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It's sad to see Sen. Kyrsten Sinema go out like this

It’s sad to see Kyrsten Sinema go out like this. Once, she was a bright spot in the Democratic Party, a political up and comer who managed to...

15.12.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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It's time to put the 'early' back in early ballots

One in 10 Maricopa County voters — nearly a quarter of a million voters — dropped off their early ballots at a polling place on Election Day. You...

12.12.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Trump thinks Kari Lake should be his Voice of America

Congratulations are in order to Kari Lake, who just snagged the Donald Trump seal of approval to serve as director of the Voice of America. OK, so...

12.12.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Yet another draft Kari Lake campaign emerges ... in Iowa

Forget Mexico. Could Kari Lake be bound for corn country? Fresh off her second loss in a statewide election in Arizona, there’s a push on to get...

11.12.2024 5

Arizona Republic

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Hamadeh could've been deported if Trump was in power

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to end birthright citizenship on the day he is sworn into office. If he can’t do it by executive...

10.12.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Another school voucher scam? I am so (not) shocked

A pair of enterprising characters who don’t even live in Arizona have been charged with swindling Arizona taxpayers through the state’s...

09.12.2024 5

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Senate's biggest bully launches a fact-free Hobbs attack

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this column misidentified Teresa Martinez’s legislative leadership position. The knives are...

22.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Trump should nominate Andy Biggs for attorney general

With Matt Gaetz’s quick crash and burn, it’s back to the drawing board for Donald Trump in his search for someone to run the Department of...

22.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Robbins isn't working at UA and still gets a cushy bonus

So, I see that University of Arizona’s former president just got a five-figure bonus while continuing to collect a six-figure state salary for a...

21.11.2024 1

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Rep. Crane thinks it's 'morally just' to deport families

Break out the champagne. The man who killed Laken Riley has been found guilty of murder. This is a good day. Jose Ibarra, the Tren de Aragua gang...

21.11.2024 20

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Don't believe the hype: Fontes won't challenge Hobbs

Some Democrats are reportedly urging Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to run against Gov. Katie Hobbs in 2026. They’re panicky. They’d...

20.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Senate leader may challenge AG for her job in 2026

With the 2024 election (largely) in the bag, Republicans already are turning their attention to reclaiming the statewide offices they lost in 2022....

19.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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4 women who won (or lost) big in the Arizona election

Arizona’s election is finally, thankfully — mostly — over, and as the smoke wafts away, four women are emerging as the clear winners and losers...

18.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: New state House speaker is a welcome surprise

Fresh off their thrashing of Democrats, state House Republicans picked their new leader on Tuesday. Three things are worth nothing. Rep. Steve...

13.11.2024 4

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Kari Lake loses – again. Even Trump voters chose Gallego.

The state of Arizona just proved once and for all that there is only one Donald Trump. And his name isn’t Kari Lake. After nearly four years of...

12.11.2024 4

USA TODAY

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Opinion: Hobbs faces an even more Republican Legislature

Democrats spent $10 million on their effort to flip the Arizona Legislature. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs exercised her political clout — such as it...

12.11.2024 2

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Kari Lake loses again. Will the GOP ever learn?

The state of Arizona just proved once and for all that there is only one Donald Trump. And his name isn’t Kari Lake. After nearly four years of...

12.11.2024 10

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Mayes to push on with fake electors prosecution

Donald Trump may be headed back to the White House but a few of his key aides and Arizona allies will be headed back to the courthouse. Attorney...

12.11.2024 9

Arizona Republic

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Opinion: Democrats should thank Kyrsten Sinema for saving the Senate

So, I imagine that Democrats’ thank-you notes are in the mail to outgoing U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for their...

09.11.2024 10

USA TODAY

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Opinion: Early voting should mean voting early

It’s Friday morning. Do you know who your new U.S. senator is, Arizona? Of course you don’t. This, after all, is Arizona where you can go online...

08.11.2024 2

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