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Phoenix New Times - Politics

Glassman slams 'coward' lawmaker for blocking Stolen Valor bill

7 hours ago

Phoenix's 'Hands Off' protest at the Capitol: What to know

1 day ago

Every bill Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed in 2025, and why -- By TJ L'Heureux -- Gov. Katie Hobbs is already tacking on to her record tally of vetoes while in office.

1 month ago

GOP lawmaker makes up endorsement to tout run for Secretary of State -- By TJ L'Heureux -- State Rep. Alexander Kolodin says Arizona GOP chair Gina Swoboda asked him to run. She says she might run against him.

12 hours ago

Arizona ranks 3rd for missing Indigenous people. A new bill may help -- By Brandelyn Clark | Cronkite News -- Lawmakers want a missing Indigenous person alert system. No alert was issued for Emily Pike, whose body was found last month.

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'You failed': GOP lawmaker blasts MAGA state Sen. Wendy Rogers -- By Morgan Fischer -- Walt Blackman is pushing a bill to criminalize faking military service. Rogers is singlehandedly holding it up.

1 day ago

Hamadeh pairs with disgraced quarterback Brett Favre on health program -- By Morgan Fischer -- If rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is the goal, teaming up with a guy implicated in a huge fraud scandal is an odd choice.

5 days ago

Tax Break Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Goldwater Institute's hypocrisy -- By Stephen Lemons -- The think tank hates Arizona's film tax credit. But its board chairman's Ninja Turtles flick got a huge tax break.

5 days ago

Nature is healing: A new Kari Lake lawsuit has been filed -- By Morgan Fischer -- Now an advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Lake is being sued for withholding grant funds approved by Congress.

8 days ago

Arizona camps for Japanese Americans relied on Trump deportation law -- By Emma Paterson | Cronkite News -- The 1798 law President Trump dusted off to deport Venezuelan gang members was also used to justify WWII-era internment camps.

8 days ago

12 photos from the Bernie Sanders-AOC rally in Tempe -- By Grace Monos -- Mullett Arena was packed to see the Vermont senator and New York representative.

11 days ago

5 moments you missed from the Bernie Sanders-AOC rally in Tempe -- By Morgan Fischer -- Thousands came to Tempe to see Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rail against the rich and Donald Trump.

11 days ago

Report: Kari Lake accosted Ruben Gallego at D.C. club over 'cartel' ties -- By TJ L'Heureux -- Sen. Ruben Gallego said Kari Lake confronted him near an elevator, shaking his hand and asking how he sleeps at night.

12 days ago

Bernie Sanders and AOC will hold a rally in Tempe: What to know -- By Morgan Fischer -- New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders' "Fighting Oligarchy" tour on Thursday.

15 days ago

A GOP congressman will speak at a town hall — for Republicans only -- By TJ L'Heureux -- Rep. Andy Biggs is set to appear at a town hall in Chandler on Tuesday night. But is it a town hall if the town can't come?

12 days ago

Trump deleted Navajo Code Talkers webpages. Why is Eli Crane silent? -- By TJ L'Heureux -- A vet whose district includes the Navajo Nation, Crane praised the code talkers last year. Now, they're apparently too "DEI."

12 days ago

Mom to Kelly, Gallego: Don't let GOP torch Medicaid while 'my kid is inside' -- By Morgan Fischer -- At a town hall hosted by the two Arizona senators, Quianna Brown said she feared for her special-needs daughter.

14 days ago

Kari Lake's new job: firing federal employees without authority -- By TJ L'Heureux -- Arizona's attempted senator, now an advisor in the Trump administration, signed off on 1,000 media firings over the weekend.

14 days ago

Trump admin cancels $21 million for locally grown food for schools, food banks -- By Jim Small | Arizona Mirror -- The programs connected local farmers with Arizona schools and food banks to bring healthy food to students and communities.

15 days ago

ICE arrested an immigrant for protesting. Will Arizona activists be next? -- By Morgan Fischer -- "That could have been me," said one activist with DACA status. The message is clear: Be silent, or be silenced.

15 days ago

Mark Kelly calls Elon Musk an 'asshole,' will ditch his Tesla -- By TJ L'Heureux -- The war of words between the Arizona senator and the world's richest man continues.

15 days ago

'Literally lifesaving': Why Sinema is pushing for psychedelic drug research -- By Morgan Fischer -- Kyrsten Sinema doesn't often give interviews, but the ex-senator was eager to tell us about lobbying for ibogaine research.

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