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This is the breakup email Kari Lake doesn't want to read

Ouch. I mean, really ... OUCH. One of the most well-known, most generous and most plugged-in Republican financial backers in Arizona, Randy...

yesterday 60

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Anti-abortion zealots' lawsuit reeks of desperation

The anti-abortion extremists who did everything they could to restore Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban and return the state to a time when Americans...

yesterday 10

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

I ran elections for 3 decades. How I know they're secure

Arizonans should know that our elections are safe and secure, featuring tried-and-tested systems that are proven to protect their vote and ensure...

yesterday 1

Arizona Republic

Op Ed

Gilbert mom wants to jump in your pool – for a good cause

To all the do-gooders out there, Beth Muehlhausen advises you to take your cause and go jump in a pool. Seriously. She puts her money where her...

yesterday 1

Arizona Republic

Abe Kwok

Competence is on the ballot on July 30. How to find it

Holding your nose and voting in the July 30 Arizona primary election? We understand. There are less than palatable choices in many races — mostly...

yesterday 0

Arizona Republic

Editorial

Kari Lake can win? Not with this firebrand as a friend

Kari Lake continues her outreach to moderate Republicans and independents, calling MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene “one of the greatest...

yesterday 9

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Why is there an Arizona connection to all that's insane?

The nation’s gaze has moved on from the near-assassination of Donald Trump to the coronation of Kamala Harris. But let’s not do that, just yet....

yesterday 1

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Phil Boas

Raise a brew to save the second oldest home in Gilbert

Update: I got a note from one of our long-time and most thoughtful op-ed contributors, Mike McClellan, who says to make sure if you go to O.H.S.O....

previous day 4

Arizona Republic

Phil Boas

Blake Masters says you need kids to lead. Is he nuts?

With just a few days to go until the primary election, Arizona’s own Blake Masters on Wednesday demonstrated once again why he’s not in the...

previous day 10

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Who cares who a celebrity endorsed? Actually, you do

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell posted a giddy announcement on X, formerly Twitter, featuring an endorsement from the great former Arizona...

previous day 2

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

Another stolen valor candidate? Voters, take notice

Arizona has no shortage of strange and downright peculiar candidates seeking public office this year. Candidates awaiting trial on felony charges...

previous day 2

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

The media is still making excuses for Kamala Harris

It’s not easy to discern what Kamala Harris accomplished in her tenure as vice president. The Onion once described this conundrum with the headline,...

previous day 3

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Phil Boas

You may soon drink recycled water. How to know it's safe

You might think that if we’re going to drink recycled wastewater, we should throw as many regulations at it as possible. But a mound of...

previous day 20

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Joanna Allhands

Choose competence in Maricopa County superintendent race

A sure sign of failed leadership is to ignore the fundamentals until they mushroom into a crisis. Or when the crisis occurs, to deny responsibility...

previous day 10

Arizona Republic

Editorial

How fed up are Arizona GOP voters with the hard-right?

We interrupt the Mark Kelly watch — will he or won’t he be Kamala Harris’ running mate? — to remind Arizonans there’s an important election...

wednesday 40

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Laurie Roberts

Mark Kelly should have the GOP quaking in its boots

If you’re a conservative, it’s not Kamala Harris you fear. It’s her running mate. That is, of course, if she chooses the right running mate. ...

wednesday 7

Arizona Republic

Phil Boas

They tried to intimidate Mesa schools. It didn't work

This seems to happen a lot in Arizona. An outsider with loads of cash and an axe to grind finds a local shill to push a toxic agenda. It speaks not...

wednesday 2

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Ej Montini

Senator learns that entitlement, like crime, doesn't pay

Sen. Justine Wadsack — having tried every which way to duck a ticket for criminal speeding — insists she still “back(s) the blue.” But the...

wednesday 3

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

Who could replace Mark Kelly in Senate if he becomes VP?

For the first time in a while, Arizona Democrats have a solid pool of leaders to replace U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly — if need be. It’s not crazy to look...

23.07.2024 20

Arizona Republic

Elvia Díaz

No vaccine? No public school. It should be that simple

Arizona lawmakers are alive today because their parents or grandparents were not gullible. They trusted science. Arizona lawmakers are alive today...

23.07.2024 6

Arizona Republic

Ej Montini

County supervisor candidate is more than her bluster

No one running for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is more bombastic and angry than Michelle Ugenti-Rita. The former state lawmaker has...

23.07.2024 8

Arizona Republic

Abe Kwok

My fear: Arizona won't elect a Black woman president

All indications point to Kamala Harris taking the Democratic presidential nomination, but she’s going to face massive hurdles here in Arizona....

22.07.2024 10

Arizona Republic

Greg Moore

Sen. Wadsack sped, got a ticket. That's not 'persecution'

The most eye-popping part of the latest news about Sen. Justine Wadsack, alleged criminal speeder, is not the way she tried to use her status as a...

22.07.2024 10

Arizona Republic

Laurie Roberts

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