A political action committee run by a conservative political operative has spent thousands of dollars telling voters to support a “sham” Green Party candidate for governor who is facing two investigations for campaign finance fraud.  Risa Lombardo has been disavowed by the Arizona Green Party as a “sham” candidate. The Green Party called her a […]

The Anti-Defamation League filed a federal civil rights complaint against Paradise Valley Unified School District, accusing school officials of failing to address the antisemitic harassment of a teen girl.  In a 33-page complaint to the U.S. Department of Education, attorney Gregory D. Speier, who filed the complaint on behalf of the ADL, recounted a month […]

In a virtual “rally” call held by Arizona Republican hopefuls obtained by the Arizona Mirror, Republicans voiced concerns over their prospects on Election Day.  “I have to say, after we had a gangbusters start to the week, the drops today were quite less than I was hoping for,” Alexander Kolodin, a state lawmaker who is […]

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s definition of “medical frailty” illegally made it harder for certain people to be excused from Medicaid’s work requirement, a victory for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and the attorneys general and governors in 26 other states.  “This is a major victory that protects the most vulnerable, […]

As a veteran journalist and a Mexican-American, whenever a momentous event involving Latinos happens, I have a habit of turning to major news outlets to gauge — and, yes, judge — how long it takes them to notice and how prominently they play the story. It’s one of my ways of asking, on behalf of […]

Voters overwhelmingly favor a path to citizenship for the 15 million immigrants living in the country without legal status and believe that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign is hurting the economy, according to a new survey of voters.  A new report from Wave Polling and Research found that voters across the country, including in […]

Arizona was in the throes of anti-immigrant hysteria in 2010. The legislature enthusiastically passed the first major state laws targeting the undocumented, and Gov. Jan Brewer signed them. State and county officials locked up immigrants. They took them to the border and pushed them across. They denied them bail. They pulled drivers over because they […]

Local healthcare providers fear impending changes to Medicaid eligibility could leave hundreds of thousands of Arizonans without coverage, forcing people to delay care until they face health emergencies — resulting in overcrowded emergency rooms and higher costs, even for people with insurance.  The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that Republicans and Trump passed last year slashed […]

Faith leaders and an Arizona Supreme Court justice gathered at the state Capitol a week away from the midterm election to call for the respectful treatment of election workers.  Justice Maria Elena Cruz said she empathizes with election workers because, like judges, they endure vitriol from the public. She denounced the harassment of public servants […]

What if a plan to increase teacher pay and improve Arizona schools actually hurts our most vulnerable population — our students with special needs? I’m a mom to a child with Down syndrome. I am also an educator with nearly two decades of experience as a teacher and school administrator in both district and charter […]

Arizona’s top election official and attorney general have dropped their lawsuit asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to reinstate the voting rights of 25 people who were falsely flagged as noncitizens by a federal database. The resolution came after court-ordered mediation on Friday.  At the heart of the matter is the […]

All of the indicators suggest we are on the brink of a very large Democratic victory in the 2026 election. Not only is polling consistent and increasingly strong on this point, all of the non-polling indicators lead to the same observation. Of course. And individual polls often are. What gets publicly reported is a wide […]

The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission does not have the legal authority to overturn the secretary of state’s qualification of a candidate.  But it also said that it won’t stop the commission, which oversees the state’s public campaign finance system, from investigating whether three longshot candidates committed fraud […]

The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for early December in a case that could decide whether Arizona can require proof of citizenship to register to vote and if it can purge voter rolls prior to an election.  Earlier this year, the high court agreed to hear the 2022 case in which Mi Familia Vota […]

Arizona’s top election official and attorney general are asking a judge to force Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to reinstate the voting rights of 25 people who were falsely flagged as noncitizens by a database created by the Trump administration.  The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, comes […]

We’re in the midst of a data center boom, with 160 data centers in Arizona alone. At the same time, temperatures and utility bills have skyrocketed, with many Arizonans struggling to afford to cool their homes. Tech companies want us to believe we’re all benefiting from this data center boom, but rural communities are asking, […]

Arizona’s congressional Democrats are calling to repeal a federal plan that would spend billions on a school voucher tax credit, saying the Grand Canyon State’s universal voucher program is proof that public schools across the country will suffer.  The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans championed last year included a […]

The Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center went into a brief lockdown Wednesday afternoon due to “suspicious activity” that an election worker observed in a nearby building.  The lockdown happened at approximately 12:30 p.m., leading to the building being put on lockdown for about half an hour, according to a statement released by the Maricopa […]

A pair of Green Party candidates dismissed allegations they fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funding as a “black helicopter” conspiracy theory, but the director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court on Monday that investigators have already uncovered 17 voters who say they didn’t give money to help those candidates qualify. […]

Community advocates and city leaders are sounding the alarm over a federal push to make sweeping changes to the census, warning that those changes will make it harder to meet public needs.  Last month, the Census Bureau published a proposal to count only citizens and lawful permanent residents when the census is next collected in […]

An aircraft used for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda leaked fuel onto the runway at the Mesa Gateway Airport, temporarily closing it, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement pilot told air traffic controllers that his plane’s fuel gauge wasn’t working, according to audio reviewed by the Arizona Mirror.  “Can you send the trucks? We […]

Suspicious letters, some of which contained unknown substances, were sent to three of Arizona’s Democratic members of Congress, just days after the Secretary of State’s Office was evacuated because of an envelope filled with white powder.  In a joint statement, U.S. Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton said they were notified by the […]

Democratic U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton learned that the Department of Homeland Security was using a Federal Emergency Management Agency building as an immigration court, but when he went to inspect it, he was met with roadblocks.  “No. 1, there is no signage indicating this is an immigration court room,” Stanton told the Arizona Mirror in […]

If Republicans can’t hold on to a pair of legislative seats in a competitive and wealthy legislative district, Democrats could find themselves in control of the Arizona House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years. While Republicans labor to maintain the majority they’ve held in the chamber uninterrupted since 1966, Democrats see this […]