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The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County Recorder to head elections

Feb 28, 2023 The change may get the county in trouble with the state.
The Arizona Capitol building.

Arizona Republicans disavow wide-ranging bribery allegation

Feb 28, 2023 The allegations were first shared in a legislative hearing last week focused on elections.
Vista Transit buses in Sierra Vista. February 2023

Changes coming to public transit system in Sierra Vista

Feb 27, 2023 Routes are being consolidated and fares eliminated.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Senator announces formation of first-ever Black Caucus in Arizona Legislature

Feb 24, 2023 State senator Catherine Miranda made the announcement Monday afternoon.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

2nd Hobbs pick, head of Arizona child welfare agency, exits

Feb 24, 2023 Stewart had been at the helm for only six weeks. He was also the first Black director of the agency.
Cochise County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jacqui Clay (left) and Sierra Vista Unified School District board president Yulonda Boutte (right) celebrate the legacy of Connie Johnson (center) for her more than 50 years of service to the educational community in Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca.

Sierra Vista school district honors longtime member, educator for decades of service

Feb 24, 2023 Connie Johnson has been a schools and civil rights leader in the area since the late 1960s.
The Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower in Phoenix. January 2021.

Arizona governor vetoes bill eliminating tax on rentals

Feb 23, 2023 The state does not tax rent payments, but many local governments do.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise Supervisors continue expressing election concerns

Feb 23, 2023 Board members want the legal authority for 100% hand counts.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced his run for U.S. Senate. June 10, 2021

Brnovich staff: No evidence of widespread voter fraud

Feb 22, 2023 Report from September was witheld by Republican ex-AG
Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case

Feb 22, 2023 Jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death
Crews prepare to start demolition on the former Century Park 16 movie theater. The site falls within an area where land owned by the Pascua Yaqui tribe can make land it owns a part of its reservation.

Closed Century Park theater demolished for new Pascua Yaqui casino

Feb 21, 2023 Congress designates Old Pascua as tribal land.
Tempe Municipal Building

Tempe considers replacing street names tied to KKK

Feb 20, 2023 Names date back a century to when prominent Tempe residents were in the Ku Klux Klan.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks about "gaps in the border" during a press gaggle along the Southern Arizona border on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 in Hereford, AZ. During his trip, McCarthy emphasized the need for more hearings along the border and asked for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to visit and listen to locals.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits Southern Arizona border

Feb 17, 2023 This is McCarthy's first visit to the border in his new leadership role.
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake arrives to a former President Donald Trump rally, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz.

Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge

Feb 17, 2023 Lake vows to appeal the court's decision to the state supreme court.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, is flanked by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale, left, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, right, at Hobbs' state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.

Hobbs vetoes GOP-backed state budget

Feb 17, 2023 Bill would have extended current-year spending for the coming fiscal year.

DPS: Crash that closed I-10 likely caused by issue with truck driver

Feb 16, 2023 Officials also say toxic gas released in the crash has likely dissipated.

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