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Better understanding the motivations of top-dollar donors.

Here's how much money candidates for governor have raised and spent so far

Jan 17, 2022 Leading candidates spent more than $5 million before 2022 even began.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks to members of the media Oct. 4, 2017 on the University of Arizona campus.

Gov. Ducey proposes $14.25 billion state budget

Jan 14, 2022 Plan calls for earned income tax credit and socking an additional $425 million in the state's rain day fund.
File image of a voting sign outside of a polling place in Tucson.

Pima County attorney closes investigation of 151 voters who cast multiple ballots

Jan 14, 2022 Investigation revealed ‘genuine confusion,’ not ‘conspiratorial acts,’ county attorney says.
Kyrsten Sinema

Sen. Sinema dashes Democrats' hope to change the filibuster

Jan 13, 2022 Sinema said she supports the voting rights bills under consideration but added she is unwilling to change her position on the filibuster for them to pass.
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry. August 2021.

Huckelberry recovering at home

Jan 10, 2022 The county administrator was injured in October while biking in Tucson.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey delivers his State of the State address at the State Capitol on January 14, 2019.

Ducey says water, education, border are key themes of final state of the state address

Jan 10, 2022 Legislature convenes today facing a pandemic, drought and looming cuts to public schools.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Legislative leaders on the 2022 session

Jan 7, 2022 The Buzz examines how water, education, the budget and more could define the session.
The Arizona Senate's contractors count ballots from Maricopa County inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during May 2021.

Cyber Ninjas faces fine over Arizona election review records

Jan 7, 2022 A judge says he will fine the contractor $50,000 a day if the firm doesn’t turn over public records from the unprecedented inquiry.
Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Deadline expires for Arizona to update election procedures manual

Jan 4, 2022 AG, SOS could not agree on changes in time for 2022 election.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Republican lawmakers eye tax cut changes to avoid referendum

Jan 1, 2022 Lawmakers are getting ready for their annual session which begins next week.

Arizona court upholds decision to not release COVID records

Jan 1, 2022 An appeals court says not all COVID records are public.
Twenty-dollar bills.

Navajo council votes to send big checks to tribal members

Dec 31, 2021 The money comes from coronavirus relief funds.
President Donald Trump greets the crowd at his rally at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in October 2018.

Trump schedules Jan. 15 rally in Arizona

Dec 31, 2021 The former president was last in Arizona in July.
Traffic on Congress Street.

New specialty license plates put Arizona's lineup over 80

Dec 30, 2021 Most of the plate's extra cost goes to charity or a non-profit.

Agencies step up enforcement on highway known for chases

Dec 25, 2021 The road is the main route between Phoenix and Las Vegas
One of four cactus ferruginous pygmy owls to be born at the Phoenix Zoo, 2019.

Pygmy Owl may get protection again

Dec 24, 2021 The federal government wants to list ferruginous pygmy owl as a threatened species.

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