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Democratic State Rep. Kirsten Engel sits for an interview with Arizona 360 on May 22, 2019.

State Sen. Engel resigns from Legislature to focus on congressional race

Sep 8, 2021 Engel is one of a handful of Democrats running in the primary for the Second Congressional District.
Outside the Eloy Detention Center in Pinal County.

Where do the tens of thousands of people in Arizona's prisons fit in redistricting?

Sep 8, 2021 As Arizona prepares to redraw the boundaries of its political districts, some argue stuffing districts with prisons can be its own kind of gerrymandering.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Brnovich says City of Tucson can’t require COVID-19 vaccines

Sep 7, 2021 The Attorney General says the requirement violates state bans on vaccine mandates.
Sen. Mark Kelly tours Raytheon Missiles and Defense in Tucson. September 3, 2021

Kelly says better plan needed for Afghanistan withdrawal

Sep 3, 2021 The Arizona senator said things moved more quickly than expected.
Dr. Randall Friese announced a run for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Friese drops out of race for Tucson-area US House seat

Sep 3, 2021 Trauma surgeon was running to replace retiring Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick.
The Arizona Senate's contractors count ballots from Maricopa County inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during May 2021.

State fairgrounds charges Senate $128,074 for election review

Sep 1, 2021 Recount occupied coliseum for months.
The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

Former Arizona legislator pleads guilty to false tax returns

Aug 31, 2021 Keith Bee was a justice of the peace from 2007 to 2018.
Kyrsten Sinema

Sinema says she still opposes $3.5 trillion budget blueprint

Aug 25, 2021 The Democratic senator has objected to the plan's price tag.
Dr. Douglas Lowell is seen in this screen capture from a campaign video posted on YouTube. Lowell announced on August 24, 2021 he is running in the Republican primary in Arizona's second congressional district, where incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is retiring.

Tucson surgeon Douglas Lowell runs for Congress

Aug 24, 2021 Lowell vows to complete border wall, push "America First" agenda.
The Arizona Senate's contractors count ballots from Maricopa County inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during May 2021.

Arizona Senate GOP's 2020 election report delayed again

Aug 23, 2021 Senate GOP leader says several involved have contracted COVID-19.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation requiring workers to get a full dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

Aug 23, 2021 The mandate says employees from a variety of departements be fully vaccinated by late September.
File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Border by numbers: all Border Patrol sectors aren't equal

Aug 20, 2021 Data show who crosses the border depends on location.
The Arizona Senate's contractors count ballots from Maricopa County inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during May 2021.

Arizona county seeks reimbursement for new voting machines

Aug 19, 2021 Maricopa County demands state Senate pay $2.8M to cover the costs of replacing vote-counting machines used in Legislature's election review.
The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Legal settlement is a win for Pascua Yaqui voting rights.

Aug 18, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Understanding Lewy Body Dementia; and remembering NPR broadcaster Neal Conan through his love of comic books.
An Arizona mail-in ballot from the 2020 election.

Arizona initiative would require ID with mail ballots

Aug 17, 2021 Conservative groups and Republican lawmakers say they will ask voters to approve a voter-identification requirement for mail-in ballots.
The bridge over the Pantano Wash, at Broadway and Pantano on Tucson's east side.

Dozens of Arizona bridges in “poor” condition

Aug 12, 2021 New federal infrastructure dollars could help.

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