A poll released Wednesday shows Mitt Romney with a 7-point lead over President Obama in Arizona. In the U.S. Senate race, Richard Carmona trails his rivals, but leads among voters who know enough about him to have an opinion.... Read more»
From 2001-2011, legislators spent an extra 455 days in office—over four extra years.... Read more»
A leading pain advocacy organization shuts down ahead of an investigation launched by the Senate Finance Committee into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them.... Read more»
Listening to Ron Barber and Richard Carmona, you’d think they were the most conservative Democrats on the planet. Why is that important? Obama’s low approval ratings don’t provide much in the way of coattails for candidates to grab on to. Instead, in Arizona, the president has adopted a strategy from NASCAR: drafting.... Read more»1
When opening their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News Service review found.... Read more»
Don Bivens ended his U.S. Senate bid Wednesday, a move intended to unify the party behind former Surgeon General Richard Carmona. But observers say Carmona still has his work cut out for him in the general election.... Read more»
Don Bivens, a former chair of the state party, has dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate from Arizona. The move leaves former Surgeon General Richard Carmona as the lone Democrat running to fill the seat.... Read more»
John S. Leonardo, who just stepped down from the Pima Superior Court bench, was nominated Wednesday to be Arizona’s U.S. Attorney. President Obama noted Leonardo’s “distinguished and impressive” career in sending his name to the Senate.... Read more»
Rosemary Marquez’s nomination to a judgeship on the backlogged U.S. District Court for Arizona has languished nine months without a hearing, even as other nominees have breezed to confirmation.... Read more»
The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmed Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Hurwitz’s nomination to a federal appeals court Thursday..... Read more»
All four candidates jockeying for Jon Kyl’s U.S. Senate seat – even the ones who spent years inside the Beltway – are campaigning as Washington outsiders.... Read more»
Take the Senate seat being left by Jon Kyl, add a long primary season with four attractive candidates, in a red state that could be in play in this presidential election year, and you have the elements for a costly, long and bruising election.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - We tackle the week’s top stories on the Reporter’s Roundtable with Mark B. Evans of TucsonCitizen.com and Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News. Next, it’s the Friday Focus with U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl.... Read more»
Republican Jeff Flake has a clear lead over both Democratic candidates in a new poll, which shows that the congressman has more name recognition than former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona.... Read more»
Arizona’s presidential primary race is close, with Mitt Romney having a slight lead over Rick Santorum, 36-33 percent. Newt Gingrich is third with 16 percent of GOP primary voters, and Ron Paul trails at 9 percent, a new poll shows.... Read more»8
Nuclear experts have told Congress that a loophole in a bill meant to limit the use of bomb-grade uranium in medical isotopes could undo years of work to curb the risk of a terrorist nuclear bomb.... Read more»
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