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Posted Aug 10, 2021, 5:38 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. Census Bureau will release the population data that states need for redistricting four days earlier than expected, but it won’t change the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s schedule for drawing new congressional and legislative maps.... Read more»
Posted Aug 6, 2021, 10:07 am
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona Democratic lawmakers traveled to the nation’s capital this week to lobby members of Congress to pass voting and election reform legislation and end the Senate filibuster, which has prevented important reforms to Democrats from passing with a simple majority. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 22, 2021, 1:41 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has created a tool - available on its website - that allows people to map out their communities of interest, part of a survey to provide public input on what people would like to see from the redistricting process. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 22, 2021, 12:09 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
State Rep. Shawnna Bolick, who sponsored legislation earlier this year that would have allowed the legislature to reject voters' selection in presidential races, is running to become Arizona's top elections official.... Read more»
Posted Mar 4, 2021, 2:55 pm
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
Voter-protection bill faces uphill fight in the U.S. Senate after eeking through the House on a largely party-line vote.... Read more»
Posted Feb 2, 2021, 12:22 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Arlando Teller, D-Chinle, has resigned from his seat at the state legislature to work with the Biden administration. Teller’s role with the Biden administration had not been publicly announced. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 29, 2021, 3:46 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is taking another shot at passing legislation making it easier for some people to get their names off the state's sex offender registry.... Read more»
Posted Dec 29, 2020, 12:31 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A lawsuit filed Sunday in a Texas federal court by Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert, and several other Republicans including Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, are suing Vice President Mike Pence in one more attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election.... Read more»
Posted Aug 12, 2020, 2:52 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Supreme Court may have opened the door to allowing the legislature to overrule the Corporation Commission on renewable energy standards.... Read more»
Posted Jan 22, 2020, 2:00 pm
Jonmaesha Beltran
/Cronkite News
Criminal reform advocates are asking Arizona legislators to change laws that keep hundreds of formerly incarcerated people from voting and getting jobs. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 20, 2020, 4:50 pm
Jessica Myers
/Cronkite News
Arizona was identified as one of seven states where Democrats plan to “fight like hell” to turn the state government from red to blue in 2020.... Read more»
Posted Jan 22, 2019, 8:02 pm
Vivian Meza
/Cronkite News
The Asian-American population is growing faster than the Latino community and they, too, are struggling to break through.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 11, 2013, 5:17 pm
John C. Scott Show
Interviews with TUSD Boardmember Mark Stegeman, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, Tucson developer Richard Studwell, and Lea Marquez Peterson, CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.... Read more»