On a chilly, cloud-covered Thursday morning at the Arizona Capitol, hundreds of wellwishers and spectators gathered to watch the ceremonial swearing in of the state's newly elected top officials, including Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. Read more»

Katie Hobbs and four other victors in November’s Arizona elections were sworn into office in a private ceremony Monday, ushering in a new set of priorities and vision for the state and setting the stage for contentious battles with the GOP-controlled legislature. Read more»

Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs has picked Dr. Theresa Cullen, Pima County health director, to lead the state Department of Health Services. Cullen has spent 35 years working in public health and took the helm in Pima County in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more»

An overwhelming majority of Arizona voters trust elections and don’t want to see baseless challenges to their outcomes - a resounding consensus that is a stark contrast to the narrative of election deniers that has come to characterize the state. Read more»

"For the first time in memory, as a lifelong Republican, I cannot vote for or endorse any of the federal or state candidates in Arizona my party put on the ballot this election." — Dick Walden Read more»

The state of the Arizona governor’s race became a bit clearer on Saturday as candidates submitted campaign finance reports for all of 2021 - for some, it was an opportunity to showcase big bankrolls as the race heats up and for others, a moment of truth. Read more»

Buoyed by Donald Trump’s endorsement, Arizona Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, a former Fox 10 anchor, raised nearly $1.5 million since kicking off her campaign in June. Read more»

Republican gubernatorial hopeful and developer Karrin Taylor Robson announced that she raised $3.7 million for her campaign in 2021, with half coming out of her own deep pockets. Read more»

Arizonans have little reason for being excited about the 2022 election, even though the results of next year’s vote could mean the difference between saving or undoing our nation’s democracy. Read more»

Since Kari Lake left Fox 10 as a news anchor in March, she’s become a phenomenon: shooting into the lead in the Arizona gubernatorial primary and surging to the front of the field with a populist conservative message and 27 years’ worth of name ID from her career in television. Read more»

Kari Lake has carried the mantle of Donald Trump as she has surged to the forefront of the Republican primary for governor, and she now gets to carry the former president’s endorsement, as well. Read more»

Reactions to President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 vaccine mandate fell sharply along partisan lines in Arizona, with outraged Republicans demanding legal action against what they deemed a tyrannical policy and Democrats, though largely quieter, supportive of the policy. Read more»

Supporters of Arizona's 'audit' have repeated Doug Logan's statement that 74,243 mail-in ballots were counted that had “no clear record of them being sent” - yet he had records for months showing that almost every one of those voters legally cast a legitimate ballot at an in-person early voting center. Read more»

State Rep. Aaron Lieberman is running for Arizona governor, joining Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and former mayor of Nogales and director of the old Arizona Department of Commerce Marco Lopez in an increasingly crowded Democratic primary field. Read more»

Businessman Steve Gaynor, the Republican nominee who lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the 2018 race for secretary of state, is now setting his sights on a higher office, throwing his hat into the ring for Arizona governor and adding to an already crowded GOP field. Read more»