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Commission sends Hobbs candidates for her Supreme Court …
Dec 9, 2024 · Timmer said she encouraged commissioners to take the totality of a candidates’ application. “I’ve had experiences when I chaired the Pima County and Maricopa County commissions that people could get just so wowed by a terrific interview they would forget to look at their whole body of work and application and experience level,” Timmer said.
Corp Comm upholds contentious APS solar charge
Dec 17, 2024 · The Arizona Corporation Commission reaffirmed its decision to allow Arizona Public Service to impose a grid access charge on customers who use residential solar energy, despite solar advocates calling the charge discriminatory.
New Faces: Mark Finchem | Arizona Capitol Times
Dec 20, 2024 · Mark Finchem, former Republican candidate for secretary of state and longtime member of the House of Representatives, is making his debut in the state Senate representing Legislative District 1. Upon his return to the Legislature, Finchem, branding himself a “center right conservative,” said he’s focused on “security, transparency and integrity.”
Arizona election results delayed after a long ballot and a court …
Nov 6, 2024 · In Maricopa County, officials estimated on Tuesday night that they still had about 700,000 early ballots to process. Typically, in the first round of results at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, the county releases the results from all early ballots cast up to the Friday before Election Day.
Arizona lawmakers must prioritize progress over partisan agendas …
Dec 9, 2024 · What’s next? Before we can answer that, we need to take stock of what we had and did not have in place in 2024. We had the excitement! We had a sense of shifting momentum in Arizona, and we had significant funding focused on flipping the Legislature from a Republican majority to a Democratic majority.. We had the message to the people of Arizona: “Our plans for affordability will give you ...
Six candidates are running to represent county on CAP board
Sep 28, 2024 · 6 candidates are running for 5 seats on the 15-person board that oversees policy, rates & taxes for the CAP, the canal that brings water to Arizona communities.
Judges face increased scrutiny in upcoming election
Sep 23, 2024 · Johnson’s no-vote recommendation is based on her September 2022 ruling lifting an injunction on the 1864 abortion ban after the reversal of Roe v. Wade and finding the all-out ban to take precedence over the 15-week limit passed by the Legislature.. Gavel Watch advised against retaining Paton as her husband, Jonathan Paton, served on the Appellate Court Judicial Nominating Commission at the ...
Hobbs focused on Arizona issues, declines to join Dem governors ...
Nov 14, 2024 · “We’ll continue to make the case to the federal government of how they can support real border security in Arizona,” she said. But she would not say what steps she would take to prevent people from being deported in Arizona, which the incoming president said he will order on Day One of his administration in January.
Tax relief renters’ gain, cities’ loss | Arizona Capitol Times
Dec 13, 2024 · The measure still has the same language as the version she vetoed about landlords being required to pass along the tax savings to tenants. But it also includes a provision that says if there’s a civil suit, presumably filed by an unhappy tenant who believes he or she is being overcharged, the burden is on the landlord to show that none of the rent being charged is attributable to the levy ...