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Weekender: Whitewashing voting rights

May 2, 2026

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Weekender: Whitewashing voting rights

SCOTUS just gutted the Voting Rights Act provisions and unleashed a redistricting tsunami that will all but wipe out districts where Black and Brown voters have political agency

Jim Small
Jim Small
Applying pressure

May 1, 2026

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Applying pressure

ICE overcrowding may violate a lease agreement, which poses an actual economic threat on the owners of a building that houses a controversial ICE facility

Jim Small
Jim Small
Here comes the GOP budget

Apr 30, 2026

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Here comes the GOP budget

AZ House Republicans passed their budget on Wednesday and the Senate is set to do the same on Thursday. The governor's veto pen is ready.

Jim Small
Jim Small
Welcome to the (political) theater

Apr 29, 2026

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Welcome to the (political) theater

Republicans plan to pass their budget this week, knowing full well it's doomed. They act like they have all the leverage, but do they really?

Jim Small
Jim Small
Trumping local control

Apr 28, 2026

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Trumping local control

Mesa told ICE to fix its overcrowding back in January, but the city says it's powerless to enforce its own local fire codes against the federal agency

Jim Small
Jim Small
Suprise lawsuit

Apr 27, 2026

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Suprise lawsuit

AG Kris Mayes is suing the Trump administration to block an ICE detention facility in Surprise, citing novel claims in the hopes of avoiding federal supremacy claims

Jim Small
Jim Small
Weekender: Drill, baby, drill

Apr 26, 2026

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Weekender: Drill, baby, drill

Groundwater rules were illegally changed, a judge ruled, clearing the way for groundwater wells in the Phoenix area to provide water to housing developments that have been stalled for years

Jim Small
Jim Small
(Another) GOP election challenge fails (again)

Apr 24, 2026

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(Another) GOP election challenge fails (again)

Arizona courts continue to reject lawsuits by Trump-aligned groups to overturn how elections are administered

Jim Small
Jim Small
Melting ICE

Apr 23, 2026

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Melting ICE

Pima County defends its policy to limit ICE use of government property and Americans shot by ICE beg Congress to do something

Jim Small
Jim Small
Baseline Killer's bombshell claims

Apr 22, 2026

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Baseline Killer's bombshell claims

Mark Goudeau was convicted of being the Baseline Killer. In his latest appeal, his wild claims include the cops framing him -- and that he's intellectually disabled

Jim Small
Jim Small
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