Clockwise from upper left: Rep. Matt Gress, Karen Gresham, Rep. Pamela Carter and Tammy Caputi. (Photos by Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 and submitted)
Schools, budgets and the balance of power frame the contest in a swing Scottsdale-area district
If Republicans can’t hold on to a pair of legislative seats in a competitive and wealthy legislative district, Democrats could find themselves in control of the Arizona House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years.
While Republicans labor to maintain the majority they’ve held in the chamber uninterrupted since 1966, Democrats see this year as their best chance ever…
Greg Stanton at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in Tempe in November 2016. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Arizona congressman demands answers on unmarked ‘pop-up’ immigration courts
Democratic U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton learned that the Department of Homeland Security was using a Federal Emergency Management Agency building as an immigration court, but when he went to inspect it, he was met with roadblocks.
“No. 1, there is no signage indicating this is an immigration court room…
(Photo by Miranda Faulkner/Cronkite News)
Advocates say Trump’s plan to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 census is unconstitutional
Community advocates and city leaders are sounding the alarm over a federal push to make sweeping changes to the census, warning that those changes will make it harder to meet public needs.
Last month, the Census Bureau published a proposal to count only citizens and lawful permanent residents when the census is next collected in 2030…
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