Rep. Andy Biggs (left), Ken Miceli, Scott Neely and Rep. David Schweikert debate in the 2026 AZ Clean Elections governor primary debate at Sneaky Big Studios in Scottsdale on June 17, 2026. (Pool photo by Diannie Chavez/The Arizona Republic)
In GOP governor debate, Biggs sets sights on Hobbs while Schweikert tries to slow him down
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs told Arizonans on Wednesday evening that he’s got the best chance of beating Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November.
Biggs’ chief opponent in the Republican primary for Arizona governor, U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, countered that he is the better, more moderate candidate to…
Some labor advocates say a provision in a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution could bar unions, like those that represent police officers and firefighters, from negotiating employment terms for government workers across Arizona. (Photo via Phoenix Fire Department/Facebook)
Arizona’s anti-AEA ballot measure could ban police, firefighter union bargaining, critics warn
Buried in a proposed constitutional amendment intended to destroy the state’s largest teachers union is language that advocates fear could ban all public sector labor unions in Arizona, including those that represent police officers and firefighters, from negotiating employment terms.
And if voters in November add the language to the Arizona Constitution, they say it could invalidate all existing labor agreements…
Warren Petersen in May 2025. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
‘Be ready to be deported’: GOP AG hopeful Petersen pledges to help deport Arizona Dreamers
Republican Warren Petersen vowed to help the Trump administration deport the more than 18,000 Arizonans who were brought to America as children and have federal protection if voters in November make him Arizona’s next attorney general.
In a terse exchange on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, Petersen and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes traded jabs over…
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