Clown sightings in Arizona: Are you concerned?

Schools in Mesa were on alert last month after a clown group threatened teachers and students on social media and on their personal cell phones.


Giffords, Kelly bring ‘Vocal Majority’ gun-control tour to Washington

WASHINGTON - In the five years since then-Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was critically injured in a Tucson shooting that killed six and wounded 13, Congress has been unable to pass gun reforms, her husband said Thursday.

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Voting groups welcome Maricopa County plan to cut poll wait times

WASHINGTON - Voting rights advocates Thursday lauded the final approval of a plan aimed at cutting lines and reducing wait times to no more than 30 minutes at polling places across Maricopa County, beginning with the Nov. 8 presidential election.


Michelle Obama campaigns in Phoenix in push to turn Arizona blue

PHOENIX – First Lady Michelle Obama campaigned Thursday as the Hillary Clinton campaign closer in Arizona, speaking of the power of hope to build human connections, show empathy for the strength of inclusiveness and acknowledge the hard work of Americans who struggle to improve their lives.


AZ officials work to make child support system more ‘holistic’

PHOENIX - For the last two years, Valley resident Robert Faas has lived without custody of his four children.


Poll: Arizona voters still split on Prop 205 to legalize marijuana

About half of Arizona voters still support Proposition 205, the ballot measure to relax legal restrictions on recreational marijuana use, but the percentage of those opposed increased by two percentage points in recent weeks, according to the most recent Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll.


Chelsea Clinton urges AZ voters to choose Hillary Clinton for US president

TEMPE – Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday spoke at a rally Arizona State University's Tempe campus where she talked about college tuition and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's college affordability plan.


Election 2016 reveals turmoil in white Christian America

PHOENIX – A vitriolic presidential race and a shrinking white Christian demographic in the U.S. have fractured the decades-old voting bloc of the religious right.


Arizona poll: Clinton leads Trump by five points with three weeks to go

Democrat Hillary Clinton now holds a five-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race in Arizona, though more than 20 percent of the state’s likely voters say they are undecided, according to the latest Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News Poll.


October 2016 Arizona poll data

The Arizona Republic, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Cronkite News partnered on a poll of registered Arizona voters conducted Oct. 10-15.

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October 2016 Arizona poll methodology

The Arizona Republic, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Cronkite News partnered on a statewide political poll in October. Behavior Research Center conducted the poll from Oct. 10-15. Using up-to-date voter registration lists, more than 1,200 live landline and cellphone calls were used to obtain an average of 811 valid responses from registered voters per question. The interviews were performed in English or Spanish.


August 2016 Arizona poll data

The Arizona Republic, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Cronkite News partnered on a statewide political poll in August.