Prop 127’s potential to reshape Arizona energy has electrified supporters and opponents
PHOENIX – A proposition on Arizona’s Nov. 6 ballot would mandate that utility companies get more energy from renewable sources. The state’s largest power provider, APS, opposes it.
Reports show Senate race on track to be among state’s costliest
WASHINGTON - The race to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, could be one of the most expensive Senate races in state history, with the two leading candidates raising a total of $28.6 million through September and outside groups spending another $33 million on the race already.
Trump rallies Mesa crowd to support Republican McSally in tight Senate race
MESA – President Donald Trump told a crowd of thousands in a Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport hangar Friday night that a vote for U.S. Senate candidate Martha McSally would be the "second-best vote you ever cast." The greatest vote was for him, he said.
Trump threat to use military to close the border met with skepticism
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened to "seal the southern border" with troops if that's what it takes to stop the latest caravan of Central American migrants heading to the U.S., a tweet that was greeted skeptically in Washington where many saw it as a political ploy, not a policy statement.
Who pays? Who knows? Air Force One campaign trip costs hard to gauge
WASHINGTON - Presidents fly Air Force One for official business as well as campaign events, like Friday's rally in Mesa, but political parties are supposed to pick up the tab - at $140,000 an hour - for political trips. That's something watchdog groups say is hard to track.
Repeating history: McSally’s treason accusation is tried-and-true political tactic
TEMPE – Political opponents are increasingly hurling accusations of treason at one another, a history professor said one day after Republican Martha McSally flung the word at Kyrsten Sinema in their only debate for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona. Sinema called the accusation “ridiculous.”
Trump will visit Arizona for the first time since contentious 2017 rally
PHOENIX — President Donald Trump plans rally on behalf of Senate candidate Martha McSally on Friday in Mesa, his first visit since the aftermath of a downtown Phoenix rally led police to deploy rubber bullets on a crowd of protesters.
McSally, Sinema stress voting records during their only Senate debate
PHOENIX – Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema attacked each other’s voting records during a live debate Monday night, 22 days before Arizona is elects one of them to the U.S. Senate.
Senate, House take early recess as contentious midterm elections loom
WASHINGTON - The Senate left for its October recess two weeks earlier than planned Thursday, following the lead of House members who went home early to dive into their re-election campaigns as contentious midterm elections loom.
Kyl presses Nielsen on weekend release of migrant families from custody
WASHINGTON - Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, acknowledged the "enormous strain" that border officials are under, but still pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for answers after the release of hundreds of migrant families in southern Arizona this weekend.
Oops or Shine On? Phoenix program helps residents recycle better
PHOENIX – A recycling program launched this month gives residents individualized feedback on what they can and cannot recycle.
Flake, Kyl join razor-thin majority to put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Arizona Sens. Jeff Flake and Jon Kyl fell in line with other Senate Republicans Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins as protests continued inside and outsde the Capitol and at the court..
