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  Arizona voters will decide whether state judges should be awarded lifetime appointments, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday cleared a proposal to do just that for the November ballot.

  Arizona voters will decide whether state judges should be awarded lifetime appointments, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday cleared a proposal to do just that for the November ballot.

  The United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona can enforce part of a voter registration law that is being challenged in federal court, effectively allowing the state to bar legal voters from registering just about 10 weeks before the election.

  There were more Tucson connections — Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, Steve Kerr, Regina Romero — in the United Center spotlight than Bulls or Blackhawks because our 11 electoral votes loom large now that they are up for grabs. And that just might mean money. Lots and lots of money.

  Pima County’s last outstanding election of 2024 has been decided. In a recount that confirmed the final margin, Marana Councilwoman Roxanne Ziegler defeated her challenger, Melissa Zupi, by 14 votes.

  Tucson voters could be asked to OK a new half-cent sales tax at a March special election, to cover investments in public safety, affordable housing and parks, if the City Council moves ahead next month with a planned ballot measure.

  In 2020, Democrats were running against Trump’s record. Now they’re largely on defense as they co-opt some GOP rhetoric to deflect widespread concern about the border.

  Arizona Democrats are calling former President Donald Trump's planned visit to the Arizona border as nothing more than a photo op, after he blew up a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year.

  In 2024, the Arizona Democrats and Republicans both denied access to journalists, puzzling some delegates who said there was nothing sensitive – just the usual speechifying and daily pep rally.

  U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee visited Tucson last week to rally supporters for Kamala Harris’ White House run. "This election runs through here,” Lee told supporters at the Donna Liggins Neighborhood Center, on 6th Avenue on the edge of the Sugar Hill, a historically Black neighborhood.

  Pima County may face a federal investigation after the nonprofit that manages the Casa Alitas migrant shelters using millions in federal funding was found to be over-paying a laundry vendor owned by the mother of its director. Officials are stonewalling releasing records, and U.S. Rep. Ciscomani has demanded a probe.

  A federal judge granted the Hualapai Tribe's request for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, freezing an exploratory drilling lithium project in the Big Sandy River watershed near the tribe's sacred spring.