Tucson Politics

  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.

  Southwestern Arizona has a landscape that needs and deserves such permanent protection: the Great Bend of the Gila. Despite being nestled between the cities of Phoenix and Yuma, many people—including me until last year—don't know that this area is home to tens of thousands of petroglyphs and was a critical crossroads for different people.

  The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office corrected errors in its finalized primary election results after realizing it incorrectly determined which Green Party candidates will move on to the November election.

  Democrats in Arizona view the fight over reproductive rights as a key to victory in November. The strategy is front and center at the Democratic National Convention too.

  Arizona voters will have the final say on whether abortion should be a right in the Grand Canyon State in November after the Arizona Supreme Court shot down a last-chance attempt from abortion foes to prevent the question from appearing on the ballot.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18881032

A measure to expand abortion access will go before Arizona voters in November.

The state Supreme Court has rejected a bid by abortion opponents to block the issue from the ballot.

  "I love my country more than my party, said Stephanie Grisham, a former Tucson resident who was one of Donald Trump's "closest advisors" in the White House, as she endorsed Kamala Harris for president at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.

  Yassamin Ansari will represent the Democratic ticket for a West Valley congressional district in November, after a recount found that she beat out her primary opponent by less than 40 votes.

  On Tuesday, the Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments said they selected three nominees for Gov. Hobbs to choose from to fill a vacancy left after Judge Javier Chon-Lopez retired earlier this year.

  After months of anxiety over the presidential contest, Arizona Democrats basked in a far more optimistic vibe as the party’s national convention opened Monday.

  After months of anxiety over the presidential contest, Arizona Democrats basked in a far more optimistic vibe as the party’s national convention opened Monday.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40146332

  The federal judge's inherent powers supersede federal Civil Rules of Procedure, the 9th Circuit panel found.

  Donald Trump and JD Vance are headed to Arizona for rallies in Sierra Vista and Glendale, but his campaign still owes the city of Tucson nearly $82,000 from a campaign stop in 2016.

  The Hualapai Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management on August 16 challenging its approval of the The Big Sandy Project.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and his Democratic challenger, Kirsten Engel, have agreed to a televised debate later this month. Plus other scheduled debates in the Sentinel political calendar: