Tucson Politics

  The Native American Rodeo is part of the rich tradition of the Arizona State Fair, with spectators and competitors from tribal nations across the country, but the AZNAR is no longer assisting in the rodeo, and not much is known about why the organization ended its involvement.

  Homophobic and transphobic language—such as calling queer people “groomers” or “pedophiles”—has become common at school board meetings, but it’s also pervaded Arizona candidates’ platforms looking to fill a space on local governing school boards in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.

  As a path for state-supported payments to private schools gains momentum across the country, the measures have sparked some controversy in states like Arizona, where parents have tried to use the voucher money for dune buggies and expensive Lego sets.

  Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the stark differences between herself and former President Donald Trump in what may be her last visit to Arizona before the 2024 general election.

  God, conservative values, immigration and Donald Trump were the main talking points at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Mesa on Wednesday, where former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, made his second appearance in Arizona in the day.

  Immigration remains at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election, with both candidates taking a tougher stance than in the past on the flow of migrants into the United States.

  With early voting underway, former President Barack Obama will visit Tucson next Friday to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as they seek election to the presidency.

  The head of Customs and Border Protection said his agency has "taken the fight" to criminal organizations, launching a combination of efforts targeting fentanyl smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border and attempting to mitigate the movement of people in the deserts between the border crossings.

  Kari Lake put on a masterclass in making lunacy sound like a mom's stove-side common sense. She seemed super together, so long as viewers didn't pay attention to the actual words coming out of her mouth. They were bat-guano nuts.

  Pinal County spent at least $150,000 on an independent audit of its primary election after a losing candidate claimed fraud, a county spokesperson said Thursday, and the audit came back completely clean.

  As Hurricane Milton slams into Florida, and North Carolina residents dig out from Hurricane Helene, Republicans are pushing claims – widely debunked – that federal disaster aid has been depleted because of illegal immigration.

  Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is projected to cost the state billions every year, with women forced out of the labor market as a result of inadequate reproductive health care, a new report says.

  Arizona restaurants are hoping voters will change the state’s constitution to let them pay servers and bartenders 25% less than the minimum wage, allowing them to pad their profit margins.

  Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego both tried to convince Arizonans on Wednesday that they were the only reasonable choice for the U.S. Senate, while accusing the other of extremism.

  Speaking within hours of each other in Tucson, JD Vance and Tim Walz laid out starkly different themes on Wednesday, offering contrasting takes on the border in campaign speeches in the vital swing state of Arizona.

  The abortion rights referendums in Arizona and other states with sizable Latinx populations are testing the long-held assumption that religion and traditional cultural norms make Latinas less supportive of the right to abortion.

  Now 30 years into a historic drought, the Grand Canyon State dragged itself through the hottest and driest monsoon season on record this year, which one expert called “hellish conditions.”

  Updated: Pima County officials are sending more than 486,000 ballots to voters Wednesday, kicking off early voting in this year’s presidential election.

  In their second and final debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election, Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel disagreed over a wide range of issues, including immigration, abortion and the economy.

  The rates that the county charges the city of Tucson to house inmates in the Pima County Adult Detention Center will rise in the upcoming fiscal year after the City Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement at the meeting Tuesday.

  Out of the 13 propositions on Arizona’s ballot this year, Proposition 140 stands to have the greatest effect on the state’s elections. Here’s how each type of statewide election currently works in Arizona, and how a “yes” vote on 140 would change that.

  The Gila River Indian Community celebrated a historic milestone in its work to provide solutions for water conservation and renewable energy by activating the first-ever solar-over-canal project in the country.

  On the eve of the launch of early voting in Arizona, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani will debate Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel on Tuesday night.

  A shift to a blue Arizona is a polarizing conversation in some LGBTQ+ circles — not among political divides but among those skeptical that anything will change for the better once it happens.

  The Gila River Indian Community celebrated a historic milestone in its work to provide solutions for water conservation and renewable energy by activating the first-ever solar-over-canal project in the country.