Author: Madeline Armstrong | The Center Square, Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – An unnamed member of the California Legislature has been accused by the DOJ for soliciting and accepting bribes up to $200,000 in a scheme involving bribes in exchange for a Baldwin Park politician’s vote over the city permitting cannabis process. This person is referred to as “Person 20,” and described in…

(The Center Square) – Maricopa County voters are being contacted after roughly 20 mail-in ballots were destroyed in a mailbox fire. The Phoenix Fire Department received a report around 1 a.m. of mailbox fire outside a U.S. Postal Office in the area of 3900 North 7th Avenue. The fire was put out and after the…

(The Center Square) – Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance descended on Arizona two weeks before election day to encourage voters to vote for former President Donald Trump. He spoke at two rallies, one in Peoria and one in Tucson, emphasizing the fact that Arizona is a critical swing state. “I think we could win Arizona…

(The Center Square) – Arizona’s Republican legislators are requesting a writ of certiorari, requesting that SCOTUS review a ruling from last month from the Ninth Circuit panel of judges out of San Francisco allowing two transgender teenage girls to play on girls’ school sports teams. Arizona’s Legislature enacted the Save Women’s Sports Act (SWSA) in…

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Republican Party and Latino Americans for Trump hosted an event Friday afternoon rallying Hispanic voters behind former President Donald Trump. Also in attendance was Rep. Steve Montenegro. “Kamala Harris’ failed policies have crushed Hispanic communities across Arizona,” reads a statement from Jaime Florez, the Trump Campaign Hispanic communications director.…

(The Center Square) – Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz ruled today that a proposition that would establish open primaries in Arizona will have the opportunity to be voted into law by Arizonans, even though almost 40,000 voter signatures have been invalidated. Even though ballots have already been printed with the proposition on it,…

(The Center Square) – Maricopa County residents will have to decide in November who they want to be Maricopa County sheriff. However, the choice may be difficult, as both candidates have pasts of law enforcement misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to defying federal court orders. Democrat Tyler Kamp Democratic Candidate Tyler Kamp, a former Phoenix…

(The Center Square) – Affordable housing is among Arizonans’ top priorities this election season according to a recent poll by Noble Predictive Insights. It is a topic that both parties claim to address. The poll was conducted between Aug. 12-16, surveying 1,003 registered voters in Arizona and yielding a 3.09% margin of error. “For most…

(The Center Square) – Vice presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. JD Vance focused on border security and the fentanyl crisis during his second visit to Arizona, where he held rallies in both Mesa and Phoenix on Wednesday and Thursday. Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake appeared before Vance at a rally hosted by the conservative…

(The Center Square) – An overwhelming number of Arizonans support greater security at the southern border, according to recent polling done by Noble Predictive Insights. With the presidential election coming up in November, Arizonans will not only have the chance to vote for their local legislators, but to vote in laws proposed on the ballot…