Senior advocate: City best served with transparent, experienced Manfredi on council
To the Editor:Â
I would like to take this opportunity to endorse current Interim Mayor Vince Manfredi for another term on the City of Maricopa...
Pinal supervisors put transportation tax back on November ballot
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted unanimously to place a new half-percent transportation excise tax on the ballot for the Nov....
Chapados: Re-elect Rich Vitiello to City Council
By Peg Chapados
Another election year is upon us, and the 2022 Maricopa City Council election is vitally important for the present and future of...
Porter Road traffic a hot issue for candidates
When parents are waiting to pick up their kids from the schools that sit along Porter Road, the traffic can get ugly in hurry...
Council candidates report campaign expenditures
Only one of the four incumbent candidates for Maricopa City Council has raised funds for his reelection effort, according to first-quarter campaign finance reports.
Vice...
Town Hall for City Council candidates scheduled
InMaricopa will host a Town Hall to help voters get to know the candidates wanting to represent them on the Maricopa City Council on...
Biggs: Cavanaugh is fiscal conservative in name only
By Braden Biggs
Supervisor (Kevin) Cavanaugh talks a big game about being a fiscal conservative and wanting a smaller government. However, his actions and the...
Vitiello: Results count, Maricopa
Thank you. It has been an honor and privilege in serving you, the residents of Maricopa since 2018. My family, friends and supporters know...
Biggs drops out of House race after legal challenge
The race for state House in Legislative District 16 has one less Republican candidate.
Braden Biggs, 29, who resigned his seat on the Apache Junction...
Primary brings big change for campaign sign placement
They’re coming. It’s inevitable.
Like a plague of locusts, campaign signs will soon invade the city, covering seemingly every square foot of available space for...
Candidates set for city council primary race
The field of primary election candidates for Maricopa City Council is set.
Four candidates – three incumbents and one challenger – filed paperwork and submitted...
Maricopa moves to District 1 in Supervisor District realignmentÂ
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Wednesday to place Maricopa in District 1, moving the city out of District 4, where it...
Supervisors take last round of comments on redistrictingÂ
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning to review and discuss the county's redistricting process for County Supervisor district boundaries.Â
At the meeting,...
Less than a day allowed for public comment on districtsÂ
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors will allow less than 24 hours for public input on the boundaries for the new county supervisor districts...
Local leaders: County ignoring input on supervisor districtsÂ
Several Maricopa city leaders say the Pinal County Supervisors are ignoring input from city leaders and citizens on the boundaries of the county’s new...
GOP candidates stepping forward for state races
The Republican slate of candidates for State Legislature to represent Maricopa is filling up less than six months shy of the August 2 primary...
Biggs to run for state house in LD 16
An Apache Junction city council member is resigning his seat to run for a spot in the Arizona Legislature in the newly reconfigured District...
County announces filing dates for school board candidates
The Pinal County School Office has made the official announcement of the dates potential candidates for school district governing boards in Pinal County may...
Public meeting, open house on Pinal County redistricting setÂ
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation at its Tuesday meeting regarding the proposed new voter precincts. The new districts will...
Pinal redistricting meeting in Maricopa Feb. 7th
Your chance to have your say!Â
Every ten years after a new Census is completed providing updated population data, Pinal County is required to revise...
Maricopa moves to LD16 in new legislative map
Maricopa, the largest city in Pinal County, will anchor a new and reconfigured legislative district beginning in 2023 after the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission...
Passage of MUSD override a boon to district
Passage of MUSD override a boon to district
The narrow – and for now, unofficial – passage of Proposition 457 will benefit students and the...
Final MUSD override election results not likely until next week
While preliminary results of the vote on the Maricopa Unified School District budget override bill show just 131 votes separating the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’...
Ballots still left to count on MUSD override
Results of the vote on the MUSD override bill will have to wait another day or two.
As of Tuesday night, the 'No' votes were...
MUSD override fate decided today
The fate of the Maricopa Unified School District’s current budget override will be decided today, as the deadline to receive ballots in the all-mail...
Redistricting may change Congressional races
Maricopa will move into a new Congressional district next year if the preliminary redistricting map put forth by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Thursday...
Pinal Supervisors select Martinez to replace Roberts in LD-11
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors selected Teresa Martinez to replace Rep. Bret Roberts in Legislative District 11 Wednesday. Roberts, who is moving to South...
Councilmember: Vote ‘yes’ for MUSD Override
By Councilmember Henry Wade
The citizens of the city of Maricopa were successful in supporting the approval of the 2016 Override. The current continuation, which...
Parent: Daughter example of Override success
By Angelia Ebner
My family has lived in Maricopa since 2005. We have seen tremendous growth and change. We are not only proud to be...
Manfredi: Override proved to be great investment, should continue
By Vincent Manfredi, Maricopa City Councilmember
In 2016, I asked Maricopa to take a leap of faith and institute a Maintenance & Operations Override for...