Local leaders: County ignoring input on supervisor districts
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...
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...
Failure to extend override could mean loss of 70 teachers, MUSD projects
Maricopa voters face a big decision Nov. 2.
While the off-year election may not shape national or state policies, it could be crucial to the...
Process to replace Roberts beginning slowly
Rep. Bret Roberts’ resignation from his Legislative District 11 seat in the Arizona Legislature has kicked off the process of naming his replacement, which...
Mayor: MUSD override critical to economic development
Quality schools help drive robust economic development in Maricopa. Literally, it is one of the most important factors businesses, retail establishments, CEOs, corporations and...
Independent commission sets local hearing on redistricting
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) is seeking resident participation in its first round of statewide public hearings beginning July 23 and continuing through...
$35M for Riggs Road overpass survives state budget process
A $35 million appropriation for a State Route 347 overpass at Riggs Road is part of the state's $12.8 billion spending plan, with most...
POLL RECAP: Election was a fraud, more than half say
The U.S. Congress is set Wednesday to officially approve the results of the 2020 presidential election results for President-elect Joe Biden. Meanwhile, President Donald...
Council members sworn in as Brown gets emotional sendoff
With new members being sworn in, Maricopa City Council paid emotional farewell to Marvin Brown Tuesday night. Brown is stepping down from the council...
Pinal County canvass shows 75% voter turnout
Pinal County had a record number of ballots cast in the general election and 75% voter turnout, according to Elections Director Michele Forney.
The county...
Ballot-counting completed in county, but election goes on
Pinal County is done counting ballots for an election that had 75% voter turnout.
Hanging in the balance of the final count was the race...
Councilmember-elect: Thank you, Maricopa!
By Amber Liermann
I am grateful for the opportunity to serve Maricopa and cannot wait to get to work on Day One!
I want to...
Leach named president pro tem of state Senate
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann announced she is appointing Sen. Vince Leach to the position of president pro tempore, or “pro tem.”
Leach represents Legislative...
Uncounted ballots dwindle in tight race for MUSD board
With only a ‘handful” of early ballots left to be counted, Jim Jordan now has a 14-vote lead over Tracie Armstead-Payton in the race...
Armstead-Payton widens lead over Jordan for MUSD Board seat
After another day of ballot counting, Tracie Armstead-Payton has taken a 49-vote lead over Jim Jordan in the race for Maricopa Unified School District...
Maricopans have their say in federal races
Pinal County still has 27,000 early ballots to count, with at least one update expected Saturday and a goal of finishing Monday. Provisional ballots,...
MUSD Board election sees flip in latest vote updates
The latest round of ballot-counting has altered the race for Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board.
Newcomer Tracie Armstead-Payton is vying with incumbent Jim Jordan...
County’s long count continues in historic election
The crew at Pinal County Elections Department counted 9,000 more ballots Thursday and expects to count 8,000 of the remaining 32,000 today.
In a post...
Vote count: Update still shows razor-thin race for MUSD board
Jim Jordan has widened his lead over Tracie Armstead-Payton to 10 votes in the race for a seat on the Maricopa Unified School District...
Liermann keeps steady lead in council race
Amber Liermann has maintained the lead she garnered early in Tuesday’s voting and is set up to be the newest member of the Maricopa...
In-person voting lifts GOP incumbents in District 11
While the big federal races garnered most of the attention on Election Day, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature were quietly hanging onto their majority...
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