Woman faces threats of legal action from candidate
Betty White is a retired homemaker, real estate agent and legal secretary. At 72, she's lived a quiet life in Maricopa, and that’s the...
O’Halleran, Sinema, Kelly react to Roe v. Wade reversal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down Roe v. Wade, effectively overturning a woman's Constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago.
The...
Pinal County Redistricting 2022 – It is important to Maricopa
Pinal County is currently going through a redistricting process to evaluate whether to modify current county districts. It’s important to understand why this is...
Nancy Smith selected new mayor by City Council
Nancy Smith, elected to the Maricopa City Council in 2014, and the wife of former Mayor Tony Smith, was selected as the city’s new...
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...
Pinal County, with heavy voting for GOP, tightened or decided state races
Pinal County was the difference between a total rout by Democrats seeking the highest federal and state offices and down-to-the-wire results in just about...
Primary vote reveals Trumpiest Maricopa community
When it comes to the highest concentration of Donald Trump supporters in Maricopa, the Province neighborhood takes the big red MAGA hat. Â
Pinal County election...
Pinal farmers bear brunt of water shortage
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. –Benjamin Franklin
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation declared in August the first-ever emergency water...
Maricopa in Congressional District that borders Utah
The new Congressional District 2 approved by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission puts Maricopa in an even larger district than the previous maps had.
The...
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...
Opinion: Prop. 469 would deliver better quality of life to Pinal County
We can improve the quality of life in Pinal County for years to come by voting YES on Proposition 469.
Among many other projects, the...
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...
City council to vote on final approval for Hogenes Farms
The Maricopa City Council will vote tonight whether to rezone 489 acres at the southwest corner of State Route 238 and Green Road from...
Chairman Miller: I’m Sorry
Dear Editor,
On the September 1, 2021, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors acting as the board of directors for the Public Health District meeting...
‘Come hell or high water:’ Despite defeat of Prop. 469, Martinez leads ongoing efforts...
Proposition 469 to improve transportation, most notably roads, across Pinal County was defeated in the General Election.
Still, processes are moving forward that could result...
Marsh comment to City Council candidate raises eyebrows
Maricopa City Councilmember Bob Marsh made a comment at the end of Tuesday’s City Council meeting that caught the attention of some in attendance.
“Mr....
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...
Challenger Eli Crane unseats 3-term Rep. Tom O’Halleran in U.S. House
Updated at 5:25 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2022.
Political neophyte Eli Crane, a former Navy SEAL, was on the verge on unseating three-term incumbent Tom...
Maricopa Council unanimously picks Manfredi as vice mayor
The Maricopa City Council selected Council Member Vince Manfredi as the city’s new
vice mayor Tuesday night, replacing Nancy Smith. Manfredi takes over the duties
effective...
Former MPD chief to run for sheriff
Maricopa’s first top cop now wants to be the county’s top cop.
Patrick Melvin, a Cobblestone resident, says he will run as a Democrat in...
O’Halleran: ‘I hate that we have to force people to take a vaccine’
Arizona Congressman Tom O’Halleran supports President Joe Biden’s order for mandatory COVID-19 vaccine rules for large companies but told InMaricopa in an exclusive interview...
Faulty signatures knock Wood out of LD-16 primary
It was a legal challenge to signatures in April that knocked Daniel Wood off the primary ballot.
Wood, a Republican challenger to incumbent state Sen....
Local leaders sound off on proposed redistrictingÂ
Monday’s open house to present Pinal County’s preliminary borders for the new supervisory districts elicited some strong opinions from local leaders about the proposed...
Q&A with Rep. Teresa Martinez of District 11
Teresa Martinez was recently selected by the Pinal County Board of Supervisors to replace Rep. Bret Roberts in Legislative District 11, which includes the...
Mayor Price’s resignation letter to city leaders, citizens
Mayor Christian Price announced April 28 on his Facebook page that he would step down, effective June 30, to take a position as CEO...
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...
Maricopa City elections limited to mail-in ballots
Pinal County officials have recently identified errors with early voting ballots resulting in missing or inaccurate city and town contests in some jurisdictions and...
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...
Maricopa leaders call out county supervisors for election problems
A group of Maricopa officials spoke out on the Primary Election issues plaguing Pinal County at Wednesday’s Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting and...
State Supreme Court nixes mask, vax bans
The Arizona Supreme Court today found several elements of the state’s 2022 budget, including a ban on face mask mandates in K-12 schools, violate...