The Payson town attorney has ruled a town council candidate violated campaign finance rules when running for office and must pay to remedy the situation. Read more
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A sweeping effort by Congress to make it easier to vote and force disclosure of dark money spending in elections drew sharply different reacti… Read more
Republicans and Democrats continue to battle over whether to restrict or broaden voting in Arizona, with the Republicans in firm control of bo… Read more
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information regarding the death of one officer after the Capitol riots. Police now s… Read more
Republican lawmakers in Arizona worried about potential voter fraud have introduced a host of bills that will make it harder to vote. Read more
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar remains at the heart of a growing battle within the Arizona Republican Party over allegations of election fraud, elect… Read more
In a stark contrast, the two congressional representatives representing northern Arizona have taken opposite positions on the demonstrations t… Read more
Arizona judges have repeatedly ruled against Republican claims of election fraud, but that hasn’t prevented Rim Country representatives from d… Read more
Two northern Arizona Republicans are hyping the largely speculative evidence of election fraud, echoing President Donald Trump’s claims the el… Read more
Once largely Democratic, Gila County has seemingly completed its transition to a bastion of the Republican Party. Read more
Stark differences separate the District 6 legislative candidates when it comes to preventing wildfires from swallowing up forested communities. Read more
Arizona’s dealing with a record-breaking crush of early ballots. Read more
Stark differences have emerged among three of the six state legislative candidates when it comes to efforts to control COVID-19. Read more
State Senate candidate Wendy Rogers makes no apologies about being a “charter member” of Oath Keepers, a militia-like organization that claims… Read more
Dark money groups continue to dominate spending in the crucial District 6 state House and Senate races, according to the latest figures filed … Read more
More than half the state budget goes to education — both K-12 schools and universities. Read more
A whopping 60% of voters support school-boosting Proposition 208 according to a recent poll — but Gov. Doug Ducey last week blasted the measure. Read more
Arizona’s education sinkhole is awfully deep. Read more
Gila County has only four contested races going into the Nov. 3 general election — two supervisor seats, sheriff and treasurer. Read more
Gila County is seeking a bond issue to pay off a $15.6 million debt to the state retirement system for sheriff’s deputies, detention officers … Read more
Payson Town Council candidates Deborah Rose and Jolynn Schinstock met one-on-one in a forum Wednesday, Sept. 30. Held at the Messinger Payson … Read more
State legislative candidate Brenda Barton made an impassioned plea for the Second Amendment, school choice and teaching Christian moral princi… Read more
Given the number of pro-Trump signs posted at homes in Payson, it may come as a surprise that President Trump’s latest visit to Arizona comes … Read more
Senate Republicans failed on Thursday to approve a “skinny” COVID-19 stimulus bill, even as the jobless numbers stalled and economic impacts p… Read more
Congressman Tom O’Halleran issued a statement saying he’s “outraged” by the Republican Senate’s refusal to respond to House Democrat’s passage… Read more
The high court overturned a Superior Court judge’s ruling that the 100-word description of the Invest in Education ballot measure on the top o… Read more
Art Babbott figures George Washington was right. Read more
A strong turnout in the primary could spell trouble for Republicans in the general election — and an avalanche of political ads in Rim Country… Read more
