Voter Register Deadline: Sign Up To Vote by Midnight Tonight if You Want To Cast a Primary Ballot

by Jim Nintzel on July 6, 2020 at 1:15PM

Today is the last day to register to vote in the Aug. 4 primary election. Early balloting begins Wednesday, July 8.

Why Isn't Martha McSally Outraged Over the Russian Bounty Scandal?

by Aaron Marquez on July 5, 2020 at 6:26PM

I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 as a Civil Affairs Team Leader in Mazer-e Sharif. I patrolled the rural Afghan villages of Chimtal and Chahar Bolak, leading reconstruction projects in these communities during a time I thought was the twilight of the war.

On the Next July 4, Let's Make Sure We Still Have the Country our Founders Entrusted to Us

by Mort Rosenblum on July 4, 2020 at 12:38PM

To all of this, add Trump’s assertion—repeated again this week—that the Covid-19 he has thwarted better than any other leader will magically disappear. I write this from Arizona, now a champion super spreader with a governor who still refuses to follow medical guidance.

Happy Independence Day!

by Jim Nintzel on July 4, 2020 at 8:07AM

Arizona business leaders have high hopes as USMCA takes effect

by Blake Freas/Cronkite News on July 2, 2020 at 2:00PM

A U.S. Trade Representative fact sheet said exports alone totaled $9.7 billion, with $2.2 billion in goods to Canada and $7.5 billion to Mexico, the state’s largest trading partner. When services are added in, total exports from the state were $11.3 billion, according to the Business Roundtable.

He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.

by ProPublica, Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo on July 2, 2020 at 1:00PM

Amy Patrick, a Houston forensic structural and civil engineer and court-recognized expert on wall construction, said she worries about its stability long-term. “They are relying on a very shallow foundation to prevent overturning and then not taking care to ensure the bank on the Rio Grande side of the fence does not erode,” said Patrick, who has questioned the engineering viability of border walls generally along the southern border.

‘Help is on the way’: Pence makes house call to Arizona amid COVID-19 surge

by Cronkite News, Caleb Bouchy on July 2, 2020 at 11:30AM

State health officials report that 89% of the state’s intensive care unit beds were full as of Tuesday, leaving 187 ICU beds for future patients. Additionally, 85% of inpatient beds are in use, leaving 1,140 beds unused statewide.

Claytoonz: Trump's Symbol of Hate

by Clay Jones on July 2, 2020 at 8:30AM

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Rec. Marijuana Initiative Files 420,000 Signatures to be Included on Nov. 3 Ballot

by Austin Counts on July 1, 2020 at 4:30PM

Pearson said signature collection efforts were going "exceedingly well" before the pandemic—they had already collected 300,000 by the time COVID-19 hit the states—but to reach their symbolic goal of 420,000 signatures, Pearson said they had to get creative to continue collecting. "It was going exceedingly well and then the world changed in March and we so we had to figure out a way to close the gap between 300,000 and 420,000 signatures," Pearson said.

Has the IRS Hit Bottom?

by ProPublica, Paul Kiel on July 1, 2020 at 1:00PM

In certain areas, the IRS has been trying to make up for some of the lost ground. Last month, for instance, the agency was embarrassed by a scathing inspector general report that hundreds of thousands of wealthy taxpayers had been allowed to skip filing taxes altogether without consequence.