Arizona’s attorney general determined on Monday that Tucson can hold an election in the summer, despite a state law that suggests such issues must be decided in the fall.

While most of the focus in Arizona recently has been on last week’s presidential preference election, there’s another election going on that could have wide-ranging effects on many residents’ everyday lives.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is asking a court to swiftly determine what damages she owes in a defamation suit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer rather than take the case to trial.

A “fake elector” who tried to assert that former President Donald Trump won Arizona in 2020 says Democrats are trying to imprison him, but he’s honored for the role he played.

The law requires the disclosure of the original sources of money for expenditures of at least $50,000 to statewide campaigns.

Republican state lawmakers want to give individuals and organizations that oppose citizen initiatives a chance to challenge those proposed laws in court before the measures appear on ballots.

A coalition of groups supporting a ceasefire in Gaza say that although President Joe Biden won Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election in Arizona, he will lose in the general.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump cruised to victory in Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election on Tuesday. With 80% of results in, Trump had secured 78% of the GOP vote, while Biden garnered over 89% of votes in the Democratic race.
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NPR politics reporter Ximena Bustillo joined The Show to talk about how Arizona will fit into the national political landscape in 2024.