Native Voters Confront Ballot Issues and Find Help on a Busy Election Day Across Arizona

Attorney Diane Enos checks with voters to see if they are okay with their ballots Tuesday morning at the Salt River Tribal Recreation Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Image by Cheryl Evans/The Republic. USA, 2022. On Tuesday, voters gathered incessantly at the Polling Place of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community at the Tribal Recreation […]

Defeated Arizona hopeful Kari Lake sues Maricopa County election officials

Defeated Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign sued Maricopa County and its election officials, demanding the campaign’s public records request for Election Day malfunctions before the county authenticated the voting canvas on Monday. requested to respond. Maricopa County straddles the Phoenix area and accounts for about 60% of Arizona’s population. The epicenter of this […]

Arizona could nix food taxes and hurt poor residents even more

House Republicans are staunch advocates for Arizona’s poor and oppressed, embracing their inner curry lake and pushing plans to eliminate the city’s sales tax on food. “This is a no-brainer for me,” House Majority Leader Leo Biacicucci, who sponsored the bill, told the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. to help all Arizonans in […]

The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Debt ceiling fight escalates after limit reached

To view past editions of Hill’s 12:30 Report, click here. https://bit.ly/30ARS1U Sign up here to receive The Hill’s 12:30 report in your inbox. https://bit.ly/3qmIoS9 –> Midday views on what’s going on in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.* *teeth. Haha. Hahaha. smell. Haha. smell. I break down in hysterical tears. […]

Greenlee, Graham continue jobless claim drops

– David Bell Graff/Gila Valley Central Contributor: David Bell January 19, 2023 PHOENIX — 2022 ended strong when it comes to unemployment rates in Graham and Greenlee counties Greenlee County maintained its status as the state’s lowest unemployment county for the 13th straight month in December, with the unemployment rate down from 2.7 points in […]

Alleged smuggler charged with migrant’s death

The YCSO said it found the body of a 40-year-old Ecuadorian migrant in the Yuma County desert on September 6. WELTON, Arizona (KECY, KYMA) – Efrain Leyvas-Alvarez, 34, is now facing three felonies. He left a migrant to die in the desert just south of Mohawk and Interstate 8 last September, according to the Yuma […]

Kent Dodge | GilaValleyCentral.Net

Maricopa’s Kent Dodge passed away on November 5, 2020 at the Hospice of the Valley in Chandler, Arizona, surrounded by his wife and partner of more than 41 years, Kathy, and his children. He was born on his August 17, 1950, in Safford, Arizona, to Rex and Mildred (Micki) Dodge, joined by his older sister […]