Maricopa County to spend about $5 million on a new plane for MCSO

Maricopa County will spend around $5 million on a new Sheriff’s Office plane to hand over suspects arrested outside of Arizona. Officials say the plane used by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is almost 50 years old, with prisoners and crews sandwiched together, and the model’s fuel costs $3 per gallon. Jim Prindyville, chief financial […]

Citing threats, DWP seeks to spend up to $700,000 on private security for CEO

The chief executive of Los Angeles’ Water and Power Bureau asked the Utilities board to spend roughly $700,000 on private security for her, citing the increased threats of Pallisard’s post-fire threat. A five-member Water and Power Committee committee will decide Tuesday whether to approve CEO and Chief Engineer Janisse Quiñones’ one-year private security agreement. In […]

Maricopa County to spend nearly $500K on election systems audit

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan that would spend nearly $500,000 to audit the county’s election system. The board, which includes four Republicans and one Democrat, voted unanimously to spend $400,000 on an “comprehensive review of the county’s election process” by outside companies. County auditor Susan Adams said the independent audit […]

Special interests spend big to influence L.A. legislative races

The California State Legislature is poised to welcome its largest freshman class in more than a decade, and special interests are looking to decide which freshman voters will be sent to Sacramento in November’s election against Democrats. He is spending millions of dollars on Democratic campaigns. The independence movement, funded by big tech companies, labor […]