Arizona’s Attorney General indicted an out-of-state couple on December 2 for fraudulently siphoning off $110,000 in state taxpayer funds through 43 ghost/phantom school vouchers (ESAs). Ignoring the fraud, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne notified the State Board of Education 10 days later that the state would immediately issue funds for all expense requests … Read more
Here we go again. Earlier this year, thanks to actions spearheaded by the Arizona Attorney Generals Office and Arizona Land Department, Governor Katie Hobbs terminated the land leases of four Saudi owned farms for over pumping the local water supply in Butler Valley. Yesterday (December 11, 2024,) the Arizona Attorney Generals Office headed by Kris … Read more
In a play on the famous quote from Murder in the Cathedral when King Henry II of Britain, frustrated with Thomas Beckett, openly asks “will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?,” Democracy’s Docket’s head Marc Elias and his team, after watching Donald Trump’s Meet the Press Interview with Kristen Welker on December 8, … Read more
Finishing an election year that featured back-and-forths with the State Legislature, dealing with security threats against himself and staffers under him, and overseeing a statewide November election that included local bomb threats, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes discussed the achievements and challenges of 2024 along with the initiatives he would like to pursue in … Read more
Nanos certified as winner after recount in Sheriff’s race — “Pima County Superior Court judge Kyle Bryson announced the results of the General Election recount for the office of Pima County Sheriff, which was won by Democrat incumbent Chris Nanos. Nanos received 243,891 votes while Republican Heather Lappin received 243,410, a difference of 481 votes. Nanos received 31 more votes in … Read more