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AZ GOP Leaders: ‘Senator Mark Kelly crossed a line — and Arizona lawmakers aren’t staying quiet’

November 28, 2025 12:22 pmNovember 28, 2025 12:22 pm

A coalition of Arizona Republican lawmakers, joined by Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh and several current and former legislators with military backgrounds, issued a sharply worded letter on Monday accusing U.S. Senator Mark Kelly of...

AZ Rep Hamadeh Introduces Bills to Exempt Military Pay from Income Taxes

November 25, 2025 12:07 pmNovember 25, 2025 12:07 pm

Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) has introduced two pieces of legislation to exempt military and veterans’ pay and retirement pay from income taxes, the Service Members Tax Relief Act and the Tax Cuts for Veterans Act....

Senator Mark Kelly Faces Court-Marshall After Department of War Launches Review of ‘Serious Allegations of Misconduct’

November 24, 2025 12:09 pmNovember 24, 2025 12:12 pm

On Monday, the Department of War, led by Secretary Pete Hegseth, announced it is reviewing “serious allegations of misconduct” against Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) that may result in court-martial proceedings after he and five other Democratic lawmakers urged the military...

Former AZ Rep Austin Smith to Be Sentenced for Petition Forgery

November 20, 2025 10:12 amNovember 20, 2025 10:12 am

Former Arizona State Representative Austin Smith, a Republican who represented Legislative District 29 from 2023 to 2025 and a former senior director at Turning Point Action, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 6, 2026, after pleading guilty to charges...

AZ Senate President Signals Impeachment Readiness Amid Pay-to-Play, Prosecutorial Allegations Against Hobbs and Mayes

November 18, 2025 8:19 amNovember 18, 2025 8:28 am

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen escalated the political stakes in Phoenix on Friday, declaring that Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes now face “disturbing allegations” of impeachable conduct. In a sharply worded post on X, Petersen said:...

Report: California Ranks Second In Medicaid Births

November 17, 2025 3:39 pmNovember 17, 2025 4:13 pm

A recent report (see below) using data from 2023 reveals that California ranks second to Texas in the percentage of Medicaid births. 41 percent of all births in 2023 were financed by Medicaid in California. Nearly 15 million children and...

AZ Rep Hamadeh Urges DOJ to Investigate Democrat Attorneys General Association

November 17, 2025 11:43 amNovember 17, 2025 11:43 am

Congressman Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08) is calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate allegations of a bribery and prosecutorial misconduct scheme involving the Democrat Attorneys General Association (DAGA) and the States United Democracy Center (SUDC) cofounded by attorney Marc...