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Senate GOP Taps Former Justice Gould, Shifts Hobbs Pay-to-Play Probe After Hoffman Scrutiny

September 23, 2026 10:34 amSeptember 23, 2026 10:37 am

Arizona Senate Republicans have appointed former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould as special counsel in their investigation of alleged “pay-to-play” dealings involving Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sunshine Residential Homes, transferring the inquiry from the Government Committee to the Appropriations...

Aaron Ford’s Path to the Nevada Governor’s Mansion Runs Through ActBlue And Airports

September 22, 2026 2:42 pmSeptember 22, 2026 2:54 pm

With early voting in Nevada’s governor’s race beginning Oct. 17, Attorney General Aaron Ford is spending September on a coast-to-coast fundraising tour—New Orleans, New York, Dallas, and Charleston—instead of delivering a closing argument at home against Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo....

Poll: Majority of Democrats Would Cheer a Military Coup Against Trump; Nearly One-Third Support Assassination

September 22, 2026 10:29 amSeptember 22, 2026 10:32 am

A new survey of Democratic voters finds large majorities open to extra-constitutional and even lethal methods of removing President Donald Trump from office before the end of his term, results that reveal the Democratic rhetoric about “saving democracy”as cover for...

My HOA Just Out-Governed the State of California

September 21, 2026 5:19 pmSeptember 21, 2026 5:19 pm

I have lived in Ladera Ranch since 2008, long enough to coach youth rugby on the same fields where half the neighborhood’s kids grew up, the same fields that host our Spring Celebration, our Harvest Festival, and our Fourth of...

Rideshare Driver Charged With Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl Was Released After Arizona Border Crossing, DHS Say

September 21, 2026 2:26 pmSeptember 21, 2026 2:26 pm

A Guinean national charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage rideshare passenger in Maryland crossed illegally into Arizona in December 2023 and was released by Border Patrol during the Biden administration, according to DHS information reported by Fox News...

Tahoe Officials Face a Cluster of Criminal Cases Across the State Line

September 21, 2026 1:55 pmSeptember 21, 2026 1:55 pm

The California-Nevada line at Lake Tahoe is supposed to separate two governments. This month it has not separated the embarrassment. In the span of two weeks, federal prosecutors charged a former South Lake Tahoe mayor with wire fraud, Douglas County...

Lombardo Executive Order Puts Guardrails on Data Centers After Ford-Authored 2015 Giveaway

September 21, 2026 10:53 amSeptember 21, 2026 10:53 am

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Executive Order 2026-005 on Sept. 17 establishing the Nevada Standard for Responsible Data Center Development, requiring developers seeking tax abatements to pay the Local School Support Tax in full, cover their own energy and infrastructure...