Future bids to oust public officials through recall could get a lot harder under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Tuesday by the Senate.

Arizona grocery magnate, education advocate, philanthropist, and one-time gubernatorial candidate Eddie Basha, Jr., passed away Tuesday afternoon.

Hoping to avoid another ouster of one of their own, Republican legislators on Thursday voted to change the rules for recall elections.

In Netflix’s bid for a flagship original drama of its own — a “Sopranos” to its HBO — the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller offered up all at once, with its first season immediately ready for TV-viewing gluttony.

People have always speculated about what might or might not happen in 2012, but this past year turned out to be one full of waiting.

The state may be getting an all-Republican Corporation Commission because of a last-minute move by the Arizona Association of Realtors to get a panel they think will be friendlier to their issues.

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Thanks to the Independent Redistricting Commission, we might see something done in Congress this year.

Both sides of the aisle remained cautiously optimistic in Arizona as first election results came in Tuesday night.

Candidates for state Legislature in District 18 expressed support for education and uncertainty about health care during a forum Tuesday night.

Five out of seven candidates running in Legislative District 18 have confirmed they will be in attendance for a debate in Tempe on Tuesday.

Five candidates are vying for three available seats on the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board. After a few rounds of forums in and out of the community, each candidate has gotten the chance to speak directly to residents about issues like the proposed bond/override, the aimed sales-tax increase of Prop 204, and classroom size, among others.

The outcome of next month’s race for the Arizona Corporation Commission will determine how much more solar and other renewable energy electric utility consumers will have to buy.

Arizonans Disappointed With Election Results (ADWER) — an informal coalition which until now was not even named — are back on the ballot this November.

Early ballots went into the mail last week for this month’s Arizona primary election. Some of you may have already received them.

June has proven to be a strong month for the Obama campaign. The president’s support for same-sex marriage, his executive order on immigration reform and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare has put Team Romney on the defense as evidenced by Romney’s “flip-flop” on whether the individual mandate in Obamacare is a penalty or a tax.

Presidential campaigns cost enormous amounts to fund and never has that old saying, “money is power” been truer. In the past five presidential elections the winner has been the candidate with the fattest piggy bank. For more than a century people have been proposing ideas for reform. However, with the skyrocketing spending for the 2012 race to the White House, reform is not evidenced.

We’ll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House. But I know my father wouldn’t be abusing it the way Barack Obama is.

We’ll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House. But I know my father wouldn’t be abusing it the way Barack Obama is.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives continue to get re-elected in spite of their inability to resolve our $15 trillion national debt, which they created. Yet, Congress is taking a two-week recess. And when they get back in session, they will spend much of their time and energy preparing for the next election. Why do we continue to give jobs to these inept people? We need serious, responsible adults who will spend their time and energy on the real problems our country faces. Recess is for children. Here are two actions you can take to improve the quality of representatives:

This time four years ago, the mantra of “change” took center stage in our national political lexicon.

Former Phoenix police officer Paul Penzone is running for sheriff of Maricopa County because he takes pride in policing, he said.

Former Phoenix police officer Paul Penzone is running for sheriff of Maricopa County because he takes pride in policing, he said.

A Senate panel voted Monday to recommend confirmation of an outspoken and often controversial political blogger and lobbyist to the state Board of Regents.