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Initiative to stomp out school choice announced
Initiative to stomp out school choice announced: Don’t Let Red Tape Smother Arizona’s Successful Universal School Choice Promise.

EZCivics
54 minutes ago4 min read


BOS Defies Judge's TRO – ambush of Heap's Staff scheduled Feb 9, amid two court victories for recorder
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap scored two major court victories.
First, the judge ruled he can retain outside counsel pro bono without County Attorney approval. Second, a TRO blocked the BOS subpoenas targeting his staff as potential retaliation. BOS defies Judge Blaney's TRO by scheduling Feb 9 testimony session anyway. Order to Show Cause hearing set for Feb 11 at 9:00 a.m. to address the defiance.

EZCivics
2 days ago6 min read


Congress Advances Election Reform Efforts: SAVE America, MEGA, and Abe Firewall Agendas
SAVE America and MEGA Acts require voter ID and citizenship proof, while the Abe Firewall bans ranked-choice voting and foreign-language ballots.
EZAZ.org Strong Communities Action Team
Jan 304 min read


AZ Senate Passes Resolution Calling for AG Mayes’ Resignation Over Stand Your Ground Law Remarks
The Arizona State Senate passed a non-binding resolution urging Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes to resign over her televised comments suggesting that Arizonans could legally use lethal force against ICE agents under the state's Stand Your Ground law if they reasonably feared for their lives. Republicans criticized the remarks as reckless and inflammatory, while Mayes defended them as an accurate explanation of existing law amid concerns about aggressive federal immigra
EZAZ.org Strong Communities Action Team
Jan 303 min read


Mike Lee Just Called Out the Appropriations Cartel – Time to Arm Every Committee
Senator Mike Lee exposes the Appropriations Cartel: one committee hoards spending power, sidelines experts, and fuels $38T debt with unread omnibus bills. His fix: decentralize funding to authorizing committees so real oversight kicks in and the purse strings get cut from the swamp's grip.
EZAZ.org Strong Communities Action Team
Jan 302 min read


Maricopa County: Legal voters' full ballots Likely illegally ignored in 2024 By recorder
In sworn testimony on January 26, 2026, Maricopa County Senior Director of Voter Registration Janine Petty revealed that legal voters who cast provisional ballots in the 2024 General Election—but timely provided required proof of citizenship or residency—were illegally disenfranchised, as their full ballots (including state and local races) were not pulled and counted per Arizona law.
EZAZ.org Strong Communities Action Team
Jan 303 min read


Maricopa County's New chairwoman clashes with her attorney & the county recorder
Maricopa County chairwoman clashes with her attorney & the county recorder in ongoing dispute over statutory duties.

EZCivics
Jan 275 min read


Rooting for the People: Grassroots Power That's Always Grounded in Freedom
What if the greatest threat to our liberty isn't foreign enemies, but simply our own complacency as citizens?

Amanda Monize
Jan 273 min read


Senator Kennedy's Bill to Halt Government Payments to the Deceased Heads to the President's Desk
Senator John Kennedy's Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act has passed both the Senate and House unanimously. The bill requires permanent data sharing between the Social Security Administration and Treasury to stop billions in payments to deceased individuals. It now awaits President Trump's signature to become law.

EZCivics
Jan 182 min read


Hobbs Vetoes $1.1B Tax Cut Despite Affordability Pledges
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed SB 1106, a $1.1 billion Republican tax conformity bill, days after promising affordability and middle-class tax cuts in her State of the State speech.
The fast-tracked bill passed on party lines with Democrats voting no; Hobbs advanced a narrower $700 million plan critics call a relative tax increase. Public concerns mount that the lack of conformity—and no special session—risks forcing taxpayers to amend or delay filings.

EZCivics
Jan 184 min read


When Swamp Games Block Good Bills
Senate leaders often dodge accountability by refusing to schedule votes on key bills, claiming “we don’t have the votes” without ever testing the claim. It's a swamp game to block good bills.

EZCivics
Jan 182 min read


Speaker Johnson Vows Regular Order Next Year for the budget
Congress Delivers Pork-Fest CR after a 42-Day Shutdown😬. Senate passed CR on Nov. 10. House votes Nov. 12th.

EZCivics
Nov 11, 20253 min read


Maricopa Supervisors' Ballot Dumpster Fire
2K+ "Lost" Ballot Affidavit Envelopes Unearthed in Friday Post-Election Chaos. Recorder Heap Exposes County Supervisors’ Power Grab Gone Wrong.

EZCivics.org
Nov 11, 20254 min read


Maricopa County Recorder Heap Shatters Election Records
Signature Verifications Completed in Blazing 48 Hours with Groundbreaking New Process Adding More Integrity, Security and Transparency -- Despite Constant Roadblocks from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

EZCivics.org
Nov 10, 20254 min read
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