Grand Canyon Times

Goldwater Institute on Arizona Court of Appeals decision regarding 'The Zone': 'A welcome reminder that the government is not above the law'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Aug 29, 2024

An Arizona appellate court has concurred with a trial court judge’s ruling last September, which ordered the City of Phoenix to clean up “The Zone”, a name for the vast homeless encampment operating for more than a year on City streets.

America First Legal sues Maricopa County Recorder for failure to remove 'foreign citizens' from voter rolls

By Nicholas Malfitano | Aug 9, 2024

America First Legal has filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, for what the group feels is Richer’s failure to remove “foreign citizens” from the voter rolls, as his official duties prescribe.

Cattle industry on Harris' red meat remarks: Changing guidelines would be 'a huge hardship'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Aug 7, 2024

In response to Vice President Kamala Harris (D) saying she would change the government dietary guidelines to reduce Americans’ consumption of red meat, representatives of Arizona’s cattle industry say such an action would be “a huge hardship to ranches in the state of Arizona.”

Rep. Heap on Maricopa County Recorder primary win: 'we will end the laughingstock elections that have plagued our county, state and nation'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Aug 5, 2024

A longtime critic of Maricopa County’s election policies and procedures has won the Republican primary for the office in charge of overseeing those very functions.

Goldwater Institute policy director: Phoenix Elementary School planned to send board member to 'leftwing' conference as 'professional development'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 26, 2024

The Goldwater Institute claims a Phoenix school district board had attempted to “pull money from the classroom” to provide its board members with thousands of dollars for an out-of-state training camp promoting progressive ideologies, labeled as “professional development.”

Ariz. AG office says it 'does not have jurisdiction' to take action on financially noncompliant public schools

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 17, 2024

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says it currently “does not have jurisdiction” to take response action towards more than 30 public school districts statewide who are noncompliant with financial record reporting guidelines.

AZ Senate president on 'Secure the Border Act' ruling: 'The court ruled in favor of sanity'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 16, 2024

A Maricopa County judge has blocked litigation against House Concurrent Resolution 2060, known as the “Secure The Border Act," finding “the policies of HCR 2060 should be left to the voters” on the ballot this November.

Cortes: New documentary explores how lack of affordable housing in Arizona is “systemic, pervasive and real”

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 12, 2024

League of American Workers founder Steve Cortes has set out to investigate an affordable housing emergency in Arizona, an issue he labeled as “systemic, pervasive and real.”

Ryun on 'federal-only' ballots: AZ Medicaid office 'very explicitly telling folks that if their citizenship status cannot be confirmed, no worries'

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 10, 2024

American Majority Action founder Ned Ryun posted on X on Monday that Arizona’s Medicaid office is informing individuals that they can still vote with a “federal-only” ballot even if they don’t provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Goldwater: Homelessness remains high in AZ cities, despite 'hundreds of millions of dollars poured into' homelessness programs

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 9, 2024

A policy report produced by The Goldwater Institute examining homelessness in Maricopa County and Pima County shows government agencies “have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into various efforts to fight homelessness, yet the homeless population remains stubbornly high and continues to grow.”

GOP officials file emergency motion over voter registration rules

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jul 5, 2024

An emergency motion filed by the Republican National Committee, along with Republican members of the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, seeks to require proof of American citizenship for those in Arizona casting votes for federal office – arguing that “proof of citizenship to vote is common sense and promotes integrity in our elections.”

GOP officials call for investigations into alleged 'pay-to-play' between group home company and Gov. Katie Hobbs

By Nicholas Malfitano | Jun 12, 2024

A trio of Republican officials are calling for investigation into what they allege is a “pay-to-play” arrangement between Sunshine Residential Homes and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, and one is requesting that Attorney General Kris Mayes recuse herself from any such investigation.

Arizona Legislature sues Environmental Protection Agency over rule standards pushing switch to electric vehicles

By Nicholas Malfitano | May 17, 2024

The Arizona Legislature has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency, in response to the organization’s recently-issued pollution emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles.

Arizona Legislature joins multi-state lawsuit over California environmental vehicle initiative

By Nicholas Malfitano | May 16, 2024

The Arizona Legislature has joined a group of 16 states and a Nebraska trucking operation in a lawsuit brought against California public officials, for the latter’s environmental initiative to ban the use of internal combustion engines in medium and heavy-duty vehicles statewide.