A political party that advocates for white people plans to run a candidate for an East Valley office - and perhaps other elected positions - next year.

The format wasn’t the most contentious: scripted questions sent in advance to the District 18 Senate primary candidates, with no room for debate, cheers or boos.

The slippery slope wrought by trying to regulate political speech is now sliding through Hollywood.

The three Republican candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission agreed Tuesday to surrender a total of nearly $29,000 in public funds to settle claims that they misused money given to them for their primary.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.

Pat Esparza has paid her political dues in Mesa as much as anyone. She recently finished a three-year term on the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board, and 18 months on the Mesa 2025: Financing the Future Committee, the city’s blue-ribbon panel charged with finding a long-term solution to Mesa’s financial woes.

WASHINGTON — A major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance Tuesday could alter drastically who gives and gets hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the November congressional elections.

Proposition 202 is actually employer amnesty! The hotel and restaurant industry, businesses such as McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr., most corporate retailers, incorporated companies, partnerships, and transaction privilege licenses, are all exempt. What’s left?

WASHINGTON - After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.

The deep thinkers in presidential candidate John McCain's campaign and at the Republican Party apparently weren't running on enough coffee recently.

Short takes from the Tribune Editorial Board...

One of Scottsdale’s most vocal advocates of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve said she is seriously exploring a run for the City Council.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick and Republican Sydney Hay were headed for a possible all-women showdown in November, according to early election returns in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District race on Tuesday.

In a town composed almost entirely of homeowners associations, it’s no surprise Gilbert’s legislators have a focus on HOA legislation. Homeowner advocates have applauded the efforts of incumbents now running for re-election and HOA laws that have passed in recent years.

In a town composed almost entirely of homeowners associations, it’s no surprise Gilbert’s legislators have a focus on HOA legislation. Homeowner advocates have applauded the efforts of incumbents now running for re-election and HOA laws that have passed in recent years.

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday threw out part of Connecticut's public campaign financing law and further handicapped the concept of giving extra money to publicly funded candidates who are outspent by well-financed opponents.

There's an old curse that begs, "O that mine enemy would write a book." That's a desire getting big play in the debates between Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who are both trashing my dad Ronald Reagan's so-called "11th Commandment" that Republicans must refrain from attacking each other in public.

Michael Reagan

Rising gasoline prices pose a threat to the economy and — a matter that should be of concern even to people who don't care for our president — George W. Bush's hopes for reelection.

In the “Nation & World” section of the Tribune on July 13, an Associated Press article by D.K. Daniel about the death of Tony Snow was very negatively biased.Some of the offensive and untrue snippets were: “with a … relentlessly bright outlook ­— if not a command of the facts...”

The four candidates running for the the two District 7 Republican nominations share a long history. Ray Barnes and Howard Sprague are friends and former co-workers, Barnes and David Burnell Smith served together as legislative representatives, and Nancy Barto filled Smith’s seat after he was thrown out of office.

The four candidates running for the the two District 7 Republican nominations share a long history. Ray Barnes and Howard Sprague are friends and former co-workers, Barnes and David Burnell Smith served together as legislative representatives, and Nancy Barto filled Smith’s seat after he was thrown out of office.

The dust-up over the process of nominating candidates for the Independent Redistricting Commission is giving new ammunition to those who want to scrap Arizona’s merit selection process for judges.