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		<title>Turning Point leader tweets racist dig at Asian GOP state lawmaker</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:07:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/Tyler-Bowyer-Quang-Nguyen.jpg" alt="tyler bowyer and quang nguyen" />Turning Point COO Tyler Bowyer asked GOP state Rep. Quang Nguyen -- who fled Vietnam as a child -- if he could speak English.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix buried slanted parks ordinance survey after it backfired</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2024-12/032024-kate-gallego-getty-e1783371206217.webp" alt="Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego" />A city survey on an ordinance to restrict feeding homeless people in parks appeared engineered to drum up support. It didn't.]]></description>
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		<title>Ruben Gallego yanks Graham Platner endorsement over rape claim</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:48:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/Gallego-Platner.jpg" alt="ruben gallego on the left, graham platner on the right" />For the second time this year, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego has had to walk back an endorsement over sexual misconduct claims.]]></description>
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		<title>What are Arizona&#8217;s Fourth of July fireworks laws?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:58:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Amid primary voting, county leader calls on Recorder Heap to resign</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:19:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/Gallardo-Heap.jpg" alt="steve gallardo and justin heap" />Steve Gallardo, the lone Democrat on the county board of supervisors, says he's had it with Justin Heap, the county recorder.]]></description>
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		<title>A guide to all the ballot measures Arizona voters will decide in 2026</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:52:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/06/Voting-Sign-Getty.jpg" alt="a vote here sign in front of saguaro cacti" />For the second straight general election, it seems, Arizona voters will be tasked with deciding double-digit ballot measures.]]></description>
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		<title>Map: Find your nearest Maricopa County ballot drop box location</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2024-43/ballot-drop-box-getty-e1782234333617.webp" alt="A voter drops his ballot into a drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center" />Voting for the 2026 primaries in Arizona begins June 24. You'll have until July 21 to return your ballot.]]></description>
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		<title>Gallego beats one rap, quickly catches another case from the Trump DOJ</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/06/Ruben-Gallego-Getty-2.jpg" alt="ruben gallego stands with arms crossed in a gray t-shirt as reporters surround him holding up phones to record" />After a Senate committee dismissed an ethics complaint against Ruben Gallego, the DOJ is probing his campaign finances.]]></description>
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		<title>Feely makes racist, false claim blaming immigrants for housing crisis</title>
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					<dc:creator>Morgan Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>The Veto Queen is back: All 151 bills Gov. Hobbs has rejected in 2026</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:09:34 -0700</pubDate>
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