KJZZ Friday Newscap

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond. Former Arizona schools Superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Gaelle Esposito of Creosote Partners joined The Show to talk about the latest on efforts to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion law at the state Capitol, a pair of lawmakers withdrawing from their reelection bids and more.

Paul Bentz of HighGround and former Congressional candidate Anita Malik joined The Show to talk about the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion, the state Legislature moving to a one day a week schedule and more.

This week, abortion rights advocates are one step closer to getting an initiative on the Arizona ballot, and GOP leaders are pushing for stricter immigration measures. Stacy Pearson of Lumen Strategies and Matt Benson with the firm Veridus joined The Show to talk about these and more of the week’s headlines.

Barrett Marson of Marson Media and former state lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate Aaron Lieberman joined The Show this week to talk about Kari Lake’s decision to ask the court to determine the damages in a defamation lawsuit against her, a new legislative committee formed to look into executive oversight and more.

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond. Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy join The Show to talk about the results of Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election, the governor vetoing a housing bill and more.

Former state schools Superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Democratic strategist Tony Cani joined The Show to talk about GOP lawmakers pledging to send Gov. Katie Hobbs more border-related bills, a bipartisan group of lawmakers asking the governor to sign a housing bill and more.

Lorna Romero Ferguson of Elevate Strategies and Gaelle Esposito of Creosote Partners joined The Show to talk about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s reelection decision, Gov. Katie Hobbs’ veto of an immigration-related bill and more.

To talk about a new entrant into the GOP primary for Maricopa County recorder, more immigration bills moving through the state Legislature and more, The Show sat down with Doug Cole of HighGround and Karl Gentles of The Gentles Agency.

Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and Stacy Pearson of Lumen Strategies joined The Show to talk about U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko running for Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, a series of immigration-related bills advancing at the state Capitol, a spat between two high-profile Arizona Republicans and more.

Paul Bentz of HighGround and Mike Haener of Lumen Strategies joined The Show to talk about the failure of a border security bill to even make it to debate in the U.S. Senate, a compromise on election issues in the state Legislature and more.

Former Arizona House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding and Chip Scutari of S+C Communications joined The Show to talk about the new chair of the Arizona Republican Party, the resignation of an embattled state lawmaker and more.

Lorna Romero Ferguson of Elevate Strategies and and Democratic strategist Tony Cani joined This Show to talk about Jeff DeWit resigning as chair of the Arizona Republican Party amid charges of bribery, a new state effort to deal with immigration and more.

Former state schools superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy joined The Show to discuss Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposed budget, the debate over the future of the Arizona Commerce Authority and more.

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond. Matthew Benson of the public relations firm Veridus and attorney and former congressional staffer Roy Herrera joined The Show this week to talk about Gov. Katie Hobbs’ State of the State speech, legislative Republicans’ response to it and more.

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond. Reginald Bolding, a former Democratic state lawmaker, and Marcus Dell'Artino, Republican consultant with First Strategic, joined The Show to talk more about the start of a new legislative session, the state's budget deficit and the election year.

This year was a big year for politics in Arizona. It started with questions about how divided government would work. Democrat Katie Hobbs was sworn in as governor and worked with a Legislature in which Republicans held a one-seat majority in each chamber.

Paul Bentz of HighGround and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy joined The Show to talk about the Arizona Supreme Court hearing on abortion laws in the state and more news of the week.

Marcus Dell’Artino of First Strategic and former state lawmaker Aaron Lieberman joined The Show top talk about the closing of a key border crossing, state Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery's decision to recuse himself and more Arizona news of the week.

To break down a pair of new polls looking at next year’s election, a plan in the Legislature to give teachers a pay raise and more, The Show sat down with former state schools Superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Marilyn Rodriguez of Creosote Partners.

To break down the results from this week’s elections — both here and elsewhere; an ethics complaint filed against a Democratic state lawmaker; and more, The Show sat down with Doug Cole of HighGround and Democratic strategist Tony Cani.