Podcast Episodes

Sports betting is coming. Key questions answered on the Gaggle podcast.

Arizona is joining 20 other states and Washington, D.C., allowing legal sports betting after Gov. Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill 1797 on April 15, exp…

5 years, 1 month ago

National elections expert tells The Gaggle podcast what Arizona's ballot audit means for U.S.

It has been nearly three weeks since Maricopa County started the ballot audit on April 23, 2021. Nearly 2.1 million ballots are being hand-counted mo…

5 years, 1 month ago

The filibuster, the border, and minimum wage: A conversation with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on The Gaggle

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is a central figure in a 50-50 split Senate. Democrats hold control but only with Vice President Kamala Harris acting a…

5 years, 1 month ago

“On the fly”: An Arizona Republic reporter’s inside account of the GOP-led 2020 election audit

The Arizona Senate's audit began nearly six months after the 2020 election at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Friday April 26. Cyber Ninjas, a Flor…

5 years, 1 month ago

Did donors punish AZ's GOP delegation for the Jan. 6 insurrection?

The first Federal Election Campaign finance reports of the year came out last week. These documents can show how candidates raise and spend money in …

5 years, 2 months ago

Is there a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border?

Now that Congress has passed the American Rescue Plan of 2021, which will help sustain people and cities financially, Congress is turning its priorit…

5 years, 2 months ago

Will Arizona follow Georgia on voting restrictions?

Georgia became one of the first states to pass a voting restriction law after the 2020 election on March 25. The bill includes new changes like short…

5 years, 2 months ago

The government exposed them to nuclear radiation. Now, Congress could help these Arizonans

From 1945 to 1962, the United States conducted nuclear mining in Northern Arizona and nuclear testing in Southern Nevada. Yet the government failed t…

5 years, 2 months ago

Jan. 6 wounded Arizona's congressional delegation. Here's why you should care

The divide between Arizona's congressional Democrats and its House Republicans is wider than ever in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. 

Ariz…

5 years, 2 months ago

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announces this will be her final term

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick has been representing Arizonans since 2005 and announced Friday that she will not be running for re-election at the end of her t…

5 years, 3 months ago