The Breakdown: Recent Episodes
Arizona Capitol Times
The Arizona Capitol Times presents The Breakdown, an award-winning weekly podcast on the latest news from the Arizona political scene. Join host Katie Campbell for in-depth analysis from reporters Ben Giles and Dillon Rosenblatt.
Lawmakers shut down public access to the House and Senate galleries and may shut down the two chambers entirely to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Republican lawmakers set out to curb voter power by introducing several bills to weaken citizen initiatives. But if all of them pass, opponents predict chaos.
When do you ignore an offensive comment or unwelcome advance, and when do you speak up about it?
Migrants rights advocates started the week terrified that Republicans would try to ram through an attempt to enshrine a ban on sanctuary cities in the state constitution ahead of a presidential rally.
If the state lawmakers at the center of two ongoing scandals had been corporate employees, they would have been fired or disciplined immediately after news about them broke, corporate sources say.
A state senator who became the face of Arizona's Me Too Movement harassed a female lobbyist, according to court depositions.
The Arizona Department of Education failed to properly redact a document it sent our reporter and other media, leaving parents' information vulnerable.
The House is embroiled in scandal over a Republican representative’s personal life for the third time in as many years, and this time, there are letters.