Arizona
Remember, voters: You rejected universal school vouchers. Lawmakers just ignored you
Letter to the editor: If Arizona’s expanded school voucher program isn’t already a top issue on voters’ minds, it should be.
Gov. Katie Hobbs wants accountability for ESA program
Gov. Katie Hobbs called for accountability and transparency for Arizona’s ESA program in her State of the State address on Jan. 8, 2024.
Arizona’s expanded school voucher program should be on the minds of voters in November.
Not just because it is blowing an $800 million hole in the state budget or because there’s almost no accountability, but because voters, in their wisdom, rejected the idea by an overwhelming margin in 2018.
Republican lawmakers rejected your refusal to spend your money on sending rich kids to private schools because they really represent the people who pay them. It’s also why they are now fighting in court to hide the source of that money.
This isn’t a conservative vs. liberal argument. Voters from both parties rejected voucher expansion and voted to demand the source of “dark money” in our elections.
But Arizona Republicans continue to spend your money recklessly, while trying to hide the source of theirs because they know so many voters just automatically vote party over performance. And it’s costing you.
Even Texas Republicans recognized the voucher program as a scam and rejected it. Texas!
For the record, we support public education and sent one of our kids to private school but never expected taxpayers to pay for it. Isn’t that the definition of fiscally conservative?
John Tracy, Mesa
Independents, 2024 is your year
Doug Metzger stated the Arizona Legislature is ignoring the biggest voting bloc in Arizona and in the country — independents (“Arizona needs moderate lawmakers”). He further argued that by adding moderate partisans, you have a majority of voters who just want the problems solved.
Exactly.
We hope Mr. Metzger is aware that independent voters are on the move again in Arizona.
Make Elections Fair Arizona is working to place an initiative on the 2024 ballot to open primary elections, among other improvements. Voter Choice Arizona put its own initiative on hold to focus on heading off our Legislature’s move to block election system changes.
This loss is a win: For the open primary effort
The Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at ASU is digging deeper to reveal the true nature of independent voters, now more than a third of Arizona’s registered voters.
Many other organizations are promoting voter rights, especially for independents. A great many Arizonans have seconded Mr. Metzger’s motion.
2024 is our year to open the door to exactly the motivated voters he describes.
Richard Sinclair, Scottsdale, and Al Bell, Peoria
The writers are co-founders of the Arizona Independent Voters’ Network.
Cute traffic signs are a danger
As a former supervisor in ADOT’s Traffic Operation Center, the agency responsible for displaying information about potential traffic problems on the overhead message boards, I totally agree with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s directive to stop using the signs for cute traffic-related comments.
NHTSA continually encourages drivers to pay attention to the roadway in front of them and never intended to use the boards to distract drivers with clever comments.
Taking drivers’ attention away from the cars and roadway in front of them while driving at freeway speeds, even for long enough to read a message board, increases the potential for an unintended crash.
I even disagree with the current practice of TOC’s operators putting a second message blinking on the boards. From the time a driver can read the initial message and travel under the message board, the second message is yet to be displayed causing the driver to focus on the board even longer increasing the potential for disaster.
These boards were intended to warn drivers of incidents in front of them … never for humor.
Page Decker, Dewey
What I wish lawmakers did
Legislators are elected to represent ALL the people — not just those who voted for them. Legislators have a duty to act in good faith to enact bills that will benefit the state and its residents. Passing bills they know will be vetoed by the governor does not fulfill this mandate.
Grandstanding on issues, such as who may use a bathroom or whether a teacher may use a student’s preferred name, is nothing more than performance art by people who demean the office they hold.
I would hope our legislators (well, maybe not all of them) are capable of reaching across the aisle and working to compromise on things Arizonans actually care about. Water, housing, education and criminal justice are a few topics that come to mind.
Discussion wherein each side actually listens to the other could lead to solutions that would allow our state to prosper. One can dream.
K.M. Dubbs, Tucson
Where are the Goons’ parents?
A gang of affluent teens who call themselves the “Gilbert Goons” have attacked other kids for a year now. The victims and their parents rightly complain about the lack of effective community and police action to deal with these attacks.
Why have we heard nothing about those responsible for this gang behavior — the affluent parents?
James Talbot, Scottsdale
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Arizona
No. 2 Arizona tops Iowa State to win outright Big 12 title
TUCSON, Ariz. — Jaden Bradley scored 17 points, Motiejus Krivas had 13 and No. 2 Arizona clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title with a 73-57 win over No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night.
The Wildcats (28-2, 15-2) secured at least a share of the conference crown by using big runs in each half to beat No. 14 Kansas 84-61 on Saturday.
Arizona earned it outright by smothering Iowa State defensively to give Tommy Lloyd his 140th victory, most in NCAA history in a coach’s first five seasons.
“The Big 12 is the best basketball conference in the country,” Lloyd said while addressing the home crowd after the game, “and to win it by a couple of games, it’s pretty impressive. So take your hats off to these guys right here.”
Coming off their first home loss of the season, the Cyclones (24-6, 11-6) labored against Arizona’s physical defense, shooting 29% from the field, including 7-of-30 from 3-point range.
During his postgame news conference, Lloyd called out the narrative surrounding his team when discussing the Wildcats’ toughness and physicality.
“I think the narrative that we were soft is lazy. I mean, look at our stats, look at our analytics — we’ve always been a great rebounding team, we’ve always pounded the paint,” Lloyd said. “If you want to just be lazy and not pay attention and say we’re soft because we’re on the West Coast, be lazy, and I’d love to play against you.”
Tamin Lipsey led Iowa State with 17 points, but leading scorer Milan Momcilovic was held to five points on 2-of-8 shooting. The nation’s best 3-point shooter at 51%, Momcilovic went 1-for-5 from beyond the arc.
Neither team could make much of anything, due to good defense and poor shooting.
Iowa State shot 9-of-33 from the field and 4-of-20 from 3 in the first half.
Arizona labored most of the half as the Cyclones focused on defending the paint before the Wildcats closed on a 15-3 run to lead 37-25 at halftime.
It only got worse for Iowa State to start the second half. The Cyclones missed their first eight shots as Arizona stretched the lead to 16.
Iowa State briefly found an offensive rhythm, using a 10-1 run to pull to within 44-37, but didn’t hit a field goal for more than five minutes as Arizona stretched the lead back to 15.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Arizona
Arizona NAACP responds to ‘Simon Says’ case, calls for police accountability
PHOENIX — The Arizona NAACP is responding to the violent arrest of Israel Devoe, a Phoenix man who was acquitted of all charges stemming from a 2024 traffic stop in which officers punched, kneed, and elbowed him.
Sarah Tyree, president of the Arizona NAACP State Conference, said the case is part of a broader and familiar pattern.
“What happened here reflects a pattern our communities know all too well. Time and again, we see policing tactics that are dangerous and deeply harmful to civilians, yet are later justified as ‘within policy’ through carefully crafted reports and the broad protections afforded under Graham v. Connor,” Tyree wrote in an emailed statement following an ABC15 investigation.
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Phoenix police officials found all four officers involved in Devoe’s arrest to have acted within policy, records show.
After a two-day trial, jurors unanimously found Devoe not guilty on all four of the felony charges against him — including aggravated assault on officers and resisting arrest.
In her statement, Tyree said true accountability is not possible without changing state law.
“Accountability remains out of reach in Arizona because the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights continues to insulate misconduct from meaningful oversight, too often shifting blame onto the very communities most impacted by these encounters,” she wrote. “We also encourage Arizona voters to engage their state legislators and advocate for the repeal or amendment of the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights to ensure systems of public safety are truly accountable to the public they serve.”
Devoe’s case again highlights problems with policing in Phoenix, which has been under scrutiny following a Department of Justice investigation that found the city had a pattern and practice of using excessive force, discrimination, and weak oversight.
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The push for federal oversight ended in 2025 after the Trump administration ended such efforts across the country.
Devoe’s civil attorney, Jesse Showalter, also represents Tyron McAlpin, a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was violently arrested by Phoenix officers in July 2024. Showalter has said both cases reflect what he described as an accepted norm of extreme violence within the Phoenix Police Department.
A Phoenix police spokesperson said the department declines to comment because Devoe is set to file a lawsuit against the city.
This digital article was produced with the assistance of AI and converted to this platform based on the broadcast story written and reported by ABC15 Chief Investigator Dave Biscobing (Dave@abc15.com). Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.
Arizona
Arizona Lottery Pick 3, Fantasy 5 results for March 1, 2026
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
The Arizona Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at Sunday, March 1, 2026 results for each game:
Winning Pick 3 numbers
6-4-2
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Fantasy 5 numbers
01-07-11-18-28
Check Fantasy 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Triple Twist numbers
12-17-23-31-37-42
Check Triple Twist payouts and previous drawings here.
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What time is the Powerball drawing?
Powerball drawings are at 7:59 p.m. Arizona time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
How much is a Powerball lottery ticket today?
In Arizona, Powerball tickets cost $2 per game, according to the Arizona Lottery.
How to play the Powerball
To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
You can choose your lucky numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers.
To win, match one of the 9 Ways to Win:
- 5 white balls + 1 red Powerball = Grand prize.
- 5 white balls = $1 million.
- 4 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $50,000.
- 4 white balls = $100.
- 3 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $100.
- 3 white balls = $7.
- 2 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $7.
- 1 white ball + 1 red Powerball = $4.
- 1 red Powerball = $4.
There’s a chance to have your winnings increased two, three, four, five and 10 times through the Power Play for an additional $1 per play. Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Arizona Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $100 and may redeem winnings up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at Arizona Lottery offices. By mail, send a winner claim form, winning lottery ticket and a copy of a government-issued ID to P.O. Box 2913, Phoenix, AZ 85062.
To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a winner claim form and deliver the form, along with the ticket and government-issued ID to any of these locations:
Phoenix Arizona Lottery Office: 4740 E. University Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 480-921-4400. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed holidays. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Tucson Arizona Lottery Office: 2955 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85716, 520-628-5107. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed holidays. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Lottery Office: Terminal 4 Baggage Claim, 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85034, 480-921-4424. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday, closed holidays. This office can cash prizes up to $49,999.
Kingman Arizona Lottery Office: Inside Walmart, 3396 Stockton Hill Road, Kingman, AZ 86409, 928-753-8808. Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed holidays. This office can cash prizes up to $49,999.
Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://www.arizonalottery.com/.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Arizona Republic editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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