Mary Jo Pitzl is a Senior Reporter at the Arizona Republic. She covers the Arizona Capitol, focusing on state financial issues, election management, and the child-welfare system, while also exploring Arizona history and oddities. Her work has been featured in prominent outlets such as USA TODAY, Detroit Free Press, and Yahoo News.
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Mary Jo Pitzl focuses primarily on local government and politics in Arizona, with a heavy emphasis on legal policy regulation and government announcements. She would likely be interested in pitches related to the Arizona Legislature, lawmakers, voting laws, ballot measures, and other political developments within the state.
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By: Mary Jo Pitzl
Early ballots dropped at the polls on Election Day contribute to delayed election results. So do very close races.
By: Mary Jo Pitzl
It's the never-fail complaint the day after an Arizona election: It takes so long to get results.
By: Mary Jo Pitzl, Stacey Barchenger
A trio of high-profile cases filed by Arizona Republicans challenging their losses to Democrats in the 2022 election are over.
By: Ray Stern, Mary Jo Pitzl
Nothing is official yet, but prospects look dim for Arizona Democrats’ hopes of flipping the Legislature.
By: Mary Jo Pitzl
New and returning lawmakers meet Tuesday to pick their leaders for the 2025-26 session, where Republicans again will control both the House and the Senate.
By: Ray Stern, Stacey Barchenger, Mary Jo Pitzl
Over a decade ago, Katie Hobbs helped launch a political organization with a singular goal: elect more Democrats to the Arizona Legislature.
By: Stacey Barchenger, Ray Stern, Mary Jo Pitzl
Arizona Democrats had a pleasant dream heading into the 2024 election: With a Democratic governor in power, they would build on successes from 2020 and 2022 and take charge of the state Legislature for the first time in decades.
By: Mary Jo Pitzl
There will be no tax rebate on a rebate that an estimated 750,000 Arizona families received last year, a federal judge has ruled.
By: Mary Jo Pitzl
An annual state review shows more than 850 Arizona children died last year, and nearly half of those deaths could have been prevented.
By: Stacey Barchenger, Mary Jo Pitzl
Arizona Tourism Director Lisa Urias is resigning, effective Dec. 4, after a flurry of criticism and a call for a conflict of interest investigation by Republican lawmakers.
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