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Journalists’ Roundtable: Maricopa County government clash continues, and more

Aug. 8, 2025

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It’s Friday, which means it is time for another edition of Journalists’ Roundtable. This week, “Arizona Horizon” host Ted Simons was joined by Mary Jo Pitzl of “The Arizona Republic” and azcentral.com, Howie Fischer of Capitol Media Services, and Jeremy Duda of “Axios Phoenix”

This week’s topics:

Gallardo vs. Heap
Peterson vs. Ortiz
Nguyen vs. Stringer
Mylie Biggs
Jasser to Run Again in CD4

In this segment:

Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
Howie Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Jeremy Duda, Axios Phoenix

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