Fourth Estate 48
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🔍 Investigating Arizona, one public record at a time.
📜 Dedicated to truth, transparency, and accountability.
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📜 Dedicated to truth, transparency, and accountability.
https://fourthestate48.substack.com/
Fourth Estate 48 just cracked the Top 60 on Substack — ranked #54 among rising newsletters.
Built on public records, persistence, and one too many redacted PDFs.
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Built on public records, persistence, and one too many redacted PDFs.
Subscribe to keep us growing at fourthestate48.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fourth Estate 48 just cracked the Top 60 on Substack — ranked #54 among rising newsletters.
Built on public records, persistence, and one too many redacted PDFs.
Subscribe to keep us growing at fourthestate48.substack.com
Built on public records, persistence, and one too many redacted PDFs.
Subscribe to keep us growing at fourthestate48.substack.com
Cannabis giant Trulieve paid a lobbyist to get the governor’s office to essentially give them a dual dispensary license worth up to $10 mil after multiple courts rejected them. The lobbyist also gave the governor’s campaign $5,000 before the meeting. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/power-pot-...
April 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Cannabis giant Trulieve paid a lobbyist to get the governor’s office to essentially give them a dual dispensary license worth up to $10 mil after multiple courts rejected them. The lobbyist also gave the governor’s campaign $5,000 before the meeting. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/power-pot-...
Well, he already filed a statement of interest
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Well, he already filed a statement of interest
Subscribers of Fourth Estate 48 learned yesterday that Supervisor Steve Gallardo could be a name to look out for as a replacement to Adrian Fontes as SOS if he runs for Congress. Subscribe now so you can keep getting info first in your inboxes. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/fontes-eye...
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Subscribers of Fourth Estate 48 learned yesterday that Supervisor Steve Gallardo could be a name to look out for as a replacement to Adrian Fontes as SOS if he runs for Congress. Subscribe now so you can keep getting info first in your inboxes. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/fontes-eye...
To those who missed the announcement just now, Gov Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. We predicted this would happen last year. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/hobbs-futu...
January 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To those who missed the announcement just now, Gov Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. We predicted this would happen last year. fourthestate48.substack.com/p/hobbs-futu...
It's been a rather slow year for us, but that doesn't excuse Gov. Katie Hobbs' office from not fulfilling a single records request we sent in 2024. We believe in transparency at Fourth Estate 48 so this is the email our managing editor sent to the governor's office and senior staff:
December 20, 2024 at 4:38 PM
It's been a rather slow year for us, but that doesn't excuse Gov. Katie Hobbs' office from not fulfilling a single records request we sent in 2024. We believe in transparency at Fourth Estate 48 so this is the email our managing editor sent to the governor's office and senior staff:
She says this like she isn't getting paid $15,000/month by the AZ Senate GOP at the expense of taxpayers. Background: fourthestate48.substack.com/p/arizona-se...
December 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
She says this like she isn't getting paid $15,000/month by the AZ Senate GOP at the expense of taxpayers. Background: fourthestate48.substack.com/p/arizona-se...