Wayne Schutsky
Field CorrespondentWayne Schutsky is a broadcast field correspondent covering Arizona politics on KJZZ. He has over a decade of experience as a journalist reporting on local communities in Arizona and the state Capitol.
Schutsky previously contributed to the Arizona Capitol Times and edited the Yellow Sheet Report, an insider tip sheet focused on Arizona politics, from 2021 to 2023. He was the managing editor for the Scottsdale Progress newspaper from 2018 to 2021 and previously reported for the East Valley Tribune, Gilbert Sun News and Arcadia News. His coverage has received recognition from the Arizona Press Club and the Arizona Newspapers Association.
When he’s not chasing scoops, Schutsky enjoys watching baseball, drinking bourbon and spending time with his wife and two sons.
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Two East Valley councilmen are vying to represent that community on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in a race that could determine which party controls the body that oversees election administration, public health and other key services. -
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office found a Republican lawmaker did not violate campaign finance law for failing to report donations from political groups. -
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizonans can vote on a ballot measure that would get rid of partisan primary elections in the state. -
The results of November’s down ballot races for the Arizona House and Senate could affect where tens of thousands of children go to school or how well their schools are funded. -
It could take around two weeks to learn the results of some races in Arizona’s upcoming November elections, something election officials from around the state say is completely normal. -
Democratic Congressman Raúl Grijalva says his ongoing reelection campaign will be his last. -
Arizonans have less than a week to register to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the upcoming November election. -
The Arizona Secretary of State’s office identified an additional 120,000 voters affected by a decades-old glitch in the state’s voter registration system that was discovered in early September. -
When Maricopa County voters cast their ballots this year, they’ll select a new recorder. A once non-controversial position is now at the center of a tug of war over control of elections in the nation’s fourth-largest county. -
Justin Heap, the Republican candidate for Maricopa County recorder, was fired by the county’s public defender's office in 2010, just months after the office hired him.
