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Lawmakers seek more oversight over AZ Housing Department
Image via iStock / Getty Images PlusLawmakers are considering cutting the number of years the Arizona Department of Housing can continue to operate without legislative oversight after a state audit...
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Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes,’ they use scientific racism as...
A person holds a sign that reads “Mass Deportation Now” on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo by Leon Neal | Getty...
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Dept of Education: AZ schools are safe, even if they don’t comply with...
School busses assemble in the shape of an assault rifle in Houston on July 14, 2022. The protest was organized by Change the Ref, a group that advocates for gun control. Handout photo via Change the...
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As climate change intensifies, GOP bill would bar ‘geoengineering’ to combat it
Photo via Getty ImagesA Republican wants to change Arizona law to ban “geoengineering” in the state aimed at addressing the rapid effects of climate change, one of several similar bills across the...
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In farewell speech to nation, Biden warns of threat of ‘extreme wealth, power...
President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
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More AZ counties back Florida-style early ballot changes backed by Republicans
Photo by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorRepublicans in the Arizona Legislature want to “Florida” the state’s election laws, and for the first time in years, the majority of its 15 counties are on board....
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Tribal leaders remind legislators that Arizona benefits from working together
Lawmakers and tribal representatives fill the floor and gallery of the Arizona Senate on Jan. 15, 2025, as the 30th annual Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day got underway. Photo by Jerod...
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Trump’s plan to roll back efforts to combat climate change worries advocates...
Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive hurricanes. Here, smoke plumes and hurricane clouds are visible at once....
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U.S. Senate GOP blocks lifeline for TikTok, though CEO will sit with Trump at...
TikTok creators, left to right, Steven King, Paul Tran, Chloe Joy Sexton and Topher Townsend speak out against a law that could ban the platform at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.,...
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Same song, new singer: GOP lawmakers heed election warnings only after...
Republican Justin Heap announces his run for Maricopa County recorder on Feb. 28, 2024, outside the Arizona State Capitol. Heap defeated the current recorder, Republican Stephen Richer, in the August...
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Secret jars in a prison fridge hold AZ’s lethal injection drugs, and they may...
Interior of the holding cell inside the "Death House" located at the main prison complex in Florence, some 80 miles southeast of Phoenix. Within 24 hours prior to an execution, the inmate is moved to...
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on TikTok unless it’s sold as deadline nears
In this 2020 photo illustration, the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone. (Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday left in place a law that...
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Immigration advocates prep for Trump mass deportations, vow legal challenges
Migrants wait throughout the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the...
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Hobbs lays out priorities to work with Arizona’s tribal nations
Gov. Hobbs delivers her State of the Tribal Nations address on Jan. 15, 2025, in Phoenix. Photo courtesy of the Navajo Nation CouncilAs the new legislative year begins, Gov. Katie Hobbs is announcing...
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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is the ‘law of the land,’ contradicting...
Protesters gather to call for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment on Sept. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Supporters showed up to support the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th...
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Hobbs targets ‘entitlement’ vouchers in $17.7B budget plan
Image via Getty ImagesGov. Katie Hobbs’ budget proposal aims to reduce spending on private school vouchers — which her staff described as an “entitlement” for wealthy Arizonans. However, her 2026...
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Arizona abortion rights supporters sound alarm over Trump’s return
Arizonans rally at the state Capitol on Jan. 18, 2025, in advance of Donald Trump's inauguration. The "People's Rally" advocated for reproductive rights and other causes Trump and Republicans are...
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Biden issues preemptive pardons to Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 committee...
Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Hours before his four-year term ended, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons...
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Trump signs executive orders to kick-start his immigration crackdown
Migrants from Mexico and Guatemala are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing a section of border wall into the U.S. on Jan. 4, 2025 in Ruby, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon...
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Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States
Donald Trump at his inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump took office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States....
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Trump issues pardons for 1,500 defendants charged in Jan. 6 attack on U.S....
Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump...
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Federal appeals court declares DACA unlawful, but keeps program in place for now
People gather for a rally to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in Battery Park on June 15, 2022, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty...
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Indigenous victims of Arizona’s sober living scam sue the state
Boards set up outside the storefront of Drumbeat, a Native American goods store located in Phoenix, display missing people posters of Indigenous people from tribal nations across Arizona. Reva Stewart...
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On day one, Trump pits his administration against transgender people
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President...
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Cochise County supervisors gain more control over elections after recorder’s...
Cochise County Recorder David Stevens in the mail ballot processing room in the Recorder's Office in Bisbee, Arizona, in January 2024. Stevens' abrupt resignation will require supervisors to quickly...
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Flurry of legal challenges immediately mounted to Trump birthright...
A immigrant from Venezuela tries in vain to access the CBP One app day a day after the second inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 21, 2025 in Nogales, Mexico. The incoming administration...
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Arizona sues Trump over ‘dead wrong’ order scrapping birthright citizenship
Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks on Jan. 21, 2025, at a press conference announcing Arizona was joining Washington, Illinois and Oregon in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive...
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Horne doubles down on culture war issues in State of Education address
Tom Horne on Jan. 13, 2025, in the Arizona House of Representatives. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s wish list for Arizona schools includes...
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Mental health for South Phoenix’s teachers and students matter
Parents take videos of students at a sixth-grade promotion ceremony at John R. Davis School in Phoenix. Photo via Roosevelt School District No. 66 /Facebook“When you live in a poor neighborhood, you...
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Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of...
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New allegations about Pentagon nominee Hegseth circulated to members of U.S....
President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C....
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Trump puts DEI staff on paid leave, guts environmental justice offices across...
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — All federal employees in...
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Tohono O’odham Nation signs co-stewardship with BLM over sacred lands
Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose and U.S. Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Manager Colleen Dingman gather at the Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum near the Baboquivari...
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Bill would force Arizona governor to face monthly TV questioning from lawmakers
Gov. Katie Hobbs delivers her State of the State address on Jan. 13, 2025, on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A bill that would require...
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Immigrant detention Laken Riley Act passes House, goes to Trump for his...
The U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants...
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Democrats push to scrap Arizona abortion limits despite GOP majority
A poster held up at a news conference at the state Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz. advocates for the repeal of the state's remaining anti-abortion laws on Jan. 22, 2025. Arizona voters in 2024 approved...
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Trump to send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
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Troops dispatched to border ‘just the beginning’ of deployments, Pentagon says
An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase/Department of Defense official photo)WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the...
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U.S. House Republicans roll out bill to restrict birthright citizenship
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, a Texas Republican, speaks at a Capitol press conference with several Republicans supporting his bill to limit birthright citizenship on Jan. 23, 2025. From left to right, GOP...
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Judge grants AZ’s request to temporarily block Trump’s birthright citizenship...
An analysis from the New Partnership for New Americans estimates that by the end of 2020 Arizona will have gained over 49,000 new eligible voters who are immigrants in the four years since the last...
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Bill barring LGBTQ pride flags from AZ government buildings advances, despite...
In 2019, then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs hung an LGBTQ pride flag from the historic Arizona Capitol building. A Republican proposal aims to make such displays illegal in all government buildings in...
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Arizona pushes forward with execution plan as federal government abandons...
File photo by Cronkite NewsAaron Gunches was sentenced to death and he’s ready to die. The state is ready to accommodate him. So, what’s the problem? Oxymoronic as it sounds, it still has to meet the...
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Elections Committee backs banning vote centers, putting a 1,000-voter cap on...
Voters wait in line at a Mesa polling location on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorIn most Arizona counties, voters can show up at any polling location to cast their ballot...
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Sedona can disallow short-term rentals in trailer parks, judge rules
Photo via Getty ImagesA lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute against the City of Sedona, its mayor and city manager for refusing to give a short-term rental permit to the owner of a mobile home...
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A government built by and for the pain of the people
A Buddha statue sits in a burned house from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 21, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo by Apu Gomes | Getty Images“Now you see that?...
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Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern...
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley called for swift action from Navajo tribal leaders to address the concern over ICE raids that have impacted Navajo people living in urban areas. Photo...
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Immigrants under temporary protections on fast track for deportation under...
In this aerial view, Mexican immigration officials and police escort deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on Jan. 22, 2025, as seen from Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President Donald Trump signed...
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Home builders sue over assured water supply rules that hampered home building...
Photo by Getty ImagesA group of home builders is suing the Arizona Department of Water Resources for imposing what they claim are unlawful assured water supply restrictions that have halted some new...
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DOJ didn’t give the Arizona AG its Trump investigation file bolster the...
Arizona's 11 fake electors sign a document in Phoenix on Dec. 14 2020, falsely claiming that they were the state's electors and that Donald Trump won the presidential election in Arizona. Screenshot...
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No court, no hearing: Trump revives fast-track deportations, expands reach...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest a fugitive in 2020. Photo via U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementThe Trump administration has revived a border security policy that legal experts...
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