Telehealth abortions on the rise since Dobbs, new report shows
Telehealth abortions rose to 16% as of September 2023 following the end of the federal right to abortion in 2022, according to Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount. Photo via Getty ImagesResearchers...
View ArticleBid to stop dark money law is dismissed by judge, again
Photo by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorFor the second time, a lawsuit asking the courts to block the state from enforcing a law voters approved in 2022 to require the disclosure of the sources of anonymous...
View ArticleAir quality in AZ is already bad, but Republicans want to end most vehicle...
Exhaust fumes emanate from the tailpipe of a city transit bus as it passes an American flag hung on the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice. Photo by David McNew | Getty ImagesHouse Republicans passed a...
View ArticleIs a white nationalist part of Kari Lake’s team? Her campaign won’t say.
Wade Searle poses with Kari Lake at a March 3 event that Lake, a GOP candidate for Senate, held for campaign volunteers. Photo via X/@wadesearle_Kari Lake grinned widely and flashed a thumbs up as she...
View ArticleHobbs vetoes GOP bill to usurp enforcement of federal immigration laws
Photo by U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionGov. Katie Hobbs issued a stinging rebuke to Arizona Republicans on Monday, wielding her veto stamp to reject a GOP priority proposal that sought to give the...
View ArticleSteve Benson, acclaimed AZ cartoonist, recovering from stroke
By Steve BensonLegendary Arizona cartoonist Steve Benson suffered a stroke last month and is recovering in a Mesa rehabilitation hospital. His wife told the Arizona Mirror the prognosis is positive....
View ArticleKari Lake has dropped her appeal to get ballot envelope signatures
Scottsdale attorney Bryan Blehm (right) represents Kari Lake (left) in her lawsuit aiming to overturn her loss in the 2022 election. Screenshot via AZ Courts.Kari Lake’s lawyer on Monday quietly...
View ArticleBill to spur ‘starter home’ construction, opposed by cities, heads to Hobbs’...
Photo by Getty ImagesA Republican measure dubbed the “Arizona Starter Home Act” has passed out of both chambers of the Arizona legislature and will now head to Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk, where its fate...
View ArticleVoters might decide whether banks can ‘discriminate’ against firearms companies
Potential buyers try out guns which are displayed on an exhibitor's table during the Nation's Gun Show on Nov. 18, 2016 at Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Photo by Alex Wong | Getty...
View ArticleSenate passes bill to allow casitas across Arizona, over objections of cities...
Image via iStock / Getty Images PlusRepublicans and Democrats in the Arizona Senate came together on Wednesday in an effort to legalize construction of casitas, or accessory dwelling units, in cities...
View ArticleKris Mayes: AZ law bars smoke shops from selling delta-8 THC products
Photo via Getty ImagesArizona law bars the sale of “diet weed” products like delta-8 THC in smoke shops and convenience stores, Attorney General Kris Mayes said. But proponents of the hemp industry say...
View ArticleBill to curb municipal tax breaks for development projects advances in the...
Photo via Getty ImagesA Republican bill that would rein in a controversial tax break used by municipalities to entice large development projects that cities say they need is one step closer to being...
View ArticleObtaining police records may get easier for victims of domestic violence
Photo by Oliver Helbig | Getty ImagesLegislators are trying to expand state law to better serve victims of domestic and sexual violence by making it easier for them to their receive police records...
View ArticleKelli Ward, former AZGOP chair, accused of assault for hitting a woman with a...
Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward in July 2021. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A fellow Republican accused former Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward of...
View ArticleU.S. House Speaker Johnson says IVF should be protected — just not by Congress
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., left, shakes hands with Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 25, 2023 in...
View ArticleVP Harris promotes abortion access in historic visit to Minnesota Planned...
Vice President Kamala Harris became the first sitting vice president to visit a clinic that provides abortions in St. Paul on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo by Madison McVan | Minnesota ReformerVice...
View ArticleHobbs vetoes bill designed to jumpstart ‘starter home’ construction in AZ,...
Photo by Getty ImagesA measure dubbed the “Arizona Starter Home Act” that received bipartisan support was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday, citing “unintended consequences that are of great...
View ArticleOne of Paul Gosar’s former interns has been charged with storming the Capitol...
An image from CCTV that federal prosecutors included in their indictment of Isabella Maria DeLuca, a conservative social media influencer and former intern for GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar. DeLuca was...
View ArticleTempe Democrat Jevin Hodge resigned after his past sexual misconduct was exposed
Jevin Hodge at his Feb. 2, 2024, swearing in at the Arizona House of Representatives. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Democratic Rep. Jevin Hodge resigned Tuesday, a day after...
View ArticleBiden, in Phoenix, says Latino voters helped him best Trump in 2020: ‘Let’s...
President Joe Biden speaks at El Portal restaurant in Phoenix on March 19, 2024, to kick off his campaign's Latino outreach initiative. Photo by Leah Britton | Arizona MirrorPresident Joe Biden visited...
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