Ruling lets Cochise County throw out local election result over mail-ballot...
The Cochise County Recorder's Office in 2024. An Arizona judge will allow the county to redo a local tax election after challengers identified an error. Photo by Jen Fifield | VotebeatAn Arizona judge...
View ArticleQAnon follower gets 3 years for threatening to ‘execute’ Katie Hobbs
Teak Brockbank was sentenced to three years in federal prison for threatening to kill then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in 2022. Photo via FBI/Justice DepartmentA Colorado man who wrote online about...
View ArticleTrump administration targets gender-affirming care for kids with provider...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — The U.S....
View Article‘You show up and get deported anyway’: Migrants with court hearings face an...
Protesters gather at the immigration court in downtown Phoenix on May 22, 2025, to guard against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people showing up for their scheduled court...
View ArticleTrump administration targets 277,000 Chinese students with ‘aggressive’ visa...
Protestor Pat Braun carries a sign April 23, 2025, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the cancellation of student visas. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary...
View ArticleFrom my kiln to Capitol Hill: Small businesses need clear policy, not...
Photo courtesy Milkweed ArtsEarlier this month, I joined a group of Arizona small business owners on a trip to Washington, D.C., to speak directly with our U.S. senators about what small business...
View ArticleSupreme Court allows Trump to end deportation protections for 532,000 immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it will allow the Trump administration to remove deportation protections...
View ArticleMusk, dodging questions about drug use, steps back from official role but...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
View ArticleTrump ‘blatant’ refusal to comply in deportation case shows growing rift with...
Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at the Salvadoran mega-prison Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT, on April 4, 2025. Amid several legal disputes, the Trump administration has...
View ArticleTrump releases detailed budget proposal calling for $163 billion in domestic...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, U.S. President Donald Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon attend an event for the Make America...
View ArticleHobbs appointee caught between federal law and GOP opposition to diversity...
Carlos Contreras, Gov. Katie Hobbs' pick to head the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity is grilled by Sen. Jake Hoffman during a Senate Director Nominations Committee meeting on May 28, 2025....
View ArticleTrump administration takes down sanctuary city list following law enforcement...
Left to right, Denver Mayor Michael Johnston, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, are sworn in during a...
View ArticleJudge preserves work permits, deportation protections for 5,000 Venezuelans
The U.S. Supreme Court, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from invalidating work permits and other...
View ArticleArizona students rally at Capitol demanding protection from Trump education...
Rep. Cesar Aguilar, D-Phoenix, speaks to the press along with other Democratic lawmakers and student activists advocating for affordable, accessible and equitable education during a rally on June 2,...
View ArticleRubio in talks for return of wrongly deported ‘Cristian,’ in flip for Trump...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs at the Rayburn House Office Building on...
View ArticleHobbs vetoes bill banning China from owning land in Arizona
Image via Getty ImagesArizona’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred the Chinese government from owning land in the state. The GOP-backed measure banned the People’s...
View ArticleAbortion opponents are coming for mifepristone using what medical experts...
More than 100 studies over decades of research have found that mifepristone has a low complication rate and is very safe to use for abortions. Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Using...
View ArticleArizona youth confront lawmakers over anti-LGBTQ+ moves — including from...
Advocates gather at the Arizona Capitol in the Rose Garden to celebrate LGBTQ+ Youth Day at the Capitol. Photo courtesy of LOOKOUTOrganizers from across Arizona gathered at the state Capitol on Monday...
View ArticleTrump wants Congress to slash $9.4B in spending now, defund NPR and PBS
A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Trump...
View ArticleStudents brought into U.S. as children caught in Trump immigration crackdown
Teen protesters call for DACA protections during the first Trump administration. Photo by Isiah Holmes | Wisconsin ExaminerWASHINGTON — Ximena Arias-Cristobal knows the risks that can come with driving...
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