The Arizona ties to a secretive far-right Christian policy group trying to...
In its 2023 Year in Review publication, the Center for National Policy touted a September 2023 conference at the Scottsdale Princess resort for having "superb speakers, precipitous rapid-fire...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it...
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama addresses a crowd at a breakfast hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Montgomery on Nov. 3, 2023. Photo by Alander Rocha | Alabama ReflectorWASHINGTON — Two Republican...
View ArticleHobbs issues executive order expanding access to birth control for state...
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs a bill on May 2, 2024, to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was first added to Arizona law in 1864. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorDemocratic Gov. Katie Hobbs...
View ArticleEthics committee drops complaint of Democrats bullying one of their own
Rep. Lydia Hernandez, second from right, poses for a picture in January 2023 with (from left to right) fellow Latino Caucus members Sen. Anna Hernandez, Rep. Mariana Sandoval and Rep. Analise Ortiz....
View ArticleProsecution rests in Trump hush money trial, after former fixer Cohen is grilled
Former President Donald Trump appears in court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024, in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts...
View ArticleDem files ethics complaint against 2 GOP senators indicted as fake electors...
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...
View ArticleArizona Republicans set up a ballot measure to squash future ballot measures
Organizers for a ballot initiative that would amend the Arizona Constitution to protect abortion rights set up outside the Arizona Capitol on April 9, 2024, shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court...
View ArticleArizona weighs when lawyers’ long-shot election challenges cross the line
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.At a state bar association event on...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Dems tie state abortion bans to fewer beginning physicians
Arizona Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly speaks during a press conference on reproductive rights on May 21, 2024. Also pictured seated, from left, are Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Washington...
View ArticleRepublican lawmakers fought to keep the 1864 abortion ban. Even GOP voters...
A protestor holds a sign at an April 14, 2024, protest in favor of reproductive rights and abortion access in Scottsdale. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorWhen all but five Republican...
View ArticleTrump declines witness stand as testimony in his first trial concludes
Former President Donald Trump sits in court during the final day of testimony in his New York trial. Trump, the first former U.S. president to face trial on criminal charges, is accused of falsifying...
View ArticleKari Lake attorney skips disciplinary hearing as the AZ State Bar seeks to...
Scottsdale attorney Bryan Blehm skipped his disciplinary hearing on May 21, 2024, and instead posted a response to the State Bar of Arizona's request that his license be suspended by flipping the...
View ArticleHobbs signs bill allowing casitas in cities across Arizona
Image via iStock / Getty Images PlusGov. Katie Hobbs has signed two bipartisan bills that advocates say will facilitate a desperately-needed increase in Arizona’s housing supply. On May 21, Hobbs...
View ArticleSome Arizona counselors are using ‘sex addiction’ to practice conversion...
Illustration by LOOKOUTJeffrey Hansen says he treats “porn addiction.” It’s not a recognized diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association—nor is any kind of sexual addiction promoted by...
View ArticleArizona Latino voters are ready to reject the GOP’s hateful rhetoric and...
Karina Ruiz, executive director of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, speaks into a megaphone as immigrants and Latino advocates gather in front of the Arizona Senate on March 20, 2024 to protest bills...
View ArticleMembers of the U.S. Senate face a vote on whether they support contraception...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday that the Senate will vote in June on legislation guaranteeing the right to access contraception. Shown is a packet of birth control pills....
View ArticleTax revenues dip in April after months of steady growth
Image via Getty ImagesLast month, legislative analysts said the state’s budget deficit had shrunk by $400 million because tax collections had been better than expected for a few months, leading to a...
View ArticleSenate Republicans approve sending ‘secure border’ act to the November ballot
A journalist takes video of Sen. Ken Bennett, R-Prescott, during an impromptu press conference on the Arizona Senate floor on May 22, 2024, to discuss his support of HCR2060, a ballot referral that...
View ArticleBorder vigilantes are blurring the lines of law enforcement
A member of the Patriots for America vigilante group looks through night vision goggles in Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2022. Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar for AZCIRIt was late afternoon when a...
View ArticleExperts eye tax changes ahead of Trump-era cuts’ sunset
Some provisions of the 2017 federal tax law expire at the end of next year, setting off debates about what changes to make to the tax code. Photo by Douglas Sacha | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The race to...
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