Medication abortion rates grew 10% over the last few years, report shows
Of the more than 1 million Americans who had abortions last year, 63% terminated their pregnancies using medication, according to new data analysis. The U.S. also saw the most abortions since 2012....
View ArticleFeds award Intel $8.5 billion; money to expand Chandler, other chip plants
President Joe Biden walks with workers at Intel's Chandler plant, where he announced an $8.5 billion grant to help the company expand its chipmaking capacity there. (Photo by Sam Ballesteros/Cronkite...
View ArticleU.S. Senate GOP seeking to attach immigration measure to massive spending bill
Illustration by iStockphoto / Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans want to tie an immigration bill named for a slain Georgia nursing student to a massive spending package lawmakers must...
View ArticleRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files resolution to oust Mike Johnson as U.S....
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, speaks to reporters Friday, March 22, 2024, after filing a motion to vacate against Speaker Mike Johnson. (Screenshot from C-SPAN)Georgia...
View ArticleTribal health care funding fight splits Supreme Court
Some justices expressed concern that giving tribes more money for health care would result in a big bill for the government. Photo by Kelsey Reichmann | Courthouse NewsWASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme...
View ArticleTop Republicans and the AZ Chamber of Commerce are suing the EPA over new...
Public domain photoRepublican lawmakers are challenging a federal rule aimed at reducing smokestack and diesel emissions, arguing that its new requirements are too stringent to implement and will be...
View ArticleLegislative attorney: SCOTUS might not strike down allowing the Ten...
Photo by Michael Smith | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court might strike down a Republican-proposed bill that would allow the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms — but there’s...
View ArticleArizonans bought $1.4 billion of marijuana in 2023, led by recreational buyers
Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesArizona cannabis sales totaled more than $1.4 billion for the third consecutive year in 2023, as medical sales continued to tank and recreational buyers made up...
View ArticleMayes: APS surcharge on solar users is ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’
Photo by Arizona Public Service | FacebookAttorney General Kris Mayes is demanding the Arizona Corporation Commission reconsider a decision to allow Arizona Public Service to increase its rates on...
View ArticleTwo GOP bills putting restrictions on SNAP are headed to Hobbs’ desk
A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer or EBT cards that are used by state welfare departments to issue SNAP benefits is displayed at a grocery store on Dec. 4, 2019, in Oakland,...
View ArticleSenators told of ‘alarming’ level of drone incursions at southern border
A Customs and Border Protection drone is ready for launch in this undated photo. While U.S. military and border officials use drones for border surveillance, they say cartels may be sending many as...
View ArticleFrom veto to law: Hobbs signs the ‘tamale bill’ to loosen rules for food vendors
Photo via Getty ImagesAfter an uproar last year when she vetoed a similar bill, Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed this year’s version of the “tamale bill.” When it becomes law later this year, it will allow...
View ArticleU.S. House Speaker Johnson sets date to deliver Mayorkas impeachment articles...
Articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 10, the speaker of the House said Thursday. In this photo,...
View ArticleJudge rejects Abe Hamadeh’s latest bid to be named AG after 2022 loss
Abe Hamadeh in September 2022. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Two years, two failed lawsuits and a new campaign for a new office later, would-be Attorney General Abe Hamadeh is...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Grijalva, top Democrat on House Natural Resources, diagnosed with...
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Tucson) speaks during a news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children at the U.S. Capitol on July 10, 2018. Photo by Alex Edelman | Getty ImagesU.S. Rep. Raúl...
View ArticleNavajo Nation moves tribal election date to match earlier Arizona primary...
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed an emergency council resolution on March 19, 2024, changing the Navajo Nation primary election date for 2024 from August to July in response to the state of...
View ArticleRepublican bill would ban those convicted of collecting ballots from elected...
A voter places a ballot in a drop box outside of the Maricopa County Elections Department on Aug. 2, 2022, in Phoenix. Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesA city councilwoman in a small southwestern...
View ArticleGOP-backed bill critics say will ‘erase’ trans and nonbinary Arizonans heads...
Photo via Getty Images/Illustration by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorA GOP proposal to insert a narrow definition of biological sex into state law that critics say will erase transgender and nonbinary...
View ArticlePush for a transition to EVs sparks legislation against Chinese forced labor
Photo by Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesA recent federal push for a switch to electric vehicles to support plans for a zero-emissions future has raised human rights concerns regarding the use of forced...
View ArticleAn 1873 law banned the mailing of boxing photos. Could it block abortion...
Erin Hawley, a Missouri attorney representing the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, speaks to the media as she departs the Supreme Court following oral arguments in the case of the U.S. Food and Drug...
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