As Republicans begin to investigate Kris Mayes, she calls their effort a ‘sham’
Kris Mayes at an April 3, 2024, event for Joe Biden's presidential campaign. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorRepublican lawmakers say that Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes is...
View ArticleHealth and Human Services increases loan forgiveness for OBs, midwives who...
According to March of Dimes, nearly 7 million people of reproductive age live in a county that is considered a maternity care desert as of 2022. About 2.2 million of those people live in an area with...
View ArticleThe IRS is testing a free method to directly file taxes. But not everyone is...
The IRS estimates that 19 million taxpayers are eligible to use a new Direct File program in advance of the April 15 tax filing deadline. Photo by Phillip Rubino | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Many U.S....
View ArticleSlashing tailpipe pollution is a huge win for Arizona, where air quality is...
A fleet of Rivian Electric Delivery Vehicles are seen connected to electric chargers during a launch event between Amazon and Rivian at an Amazon facility on July 21, 2022, in Chicago. Amazon has made...
View ArticleWith campaigns looming, Republicans are hoping to hammer out a budget deal...
Image via Getty ImagesRepublican lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs have begun negotiations on the state’s budget, but a deficit and partisan infighting could complicate plans to have it done by next month...
View ArticleFontes seeks attorney fees in Hamadeh’s 2022 election challenge
Abe Hamadeh in September 2022. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is seeking $36,820 in attorney fees from Abraham Hamadeh, after the...
View ArticleHouse votes down Horne school discipline bill
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne speaks to the House Education Committee on March 12, about Senate Bill 1459, sponsored by Sen. John Kavanagh, at right. Screenshot courtesy of...
View ArticleASU opens space dedicated to Indigenous librarianship and students
From left to right: Jacob Moore, the vice president and special advisor to the president for American Indian affairs, Indigenous Artist Thomas "Breeze" Marcus, Labriola Center Director Alex Soto, and...
View ArticleTrump says abortion policy should be left to the states, backing away from...
Former President Donald Trump, the presumed 2024 Republican nominee for president, said in a video on Monday, April 8, 2024, that abortion law should be set by the states. Trump is shown speaking May...
View ArticleBill to ban reunification heads to Hobbs, despite lack of Democratic support
Photo via Getty ImagesAs a measure to ban reunification treatment in Arizona heads to the governor, advocates and survivors are puzzled by Democratic opposition to the bill in both legislative...
View ArticleAbortion access in AZ will be decided Tuesday, when the Supreme Court rules...
Photo by iStock / Getty Images PlusThe Arizona Supreme Court’s long-awaited ruling on whether virtually all abortions performed in the Grand Canyon State should be outlawed will be released Tuesday...
View ArticleBill making it easier to shoot and kill migrants vetoed for encouraging...
Photo via Getty ImagesGov. Katie Hobbs on Monday vetoed a GOP bill to expand when Arizona ranchers could legally kill migrants crossing their land. Although the bill’s sponsor characterized the bill as...
View ArticleFatal anomaly exception didn’t spare Alabama mom who needed an abortion
A collection of mementos, including footprints and handprints, were provided by a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, to Kelly Shannon of Alabama after she had to terminate a pregnancy because of fatal...
View ArticleAbortions will be banned in Arizona after the Supreme Court upholds an 1864 law
Reproductive rights advocates gather on the steps of the Arizona Supreme Court to speak out against a near-total abortion ban from 1864 being considered by the judges on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The ban...
View ArticleAZ elected officials and candidates react to the Supreme Court upholding a...
Arizonans gather to rally for reproductive rights at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The group spoke about the critical need for abortion access and denounced a near-total...
View ArticleAG Kris Mayes: AZ Supreme Court ruling to ban abortion ‘changes everything’
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined Democrats and abortion rights advocates for a press briefing at the Arizona Capitol on April 9, 2024, shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an...
View ArticleThis will be the abortion election, and Republicans are bracing for voter...
Democrats and abortion rights advocates gathered outside the Arizona Capitol on April 9, 2024, shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable. Photo...
View ArticleRepublican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help...
The director of the Republican National Committee’s department for “election integrity” spoke at an online meeting hosted by two Florida activists who are close allies of the pillow entrepreneur and...
View ArticleStates want to make it harder for health insurers to deny care, but firms...
Amina Tollin, who lives in Tucson, receives infusions through a port in her chest to reduce the debilitating symptoms of her chronic nerve condition. Three months ago, Medicaid stopped paying for the...
View ArticleU.S. Capitol Police chief describes preparations for possible post-election...
A protester sits in the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C., where earlier Congress was holding a joint session to ratify Joe Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College win over Donald Trump...
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