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Raúl Grijalva will step down as top Dem on key U.S. House panel on environment
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children at the U.S. Capitol on July 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Edelman/Getty...
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Budget surplus grows to $660 million after strong income tax collections in...
Photo via Getty ImagesState tax collections beat forecasts in October, growing more than 25% over the prior year and swelling the budget surplus to $660 million just months before lawmakers return to...
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Biden’s pardon of his son draws blowback from Republicans, a few Democrats
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden at the White House on Nov. 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
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After years of funding, Indigenous women still missing and murdered at...
Eugenia Charles–Newton, law and order committee chair on the Navajo Nation Council, delivered remarks on missing and murdered Indigenous women to a House Appropriations subcommittee on Nov. 20. Photo...
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As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back, but...
Civilian paramilitaries, like these pictured in 2016, patrol areas of the U.S.-Mexico border searching for immigrants and drug smugglers. Photo by John Moore | Getty Images via The Conversation...
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U.S. Education Department pings states, schools to set policies on cellphone use
The U.S. Education Department urged schools and districts on Tuesday to set policies governing smartphone use in schools. (Photo by SDI Productions via Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education...
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Following abortion rights election victory, lawsuit aims to overturn AZ’s...
Photo by iStock / Getty Images PlusAfter voters last month approved sweeping constitutional protections for abortion in Arizona, two local doctors and Planned Parenthood are suing to void the state’s...
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Bill to add restrictions to early ballot drop-offs returns for next year
Photo by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorThe first bill introduced in the Arizona Senate for next year’s legislative session aims to add new restrictions for voters who return early ballots to polling...
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Republicans will control Congress. But a slim House majority may trim their...
U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Thune was elected majority leader for the Congress that...
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Why Democrats lost in 2024: Lessons from Phoenix and the working class
Anna Hernandez in June 2024. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0The 2024 election marked a pivotal moment for the Democratic Party, revealing a widening gap between its messaging and the...
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With new leaders, Maricopa County’s well-guarded elections may see shake-up
Rep. Justin Heap on March 2, 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A new crew of Republican politicians will soon take control of Maricopa County’s high-profile elections, a...
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U.S. House Republicans grill immigration agency chief over parole program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur M. Jaddou speaks at a U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Dec. 4, 2024. Republican members of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity,...
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Conservative justices lean toward allowing Tennessee’s ban on gender...
Transgender rights opponents and a supporter rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in a case on transgender health rights on Dec. 4, 2024. The Supreme Court is hearing...
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‘Critical race theory’ takes heat from GOP lawmakers on House education panel
K-12 curriculum has become a focal point of education culture wars. (Photo credit: Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers railed against what they called “woke” curriculum in schools during a...
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$849 million for Western water projects announced by Biden administration
Low water levels are visible behind the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell on March 28, 2015, in Page. Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week that it...
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AZ poised to end health care coverage for millions if Trump and Republicans...
Photo via Getty ImagesWith Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block....
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Judge tosses GOP lawsuit to purge 1.27 million Arizona voters
Voters wait in a long line outside of the vote center at the Tolleson Civic Center on Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Caitlin Sievers | Arizona Mirror A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit launched by...
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Candidates promised a bigger child tax credit. Will that actually happen?
Photo by Jennifer Shutt | Arizona Mirror/States Newsroom In the lead up to Election Day, presidential candidates had big ambitions for the future of the child tax credit, which is set to expire next...
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Upper and lower basin states hit tough impasse at annual Colorado River...
Water levels at Lake Mead, Nevada, photographed from the Hoover Dam on Oct. 26, 2022, are at 26% of the reservoir’s capacity, which is visible from the change in color of the lake’s walls. Photo by...
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Panel on Trump assassination attempts wraps up with Secret Service pledge of...
Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. testifies before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees in the Dirksen Senate Office...
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