The ‘inner terror’ of lethal injection is cruel, law prof argues in bid to...
Arizona has carried out most executions with lethal injection since 1992, but with a litany of changing protocols and problems, which ultimately halted executions in the state for eight years. Photo...
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Photo by © Aristide Economopoulos/for NJ MonitorTwo Republican state representatives have accused the Arizona Department of Health Services of coming after the Second Amendment rights of parents after...
View ArticleThe women reliving January 6 while preparing for Trump’s return
Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Veronica Escobar, hold each other as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds a primetime hearing on Capitol Hill in July 2022 in...
View ArticleU.S. House Republicans seeking to settle debt limit alongside border, taxes
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025. Johnson said he intended to address the country’s debt limit through the budget reconciliation process. (Photo by Tasos...
View ArticleU.S. House GOP kicks off new session with border security push
Migrants wait throughout the night May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source New Mexico)WASHINGTON — The U.S....
View ArticleTrump calls for avoiding default, possibly using military force for expansion
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
View ArticleAs demand for weight-loss drugs rises, states grapple with Medicaid coverage
In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter. Ozempic was originally approved to treat people with Type 2 diabetes, but demand has surged because of the...
View ArticleTrump asks U.S. Supreme Court to suspend sentencing in New York hush money case
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in a New York hush money case. Shown is the court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON...
View ArticleU.S. House Dem, former police officers lambast Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon pledge
Michael Fanone, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer who defended the U.S. Capitol and suffered injuries on Jan. 6, 2021, is pictured at the attack’s second anniversary. Fanone on Wednesday...
View ArticleGallego, Kelly and Hobbs line up behind bill to jail immigrants for...
L to R: U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, Gov. Katie Hobbs. Photos by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Arizona’s Democratic U.S. senators and Gov. Katie Hobbs are joining Republicans in...
View ArticleSenate Republicans plan for 2025 includes border security, election reforms
Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Illustration by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorArizona’s Senate Republicans say they’re unified behind an ambitious plan for the 2025 legislative session that begins next week,...
View ArticleArizona counties block access to cast vote records, a key to analyzing results
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake answers questions during a Clean Election Commission debate against Democratic candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego. Photo by Joe Rondone | The Arizona Republic/PoolAfter...
View ArticleTrump huddles with U.S. Senate GOP but no agreement yet on big tax,...
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025, ahead of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center. Trump met with Senate Republicans Wednesday evening....
View ArticleTribes in Arizona awarded funding to build climate resilience
School buses carry children across the vast Navajo Nation south of Rock Point in 2002 on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Photo by David McNew | Getty ImagesFive tribal nations in Arizona received...
View ArticleArizona Supreme Court to weigh fate of ‘dark money’ disclosure law
Photo by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorThe Arizona Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear key portions of a challenge to the state’s landmark campaign finance disclosure law aimed at ending anonymous...
View ArticleTrump to face sentencing Friday in NY case after Supreme Court denies attempt...
Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City. Trump, the president-elect, is set to be...
View ArticleRepublicans prioritize changes to speed up election results in 2026
Voters wait in line on Nov. 5, 2024, at a polling location in Chandler. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorRepublicans in the Arizona Legislature have resumed their efforts to make...
View ArticleNo jail time or fines for Trump in sentencing for NY hush money case
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by...
View ArticleArizona’s recreational marijuana sales hit yearly low in November, continuing...
Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe state’s adult-use marijuana sales fell to $73.1 million in November, the lowest monthly total since September and a sign of continuing market contraction....
View ArticleNew GOP-led elections committee in Arizona House signals voting debate isn’t...
State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Republicans in the Arizona House have created a new committee that will take a comprehensive look at...
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