Clik here to view.
Mental health for South Phoenix’s teachers and students matter
Parents take videos of students at a sixth-grade promotion ceremony at John R. Davis School in Phoenix. Photo via Roosevelt School District No. 66 /Facebook“When you live in a poor neighborhood, you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New allegations about Pentagon nominee Hegseth circulated to members of U.S....
President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump puts DEI staff on paid leave, guts environmental justice offices across...
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — All federal employees in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tohono O’odham Nation signs co-stewardship with BLM over sacred lands
Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose and U.S. Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Manager Colleen Dingman gather at the Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum near the Baboquivari...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bill would force Arizona governor to face monthly TV questioning from lawmakers
Gov. Katie Hobbs delivers her State of the State address on Jan. 13, 2025, on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A bill that would require...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Immigrant detention Laken Riley Act passes House, goes to Trump for his...
The U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Democrats push to scrap Arizona abortion limits despite GOP majority
A poster held up at a news conference at the state Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz. advocates for the repeal of the state's remaining anti-abortion laws on Jan. 22, 2025. Arizona voters in 2024 approved...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump to send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Troops dispatched to border ‘just the beginning’ of deployments, Pentagon says
An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase/Department of Defense official photo)WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. House Republicans roll out bill to restrict birthright citizenship
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, a Texas Republican, speaks at a Capitol press conference with several Republicans supporting his bill to limit birthright citizenship on Jan. 23, 2025. From left to right, GOP...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge grants AZ’s request to temporarily block Trump’s birthright citizenship...
An analysis from the New Partnership for New Americans estimates that by the end of 2020 Arizona will have gained over 49,000 new eligible voters who are immigrants in the four years since the last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bill barring LGBTQ pride flags from AZ government buildings advances, despite...
In 2019, then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs hung an LGBTQ pride flag from the historic Arizona Capitol building. A Republican proposal aims to make such displays illegal in all government buildings in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arizona pushes forward with execution plan as federal government abandons...
File photo by Cronkite NewsAaron Gunches was sentenced to death and he’s ready to die. The state is ready to accommodate him. So, what’s the problem? Oxymoronic as it sounds, it still has to meet the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elections Committee backs banning vote centers, putting a 1,000-voter cap on...
Voters wait in line at a Mesa polling location on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorIn most Arizona counties, voters can show up at any polling location to cast their ballot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sedona can disallow short-term rentals in trailer parks, judge rules
Photo via Getty ImagesA lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute against the City of Sedona, its mayor and city manager for refusing to give a short-term rental permit to the owner of a mobile home...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A government built by and for the pain of the people
A Buddha statue sits in a burned house from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 21, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo by Apu Gomes | Getty Images“Now you see that?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern...
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley called for swift action from Navajo tribal leaders to address the concern over ICE raids that have impacted Navajo people living in urban areas. Photo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Immigrants under temporary protections on fast track for deportation under...
In this aerial view, Mexican immigration officials and police escort deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on Jan. 22, 2025, as seen from Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President Donald Trump signed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home builders sue over assured water supply rules that hampered home building...
Photo by Getty ImagesA group of home builders is suing the Arizona Department of Water Resources for imposing what they claim are unlawful assured water supply restrictions that have halted some new...
View Article