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USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise
Bird flu, or H5N1, has disrupted the work of poultry farmers for years and began infecting dairy herds last year. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced...
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GOP bill targets Arizona schools that restrict immigration agents on campus
A protester holds up a sign opposing collaboration between local police and federal immigration officials at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Feb. 10, 2025. Republican leadership has introduced a law,...
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Political standoff threatens services for thousands of disabled Arizonans
Disability rights advocates gather Feb. 26 at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix to urge Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican legislative leaders to remedy a funding shortfall in the state's Division...
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Latino leaders decry ‘chaos’ of Trump immigration raids, instead of focus on...
U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus news conference at the House Triangle on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty...
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Researchers estimate 1 in 10 abortions provided by online-only clinics one...
Demonstrators gathered in front of the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in March about medication abortion, the most common method in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (Photo by...
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Skeptics of new Arizona ballot security bill zero in on sponsor’s links to...
A person pushes a cage full of Maricopa County mail ballot envelopes at Runbeck Election Services during the March 2024 presidential preference election. Runbeck could provide some, but not all, of the...
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Democrats fear millions of student loan records were illegally shared with...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo...
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State Department axed contracts for refugee services despite court order,...
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 — Faith groups involved in...
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State, federal governments are eyeing crypto legislation
David Sacks, U.S. President Donald Trump's "AI and Crypto Czar", speaks to President Donald Trump as he signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in...
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Arizona’s water shortage pits GOP lawmakers against Hobbs on ‘Ag to Urban’...
Photo via Getty ImagesFor more than a year, Arizona’s elected leaders have been making big promises to address the state’s unclear water future. But with ample disagreement over what that should look...
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Republicans could pay for tax cuts by slashing billions from Medicaid health...
About 60 percent of the nation’s 73 million children in 2022 received their health insurance through Medicaid or CHIP, which extends Medicaid benefits to children of low-income families who make too...
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Trump to Zelenskyy: Cut a deal with Putin or ‘we’re out’ and America will...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
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Following Trump’s playbook, Arizona Republicans target remote work and DEI
Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Following the lead of the Trump administration, Republicans in the Arizona legislature moved forward with proposals that would force government workers back...
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Trump signs executive order declaring English as official U.S. language
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President...
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‘Verify, but do not trust’: Arizona’s troubling execution history continues
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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Navajo County election official charged with pulling gun, lying to police in...
Photo by Getty ImagesA Navajo County grand jury has indicted the county’s recorder, Timothy Jordan, on three criminal charges in connection with a road rage incident just before the November election....
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Trump is sending 3,000 more troops and combat vehicles to the U.S.-Mexico border
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 — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that...
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Tribal leaders sound alarm as Trump’s federal cuts threaten Indigenous...
Photo by Shauneen Miranda | States NewsroomFrom securing funding for Indian Health Services and ongoing water settlements to increasing investments in infrastructure, education and law enforcement,...
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Trump says tariffs ‘all set’ for Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip...
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‘A disaster for Arizonans’: Dems blasts Trump’s first 6 weeks in office ahead...
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)President...
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