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A young woman holds up a sign calling for an end to violence against Indigenous people on May 5, 2022 at the state Capitol. Photo by Gloria Gomez | Arizona MirrorYolanda Bydonie remembers how difficult...
View ArticleArizona judge could throw out a Cochise County election over quirk in state law
Cochise County supervisors meet in Bisbee. The supervisors have decided not to defend the county's 2023 jail tax election, and are pursuing a settlement that may include throwing out the election...
View Article‘I will get to the bottom of this’: Judge questions legality of Trump’s...
American Civil Liberties Union lead attorney Lee Gelernt holds a press conference outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after a March 21, 2025, hearing on deportation flights...
View ArticleDaniel Hernandez launches bid for southern Arizona congressional seat after...
Daniel Hernandez in 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Former state legislator Daniel Hernandez on Monday announced his plan to run in the special election to represent Arizona’s 7th...
View ArticleTeachers union, NAACP set to sue over Trump dismantling of Department of...
From left, Olivia Sawyer and Jeremy Bauer-Wolf protest the U.S. Education Department’s mass layoffs during a "honk-a-thon" and rally March 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen...
View ArticleJudge bars DOGE access to sensitive personal information at 3 federal agencies
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View ArticleA GOP proposal would mean Arizona’s 1.5 million married women could lose...
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View Article‘Coming for Social Security’: Dems blast Trump and Musk’s plans to slash...
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View Article‘Nazis got better treatment’: Judge questions Trump’s ‘Alien Enemies Act’...
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse on March 24, 2025, over a challenge of a lower...
View ArticleYouth gun deaths in the US have surged 50% since 2019
A 7-year-old boy picks up a handgun during the 2022 National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston. The number of firearm deaths among children and teens in the United States have jumped 50%...
View ArticleThe uphill battle to bring women into construction jobs could be lost under...
Women in construction ride a service elevator in Boston, on March 4, 2025. Photo by David L. Ryan | The Boston Globe/Getty Images via The 19th For decades, women have worked diligently to carve out a...
View ArticleStanton and Ansari demand return of Arizona Native heroes to Pentagon website
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View ArticleNational security officials insist no top secret info in leaked group chat on...
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe appear during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing...
View ArticleHobbs displays tribal flags in Executive Tower after removal from VA hospital
Flags representing the 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona are displayed in the rotunda of the Executive Tower. Gov. Katie Hobbs is housing the flags, which were removed from the Carl T. Hayden...
View ArticleTrump administration challenges order to reinstate refugee services contracts
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. The executive order canceling refugee...
View ArticleTrump bulldozes state election authority, Congress, with order requiring...
Voting booths set up at Madison, Wisconsin's Hawthorne Library on Election Day 2022. (Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order that...
View ArticleArizona GOP wages legislative war on transgender existence
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View ArticleMilitary-grade surveillance tech will be on display at Border Security Expo...
A static display by Tower Solutions Inc. at the 2024 Border Expo in El Paso, Texas, shows off the company's mobile camera technology. Photo by Dugan MeyerPhoenix will be hosting a convention featuring...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds Biden ghost gun rule requiring serial numbers and...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a federal firearm regulation aimed at reining in ghost guns, untraceable, unregulated weapons made from kits. In this photo, a ghost gun is displayed before...
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