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Abortion reversal law had its roots in 1968 letter from Pope Paul VI
A hearing in the Arizona House Committee on Federalism and States Rights earlier this year to vet a proposed law requiring doctors to inform women that medication abortions can be reversed disintegrated into a forum of name calling, tossed barbs, and political statements.
Azerbaijan Connection: Arizona lawmakers pass resolutions putting themselves in the middle of international conflict
Since 2012, the small Middle Eastern country of Azerbaijan has invited hundreds of state lawmakers from Arizona and across the United States to take all-expenses paid trips halfway around the world to see the country firsthand.
Congressional Azerbaijan trips have ties to Gulen movement
Members of Congress recently got into hot water with the independent Office of Congressional Ethics for taking an all-expenses paid trip in 2013 to Azerbaijan, where they rubbed elbows with the Middle Eastern country’s ruling class and were showered with extravagant gifts.
Supreme Court could return Arizona to decades-old redistricting process
If the U.S. Supreme Court returns authority for congressional redistricting to the Legislature, lawmakers will have to become familiar again with a process they haven’t used in nearly a quarter century.
Canadian hired to lead pension system can’t get work visa
The state’s pension system for police officers, firefighters, judges and politicians has to start over to find a new executive director after the Canadian hired to lead the organization wasn’t able to get a work visa.
Stump deleted public phone records, discarded phone belonging to Corporation Commission
Energy regulator Bob Stump routinely deleted text messages on his cellphones, including public records that cannot be retrieved, the Arizona Corporation Commission disclosed.
Ducey reverses course, will continue monthly unemployment briefings
Reversing course, the Ducey administration on Tuesday jettisoned plans to cancel upcoming briefings on the state’s jobless situation.
Arizona doctors get reprieve from having to tell women medication abortions can be reversed
The state has agreed to delay the enforcement of a law requiring doctors to advise women who are seeking medication abortions that the procedure can be reversed.
End of the miracle machines: Inside the power plant fueling America’s drought
In a series of reports, ProPublica has examined how the West’s water crisis is as much a product of human error and hubris as it is of nature. The Navajo Generating Station is a monument to man’s outsized confidence that it would always be possible to engineer new solutions to an arid region’s environmental limits.
9th Circuit dismisses 23-year-old lawsuit on state instruction of English language learners
Saying the state is doing all that is legally required, a federal appellate court on Monday dismissed a 23-year-old lawsuit claiming Arizona does not do enough to ensure all students have an opportunity to learn English.
Judge dismisses group’s appeal against Clean Elections
A four-day delay in filing an appeal against the Citizens Clean Elections Commission could cost an Iowa-based group nearly $100,000 in fines. But it may cost Secretary of State Michele Reagan something much bigger – a chance to settle, once and for all, who has the authority to enforce Arizona’s election laws.
Reversing abortions: Procedure underlying new Arizona law questioned by health professionals
Pro-life medical professionals in Arizona are spreading the word about a controversial procedure that some claim can reverse the effects of a medication abortion, even as other health care providers are challenging a new law that requires doctors to inform their patients of the procedure.
