Federal judge rejects plea to block ballot box watchers
A federal judge rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against a ballot box watcher organization in a ruling on Friday.
New US plan could lead to federal action on Colorado River
The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River in the first sign of what could lead to federal action to protect the once-massive but shrinking reservoirs behind them.
Planned Parenthood of Arizona reopens sites where abortion offered
Saying it now has legal breathing room, Planned Parenthood of Arizona is reopening all its sites where it offers abortion in the state.
Judge: women no more than 15 weeks pregnant can get abortions
Arizona women who are no more than 15 weeks pregnant will be able to continue to get legal abortions through at least the end of the year, if not beyond.
Pro-life Dems throw wrench in party plans and contradict campaign messaging
Two pro-life Democrats are contradicting the party’s message that voting for the Democratic ticket means protecting abortion from statewide bans.
Senate Republicans take credit for opposing CDC push to vaccinate youths against Covid
Senate Republicans are taking credit for standing up to a new push by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have kids vaccinated against Covid before attending school.
Arizona GOP leader loses in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
The phone records of the chair of the Arizona Republican Party could be in the hands of the Jan. 6 committee within days unless she can convince a higher power - perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court - to intercede.
Ducey takes feds to court over border conflict
Gov. Doug Ducey wants a judge to void a 115-year-old presidential declaration that gives the federal government exclusive control of a 60-foot swath along the Arizona-Mexico border - the land on which the governor already has placed shipping containers and wants to erect more.
AZ GOP head gets temporary reprieve for surrendering records
The head of the Arizona Republican Party has gotten at least a temporary reprieve from a court order that would surrender her phone records to the House panel investigating the events around the Jan. 6 riot.
Feds want shipping containers removed from border
The federal government wants Arizona to take away the shipping containers the state lined up on federal land along the border near Yuma in August.
Former independent representative dies Saturday at 63
Sylvia Laughter, a former state representative from Kayenta, died Saturday. Laughter served in the state House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005 and is the only independent candidate to serve in the state House or Senate since Arizona was granted statehood in 1912.
GOP hopefuls turn to Pence to broaden appeal before election
In Donald Trump's assessment, Mike Pence "committed political suicide" on Jan. 6, 2021. The man who was booed last year at a conservative conference is now an in-demand draw for Republican candidates, including some who spent their primaries obsessively courting Trump's endorsement, in part by parroting his false election claims.