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Arizona, California, Texas, moving, U.S. Census Bureau
Oct 19, 2023

Fewer Californians are moving to Texas, but more are going to Arizona and Florida

The number of former Californians who became Texans dropped slightly last year, but some of that slack was picked up by Arizona and Florida, which saw their tallies of ex-Californians grow, according to new state-to-state migration figures released Thursday.

Lesko, Congress, departure,
Oct 19, 2023

Heated race likely to succeed Lesko, who shocked political observers with planned departure

The announcement from four-term U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, that she is not seeking reelection next year shocked political observers who said her departure opens the door to what will likely be a crowded, and costly, GOP primary to replace her in what has been called a solidly Republican district.

trial, first-degree murder, child abuse
Oct 18, 2023

Navarrete maintains innocence, family testifies in trial

Former state Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete is currently on trial for a series of sexual crimes against children, which his attorney maintains he did not commit.  

Lake, ballots, Maricopa County attorneys, election contest, ballot affidavit envelopes, public records
Oct 18, 2023

Court rules counties can’t hand-count all ballots in elections

Arizona counties are prohibited by law from hand-counting all ballots in an election, even if they want to do so because county leaders have bought into conspiracy theories that say vote tabulation machines are untrustworthy, the state Court of Appeals ruled.

school resource officers, SROs, school safety officers, Horne, campuses
Oct 18, 2023

New program will place armed, uniformed off-duty police officers on campuses with SROs 

The Arizona Department of Education announced a new program to place armed and uniformed off-duty police officers on school campuses lacking a school resource officer.  

abortion, Arizona, Illinois
Oct 18, 2023

Illinois Gov. Pritzker takes his fight for abortion access national with a new dark-money group

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to undergo the procedure.

House speaker, Crane, Biggs, Grijalva
Oct 18, 2023

Arizona lawmakers fall in line, but House fails to elect new speaker

Arizona lawmakers voted on party lines for a new House speaker Tuesday, but it was not enough to overcome a new group of rebellious Republicans in the House who blocked the election of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan.

Oct 17, 2023

US Rep. Debbie Lesko won’t seek re-election in Arizona next year

U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko announced Tuesday that she will not run for office next year.

Hamadeh, Mayes, election contest, Mohave County
Oct 17, 2023

Hamadeh ordered to pay thousands in legal fees to Mayes

Abe Hamadeh has been ordered to pay more than $42,000 in legal fees to Kris Mayes in his unsuccessful effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the results of the attorney general's race.

Trump, rally, Lake, presidential preference ballot, Castro
Oct 17, 2023

Trump’s attorney says bid to keep him off ballot should be tossed

An attorney for Donald Trump says a bid to keep him off the 2024 Arizona presidential preference ballot should be thrown out because there's not a chance in the world that challenger John Castro could get nominated, much less elected.

contraceptives, pharmacies, birth control, pills
Oct 17, 2023

Contraceptives will be available at pharmacies without prescription, increasing accessibility for women

Arizona regulators this summer finalized long-awaited rules that allow expanded access to over-the-counter hormonal contraceptives for women over age 18 in the state.

electricity, Arizona, Germany, International Energy Agency, electrical grids
Oct 17, 2023

Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push.

Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines are not added or refurbished in the next few years, the International Energy Agency said.

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