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How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters
Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s just in English. In 388 places nationwide, the Voting Rights […]
Proposition 139 Sparks Legal Debate Over Abortion Rights and Parental Consent
Gov. Katie Hobbs insists that if voters approve Proposition 139 it won’t allow minors to get an abortion without parental consent. That puts her at direct odds with foes who […]
Funding stalled for federal program that’s reducing diabetes among Arizona Native Americans
Federal funding expires at the end of the year for a program that has reduced diabetes among Native Americans. Congress has yet to act, leaving providers and patients worried. Diabetes […]
Judicial retention PACs raising money, foes going door-to-door
Political action committees aimed at keeping Arizona Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King on the bench spent big last quarter, while a committee to oust the justices is […]
Longtime Republican incumbent seeks to fend off challenger in LD16
In Legislative District 16, a Republican incumbent is defending his Senate seat from a first-time candidate who is the daughter of a longtime Democrat state representative. The Senate seat is […]
Steve Kaiser: Keeping perspective in a place that can change people
Former Sen. Steve Kaiser resigned from the Legislature in 2023 to spend more time with family, but also because he “felt like that place started to change” him. Turning the […]
A look at the past to imagine tied, flipped Legislature
It’s been more than three decades since Democrats held control of the Arizona Senate. With Republican majorities thinning in recent years, Democratic leaders are considering plans for a tied or […]
Courts prepare for influx of election challenges, legal questions remain
After litigious 2020 and 2022 elections, another round of legal challenges in 2024 are all but assumed by the judiciary, election attorneys and professionals, with contests set to enter a […]
Corporation Commission defends exempting power plant from environmental review
The Arizona Corporation Commission is denying claims made by Attorney General Kris Mayes and two environmental groups about the commission’s decision to exempt a power plant expansion from environmental review. […]
No elected incumbents in five-way fight for swing district LD13
In the battle for control of the Arizona House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats are seeking to gain ground in the East Valley’s Legislative District 13, where no House candidate […]
Lake left empty-handed after Gallego divorce records unsealed
It’s October, but there was no surprise in the long-sought divorce records of U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego and his ex-wife Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. And that leaves Ruben’s foe in […]
AZ Dept. of Ed launches STOP-IT Task Force to raise awareness about fentanyl’s dangers
Arizona’s Department of Education has introduced an initiative aimed at tackling the growing threat of fentanyl in schools. The School Training Overdose Preparedness and Intelligence Taskforce (STOP-IT) is educating students […]
