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Sep 25, 2025

HOV lane access for electric vehicles ends soon

Key Points:  Law allowing electric vehicles to use HOV lanes will end Sept. 30 Law could be renewed by Congress Electric vehicle buyers may also lose $7,500 federal tax credit […]

Sep 23, 2025

Adelita Grijalva picks up easy win in CD7 special election, will fill her father’s seat

Key Points: Adelita Grijalva will assume her late father’s seat Grijalva is the first Latina from Arizona to serve in Congress Swearing-in ceremony will take place in coming weeks Adelita […]

Aug 8, 2025

Don’t let Congress put Arizona’s tribes — and children — at risk

Just weeks ago, the Department of Justice announced a sweeping Medicaid fraud bust that exposed Arizona as ground zero for a massive scheme exploiting tribal health programs. Federal prosecutors revealed […]

Jul 25, 2025

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’? No – one big, dangerous disaster

My patient had a full-body rash. Her lips were swelling. She was scared she couldn’t breathe. If the swelling continued, her tongue could obstruct her throat, and she would suffocate. […]

Jul 15, 2025

Adelita Grijalva sails to victory in CD7 special primary

Key Points: Adelita Grijalva wins two-thirds of initial vote count Daniel Hernandez conceded race shortly after results  Official tally will be days away Adelita Grijalva beat out four other Democrats […]

May 30, 2025

Preserving health care in Arizona

By a one vote margin (215-214), on May 22, the MAGA Republicans in Congress passed a budget reconciliation bill that delivers to President Trump his most cherished prize: tax cuts […]

May 29, 2025

Hobbs, hospital officials oppose proposed Medicaid cuts by Congress

Key Points: 25% of Medicaid recipients in Arizona could lose coverage Rural areas would be hard hit State favors work requirement with exceptions Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs brought nearly a […]

Congressman Raúl Grijalva
Dec 3, 2024

Grijalva to step down as ranking Democrat on environmental committee

In a prepared statement Monday, Grijalva said "it is the right moment to pass the torch'' as Congress begins a new session.

Nov 11, 2024

AZ’s new election law tightens time to meet federal deadlines

It was fought in the Supreme Court this weekend as a legal dispute over whether voters were being denied the right to fix their signatures on ballots. Lost in the […]

Oct 21, 2024

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 […]

Congressman Raúl Grijalva
Oct 2, 2024

Tucson Congressman Raúl Grijalva, sidelined by cancer since February, says next term will be his last

Tucson Congressman Raúl Grijalva, diagnosed with cancer early this year and absent from the U.S. Capitol since February, says his next term will be his last. He’s seeking a 12th […]

wildfire
Sep 11, 2024

Governors prod Congress for more help on growing threat of wildfire in West

WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and 19 other Western governors are prodding Congress to move more urgently to address a wildfire crisis that has grown worse in recent years. […]

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