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A woker checks on a piece of mining equipment at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz. The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.
Mar 31, 2024

Uranium mined near Grand Canyon as prices soar, US pushes more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. 

Reporter Martin Dreyfuss works on stories for Cronkite News at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Feb. 28, 2024. Dreyfuss is assigned to cover the Arizona Legislature for the immersive newsroom program this semester and expects to earn a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication in December 2024 from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. (Photo by Lauren Kobley/Cronkite News)
Mar 29, 2024

ASU students gathering news at state Capitol, D.C

From the Arizona statehouse to the nation’s capital, Arizona State University students are reporting on the issues that matter to their readers.

Feb 26, 2024

We must pass Defend the Guard Act into law

I have witnessed the same overwhelming support for this legislation from my own constituents, and every Senate Republican will tell you the same. I am determined to see SB1121 become law, for our federal government to rein in its endless wars abroad, and for Arizona to become the first state to defend the integrity of our National Guard.

Feb 16, 2024

Arizona leaders can help solve US debt crisis

Arizona and other states must now step up and demand that Congress set the time and place for such a convention as required under Article V. To do otherwise would reward bad congressional behavior and moot the state’s equal rights to propose amendments to the Constitution as provided by Article V. The time for action is now! 

ballots, elections, task force, Hobbs, Bennett
Feb 7, 2024

Election deadline fix advances

On a party-line vote, two legislative panels approved a series of changes in election laws Tuesday that Republicans say are needed to ensure that Arizonans are not disenfranchised.

Election losers explain what went wrong
Jan 12, 2024

Why Arizona is worried about finishing the presidential election on time – but other states aren’t

The officials who run Arizona’s elections put out a blunt reminder last week: If lawmakers don’t soon change key dates related to the upcoming presidential election, military voters may get their ballots late, and results might not be delivered to Congress in time. 

Dec 15, 2023

Ex-Congressman Hayworth behind the mic again

Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth has returned to radio broadcasting again, reuniting with KFNN-1510 AM to host his new show “All Right Now.”  

law, abortion, judge, doctors, pregnancy,
Nov 26, 2023

Supreme Court judge says he has done nothing to make him unable to fairly judge Planned Parenthood lawsuit

Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery said he has done or said nothing that would make him unable to fairly judge a pending lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood Arizona over whether abortion remains legal in Arizona.

Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, fentanyl, border, Mexico
Nov 17, 2023

Biden and López Obrador set to meet, with fentanyl, migrants and Cuba on the U.S.-Mexico agenda

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, two strong allies who don't always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday.

Trump, John Castro, election, president, court
Nov 14, 2023

Judge questions arguments by Trump’s attorney that Castro is ‘frivolous’ presidential candidate

A federal judge is questioning arguments by the lawyer for Donald Trump that he can declare that John Castro is a "frivolous'' candidate for president and therefore has no legal right to try to block the bid by the former president to try to get elected again.

China, migrants, Border Patrol, Chinese Nationals, Mexico
Nov 14, 2023

Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

Illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, U.S. authorities said Tuesday, ending a three-month streak of big increases.

riot, Congress, Lesko, insurrection, U.S. Capitol
Nov 13, 2023

Capitol rioter plans 2024 run as a Libertarian candidate in Arizona’s 8th congressional district

Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, apparently aspires to be a member of Congress.

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