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deportations, Biden administration, immigrants,
Jun 23, 2023

Supreme Court rejects Republican-led challenge to Biden policy on deportations

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a long-blocked Biden administration policy that prioritizes the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety or were picked up at the border.

Voting Rights Act, Alabama, Arizona, Supreme Court, voters, elections, absentee ballot
Jun 6, 2023

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act, next ruling could go further

Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that had been on hold, while the Supreme Court weakened another section of the Voting Rights Act with a ruling from Arizo[...]

border, Title 42, immigration, Mayes, Arizona v. Mayorkas
May 22, 2023

Supreme Court dismisses Arizona’s last-ditch attempt to preserve Title 42

The Supreme Court has formally dismissed an Arizona-led effort to preserve Title 42, the pandemic-era immigration restriction that was officially ended by the Biden administration last week.

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Mar 24, 2023

Republicans aim to ban ranked choice voting

Legislative Republicans are working to outlaw ranked choice voting despite the fact the practice isn’t used in Arizona.

ESA, tuition, costs, Horne, Lewis
Feb 17, 2023

Bill to expand ESA reporting advances, barely

A bill that would expand reporting requirements for the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program narrowly passed the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 15.  

migrants, immigration, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Ukraine, Russia, Guatemala, El Salvadorans, asylum seekers, Trump, Montana, Biden, Supreme Court, GOP, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Congress, Ohio,
Nov 29, 2022

High court to hear arguments over Biden’s deportation policy

The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute over a blocked Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

Trump, border, asylum, Title 42Venezuela, Biden, public health, ACLU, Washington
Nov 22, 2022

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

migration, asylum, Mexico, border, Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico
Nov 15, 2022

Judge orders halt to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of Covid.

Indian Child Welfare Act, Supreme Court, Indigenous, tribes, Native American families, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Arizona, Indiana, Texas
Nov 10, 2022

Justices grapple with legality of Indian Child Welfare Act in marathon hearing

Over the course of three hours Wednesday, the Supreme Court grappled with whether a law meant to keep Indigenous children with Native American families should be overturned as racist and unconstitutional, as critics charge.

Supreme Court, Indian, adoption, Indian Child Welfare Act, child welfare, tribes, DCS
Nov 8, 2022

Supreme Court asked to rule ‘gold standard’ of tribal adoption laws racist

The Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether the Indian Child Welfare Act is the “gold standard” of child welfare policy or an “outrageous and unconstitutional” law that has outlived its time.

Audrey Ruiz, right, speaks with protestors at the Children Belong on Playgrounds, Not Cages rally on June 19, 2018, at the state Capitol. (Photo courtesy of NextGen Arizona), border, Ducey, Abbott, migrants, cages, border, DeSantis
Sep 23, 2022

Investigate Ducey for sending refugees to D.C.

Gov. Doug Ducey said he has spent millions of dollars on sending migrants to Washington, D.C., in recent months, with millions more dollars earmarked for it next fiscal year. While we do not know what taxpayer monies were used, we do know that the money would be far better used for humanitarian purposes.  

voting, primary, pivot, primary, general election, Center for the Future of Arizona, Nebraska, Louisiana, Washington, California, Republican, Democrat, libertarian
Sep 23, 2022

Is it time to retire the campaign pivot?

The primaries are in the rearview mirror, general election campaigns are well underway, and candidates are reshaping their messaging for general election voters. Sometimes the pivot is believable. Other times, not so much.  

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