A sign held by a teacher at a rally at the Arizona Capitol on June 5, 2024, to advocate for restrictions on the state’s school voucher system, known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Arizona, ranked 49th, would have to boost school funding by 50% just to hit the national average
Arizona now ranks one place away from dead last in the country for spending on public school students.
This week, the National Education Association released its annual report on public school spending and teacher pay. The worst state...
Marlene Galan-Woods gives opening remarks during a debate on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Cheryl Evans/The Arizona Republic/pool)
DCCC backs Marlene Galán-Woods in crowded Democratic primary to flip Schweikert’s seat
In the highly competitive and crowded Democratic field to replace U.S. Rep. David Schweikert in Congress, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday announced it is backing Marlene Galán-Woods.
The DCCC has added Galán-Woods to its “Red to Blue” program, giving her an edge over the five other other Democratic candidates vying...
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The Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act. It may change how maps are drawn in Arizona.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to weaken a key section of the Voting Rights Act could change how election boundaries are drawn in Arizona — most immediately through a potential lawsuit to challenge its existing state legislative maps.
Several experts who spoke with Votebeat within hours of the high court’s decision said any such challenge would likely face an uphill legal battle...
“I voted” stickers rest on a counter at the Pennington County Administration Building during early voting on Jan. 19, 2026, for a municipal election in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)
How the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and what comes next for redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act could upend American politics and trigger a new rush to redraw congressional districts.
The opinion released on Wednesday, in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, holds sweeping consequences for how states and local governments draw district lines at all levels of government, from Congress to school boards...
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes at a press conference the day before the November 2024 presidential election discussing the 200,000 voters who will need to provide proof of citizenship after the election. Screenshot of Arizona Secretary of State press conference
Judge strikes down rule requiring counties to aid voters who go to wrong polling place
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes can’t force election officials to provide a way for voters who show up at the wrong polling place to cast a valid ballot, according to a new court decision striking down a key provision of the state’s election rulebook.
In 2023, Fontes wrote a policy into the state’s election procedures manual directing counties that...
A U.S. appeals court has blocked one of the main methods of obtaining abortion medication for those living in states with bans. A hearing in the Louisiana case on telehealth access took place at the John M. Shaw U.S. Courthouse in Lafayette, La., in late February. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)
More than a quarter of abortions used telehealth. A federal court just shut that down nationwide.
One of the main methods of obtaining abortion medication for those living in states with bans is now blocked nationwide, after a federal appeals court decision issued Friday afternoon.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule from 2023 that allowed mifepristone...
ICE agents search the passenger of a truck as they arrest both him and the driver during a traffic stop in February in Robbinsdale, Minn. Almost a quarter of ICE arrests in recent months have been “collateral,” a category that has raised legal questions, rather than “targeted” arrests based on preexisting warrants or removal orders. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
Nearly 1 in 3 immigration arrests in AZ since August are ‘collateral’ arrests of noncriminals
A quarter of immigration arrests since August were labeled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “collateral,” a type of arrest and detention that’s been challenged in court as an end run around civil rights.
Public outrage and lawsuits over the arrests may be tamping down the large-scale sweeps that foster them, but tens of thousands were...
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