U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari speaks about the importance of flipping party control at the state and national level to ensure Democrats have a chance to reverse Medicaid cuts in Phoenix on July 6, 2026. (Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror)
A year after Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, Arizona Democrats warn coverage losses are mounting
A year after President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to cut taxes and slash spending on healthcare and other programs aimed at helping lower income Americans, Democrats in Arizona are sounding the alarm over its impacts on families in the Grand Canyon State.
And the ability of people to access public assistance, they said, will only worsen unless...
Aaron Saucedo at his initial appearance in June 2017 after being arrested for a string of murders. Saucedo is still awaiting trial in the so-called “Seria Street Shooter” case. (Screenshot via Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)
9 years, 9 murder charges, no trial: Inside the long silence of the Serial Street Shooter case
Aaron Saucedo was arrested in 2017 and charged with nine murders and other crimes for a shooting spree that police and press called the Serial Street Shooter.
If he is ever found guilty of those crimes, he will be among the state’s most prolific serial killers. And he faces nine possible death sentences.
But first, Saucedo has to go to trial...
A person pushes a cage full of Maricopa County mail ballot envelopes at Runbeck Election Services during the March 2024 presidential preference election. Runbeck could provide some, but not all, of the security features that Arizona lawmakers are considering for ballot paper. (Photo by Jen Fifield/Votebeat)
Mohave County will debut new ballot paper with added security measures in July primary
Officials in Mohave County, Arizona, walked into a public meeting last year with bad news for their bosses.
The rural, bright-red county wanted to adopt a type of ballot paper with watermarks, embedded fibers, microprinting, and other security features for...
A volunteer clinic escort holds a sign outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, South Carolina, on March 28, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends
WASHINGTON — Republicans celebrated last year when they barred Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for one year, predicting the financial impact would hollow out the organization.
A year later, with that section of the “big, beautiful” law set to expire July 4, GOP lawmakers are trying to find a way to keep...
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