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Was there really a Baseline Killer? A new appeal claims Phoenix police framed Mark Goudeau
Twenty years after he was arrested and identified as the Baseline Killer, Mark Goudeau still maintains that he is innocent.
Goudeau, now 61, alleges that Phoenix Police detectives planted incriminating evidence in his house and tampered with DNA findings...
U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego speaks at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 10, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Gage Skidmore Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Senate confirms ethics complaint against Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego has been referred
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republican leaders Tuesday defended the secretive process used in that chamber to investigate allegations of wrongdoing, though they did confirm referring a complaint made against Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego to the Ethics Committee.
“At the beginning, we always start very, very privately to protect members because we don’t want to facilitate frivolous accusations...
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Judge blocks Arizona water rule that halted new housing developments across the Valley
A judge handed a huge win to developers Tuesday when he blocked an Arizona water rule that put a stop to new housing developments in some areas of the Valley.
The ruling prohibits the Arizona Department of Water Resources from using its “unmet demand” rule for the Phoenix...
A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12. A new court ruling allows ICE to use Medicaid data, alarming some states and advocates who warn it could have a chilling effect on immigrant families accessing health care. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away.
Arizona Republicans are hoping to turn every police department in the state into a processing hub for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
On Tuesday, the state House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1055, which would require law enforcement agencies in Arizona to...
Election workers process ballots at the Davis County Administrative Building in Farmington, Utah, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
Voting rights groups open new legal front against Trump’s push to collect state voter data
Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge Tuesday against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice is building a dangerous centralized national voter list ahead of the midterm elections in November.
The federal lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia by the voting rights and civic group Common Cause...
A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
12 Republican attorneys general move to defend Trump’s executive order on mail ballots
A dozen Republican state attorneys general are moving to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail ballots from legal challenges mounted by Democrats.
The GOP officials, led by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, argued in multiple court filings Monday and Tuesday in response to Democratic lawsuits that...
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on April 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Burgum defends Trump’s fossil fuel agenda as Democrats accuse Interior of ‘kneecapping’ renewables
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy.
Burgum said President Donald Trump’s administration aimed to ease regulatory burdens on oil and gas producers...
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