Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs steps down from the podium on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives building on Jan. 12, 2026, after giving her annual state of the state address. (Photo by Caitlin Sievers/Arizona Mirror)
Hobbs signs final batch of bills for the 2026 session
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed 51 pieces of legislation on Monday, the last of the bills that the state legislature sent to her before it ended the annual legislative session on June 13.
During a series of long days during their last week in session, the legislature...
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Bill telling Arizona consumers when a digital ‘purchase’ isn’t really a purchase gets vetoed
A bill that would have made companies that sell digital downloads or streams of movies and video games disclose to customers that they’re not purchasing permanent copies of that media was among the dozens of measures vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
The bill by Rep. Nick Kupper, R-Surprise, would have seen Arizona follow California and mandate...
Voting at the Portland Expo in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star)
Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
The Trump administration illegally overhauled a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into federal officials for violating the privacy of millions of Americans.
The ruling struck at the core of President Donald Trump’s project to assert authority over state-run elections...
Voters fill out their ballots at a Sioux Falls polling place during the South Dakota primary election on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
As Trump weighs troops at the polls, Senate Democrats move to require congressional approval
U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to require Congress to sign off on any deployment of federal troops to the polls, as President Donald Trump and his administration refuse to rule out the idea.
Fears of troops or other federal agents at voting sites have long loomed over the approaching midterm elections in November. Democrats and voting rights advocates have grown alarmed in recent months as Trump has...
A construction worker balances atop a roof. States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. (Photo by Robbie Sequeira/Stateline)
States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried.
States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing.
Some of these changes include allowing low-rise apartment buildings to have just one stairway, reducing how often...
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