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Arizona’s $18.3B budget deal sets up Thursday vote — and leaves little room for changes
Now that legislative leaders from both parties have reached a budget agreement with Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, they’ve entered the annual sprint to pass the package of proposed bills before anyone changes their mind.
That doesn’t leave much time for state and local government agencies, much less voters, to point out problems or...
A photo radar camera in Phoenix. (Photo courtesy City of Phoenix)
Phoenix, Mesa and other cities oppose Republican plan to slash Arizona photo radar fines
The price of tickets issued by speed or red-light cameras would be reduced by more than a third under a proposal that has the backing of the Republican legislative majority, who ignored concerns from cities in Maricopa County that say it would take away a critical incentive for Arizona drivers to follow the law.
The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to...
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision ended federal abortion rights, women around the country have faced criminal charges after their pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth, ranging from homicide to child abuse to abuse of corpse. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
Critics: Arizona’s ‘religious interference’ bill is a shield for anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion protests
Arizona Republicans want to make it a crime to disrupt religious activities, but critics warn it’s little more than a thinly veiled attempt to protect anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion protestors...
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes addresses the crowd at the Arizona Capitol during the No Kings protest on Oct. 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Ariz. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
How Mohave County circumvented library policy to purge LGBTQ+ books
When Brian Walter requested a book from his local library, he didn’t expect an email informing him the title had been “weeded” — a library term typically used for removing outdated, damaged or unused materials from circulation.
But the book wasn’t removed because it was worn out or unpopular.
Instead, it was one of dozens of titles pulled from Mohave County library shelves after county supervisors rejected...
On June 10, 2026, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement and detention activites over the next three years. In this photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor)
Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump significantly bolstered funding for immigration enforcement Wednesday when he signed into law a nearly $70 billion package that will keep key federal agencies operating without any new restrictions.
Democrats pressed for guardrails after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January. But when talks broke down...
A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
Homeland Security retreats on plan to harvest data on millions of mail-in voters under Trump executive order
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.
In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantly hedged...
Minnesota was the first state to outlaw prediction markets, where people can bet on events. The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday, which some critics say are still too lax. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer)
Trump administration’s new prediction market rules hand the industry ‘almost everything it wants’
The Trump administration Wednesday proposed new regulations for online prediction markets that would ban bets on war, assassination and other extreme events, but still allow many sports bets to operate on the growing platforms.
Critics say the proposed rules don’t do enough to rein in an industry that has sparked...
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