Local News in Arizona
418 articles · Page 1 of 21
- NewsAZ
US Supreme Court to take up Arizona proof of citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a case that could decide whether the state can require Arizonans to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote and if it can purge voter rolls in the months leading up to an election. The high court’s decision in the case, which could come before […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
US Senate Ethics Committee dismisses complaint against Gallego
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego, writing in a letter it found no evidence the Arizona Democrat violated the chamber’s rules or federal law. Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna filed a complaint to the six-member committee earlier this year, claiming the senator had violated campaign […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Trump’s sharpened focus on investigating elections raises fears of midterm meddling
President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters at a Pennsylvania rally June 23 when he made an extraordinary admission about an election a continent away. Trump and his allies had spent several days in June savaging California over its slow vote counting and baselessly alleging its contests were fraudulent. But now the president divulged that his […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Federal health agency cancels most of its teen pregnancy prevention grants
A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states. A list obtained by Stateline of canceled grants includes those awarded to universities, community […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Moderate US House Dem group questions USDA’s Rollins over screwworm response
WASHINGTON — Members of the New Democrat Coalition asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday to provide fresh details about the nation’s screwworm outbreak and demanded that the Trump administration allocate more resources to containing the spread. Reps. Sharice Davids of Kansas, Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico and Jim Costa of California led 18 […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
States show their stuff: The Great American State Fair opens in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial. States and territories showed off cultural and agricultural exports at exhibits stretching nearly a […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling sensitive documents
John Bolton, a national security adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of mishandling classified information, the Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. The plea resolves an 18-count indictment against Bolton, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland. He has agreed to pay a $2.25 […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
GOP dreams of another big budget bill dashed by Trump demands for SAVE America Act
WASHINGTON — Republicans have one more opportunity to use the complex process they relied on to enact their “big, beautiful” law and provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement — a chance that becomes less likely the more divisions over a voter identification bill splinter the party. Debate over a third reconciliation […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Eyeing upcoming elections, Arizona activists want their city officials to stand up to ICE
The article is published in a collaboration between the Arizona Mirror and Bolts. It’s a sweltering 105 degrees on a Sunday afternoon in June when Jillian Ryan sets out to tell voters in east Mesa that their city has a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow local police officers to be a […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
GOP lawmakers mull special session for school voucher deal with teachers union
Republican lawmakers are contemplating trying to call a special session of the Arizona Legislature as they attempt to negotiate a deal that would likely kill a Republican ballot initiative as well as one headed by public school advocates, both aimed at reforms to the state’s school voucher program. In the final hours of the annual […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Get ready for the semiquincentennial: Americans celebrate a 250th anniversary
WASHINGTON — Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th anniversary on this Fourth of July. Pomp and circumstance will abound for the semiquincentennial as the similarly named America250 and Freedom 250 offer different slates […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Republicans in CD1 clash over who would best preserve the Trump agenda
Republican candidates vying for the chance to represent Arizona’s 1st Congressional District sought to convince voters that they’re the best choice to preserve President Donald Trump’s agenda and keep the party in power in the nation’s Capitol during a Wednesday night debate. The district is one of the state’s wealthiest, spanning Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Trump wants $87.6 billion to pay for his war in Iran, aid to farmers and more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sent Congress a request Wednesday for $87.6 billion in emergency funding to cover the cost of the war in Iran and other expenses. White House budget director Russ Vought wrote in a letter that in addition to addressing “urgent needs” for the Defense Department, the funding would help the U.S. government […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
On Dobbs anniversary Hobbs warns of her GOP opponents’ past abortion ban support
In the run-up to decide who will lead the Grand Canyon State for the next four years, Gov. Katie Hobbs is looking to keep her Republican opponents in the political hot seat over their abortion stances. “Every chance I have during this election, I’m going to be focused on my opponents’ record of supporting the […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Judges block Trump push for Michigan voter info, setting up possible Supreme Court fight
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled the Department of Justice isn’t entitled to access the sensitive personal data of Michigan voters, a setback in President Donald Trump’s push to assert power over state-run elections. The decision moves the country closer to a potential fight at the U.S. Supreme Court over state voter rolls ahead […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Trump’s second border wall could wipe out three species found nowhere else but Quitobaquito
The tranquil waters of Quitobaquito Springs sit in the shadow of the wall separating the U.S. from Mexico that spans much of Arizona’s southern border. The small spring is home to three species that exist nowhere else in the world. But Quitobaquito Springs, also called A’al Waipai by the Hia-Ced O’odham people, could be destroyed […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Democrats in CD1 agree Trump is the problem, but differ on how to take him on
Both of the Democratic front-runners in a Phoenix-area congressional district that is among the most closely watched in the country this year put President Donald Trump center stage in a debate Tuesday, with each making their case to voters that they’d be the best choice to be the Democratic nominee in November. The four-way Democratic […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
9th Circuit freezes DOJ appeal over AZ voter rolls while it weighs similar California, Oregon cases
A federal appeals court on Tuesday paused the U.S. Department of Justice’s appeal of a lower court ruling that the Trump administration has no right to Arizona’s voter registration database until two other cases are resolved. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order in the lawsuit, granting a request from DOJ that […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
Hobbs vetoes bill to fast-track small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers
A bill to allow utility companies to build small nuclear reactors without having to conduct environmental studies or public hearings and bar nearly all Arizona counties from regulating them was among the dozens of measures vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs. The measure would have barred any county, except for ones “with 500,000 people […]
State News – Arizona - NewsAZ
No judge, no hearing: Appeals court OKs Trump’s nationwide fast-track deportations without due process
WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern border, a key pillar in the president’s mass deportation campaign. The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia means the […]
State News – Arizona
