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Legal protections for nearly 350,000 Haitians at risk as US Supreme Court nears ruling
By Kaitlin Bender-Thomas/Medill News Service WASHINGTON — Even with a valid driver’s license, Maryse Balthazar knows she lacks protection from what she dreads most: deportation back to Haiti. Balthazar, a nursing assistant, often hesitates to leave her home in South Florida, worried that something as simple as a broken taillight could upend the life she’s […]
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Miscarriage management remains muddled 4 years after Dobbs
Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they planned to name Maeve. On June 24, 2022, about one month after McNeill discovered she was pregnant, […]
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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 sent Hobbs more than 200 pieces of legislation. […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Katie Hobbs adds 88 vetoes to her record, rejecting GOP bills on schools, wolves and elections
Arizona’s Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs on Friday signed 72 pieces of legislation and vetoed another 88. Her signatures and vetoes came after a busy final week for the Republican-controlled state legislature, in which they voted on and sent her more than 150 bills. Many of those bills, which supported a far-right agenda, were passed along […]
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When teens drive less, they don’t register to vote. Here’s how civic groups are adapting.
American teens are driving less than in previous decades, prompting civic advocates to warn that fewer young people may register to vote. Yet at least one state — New Hampshire — offers insight into how civic groups can work around a lack of registration opportunities to ensure young people can register, as well as the […]
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Arizona voters will decide 10 GOP-backed ballot measures in November on schools, elections, taxes
When Arizona voters go to the polls in November to decide who will be the next governor and hold the other statewide offices, they’ll also get to weigh in directly on some of the policy priorities of the Republicans who currently run the state legislature. In all, legislators sent 10 measures to this year’s ballot, […]
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Arizona Court of Appeals pauses judge’s ruling on election powers in Maricopa County
The Arizona Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a ruling that was favorable to Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap in his long-running legal battle with the board of supervisors over control of the swing county’s elections. Two of its three justices ruled to stay enforcement of a lower court’s order in the case to avoid […]
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Family planning organizations sue Trump administration over Title X funding announcement
The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and a family planning organization in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Health and Human Services agency on Thursday alleging that it is politicizing the Title X grant funding program and violating the intent of the law. Attorneys from the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil […]
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As Trump’s immigration dragnet grows, so do complaints of ICE detention center conditions
WASHINGTON — When the overhead lights turn off at the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia, it not only means that night has arrived for Aliaksei Scharbachenia, but that panic attacks will soon follow. The attacks, which started after his detention began last August, he said, have only grown worse, stemming from the fear that he […]
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9 Senate races to watch as Democrats eye an uphill path to the majority in November
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings. But they still need nearly everything to break their way against a map that put them at a starting disadvantage, analysts and campaign officials say. At the outset of this election cycle, Republicans […]
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Trump overhauls federal birth control program to promote ‘family formation,’ fertility awareness
A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with little or no health insurance. Title X money cannot be used for abortions. The […]
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In GOP governor debate, Biggs sets sights on Hobbs while Schweikert tries to slow him down
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs told Arizonans on Wednesday evening that he’s got the best chance of beating Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November. Biggs’ chief opponent in the Republican primary for Arizona governor, U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, countered that he is the better, more moderate candidate to appeal to the state’s growing share of […]
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‘Be ready to be deported’: GOP AG hopeful Petersen pledges to help deport Arizona Dreamers
Republican Warren Petersen vowed to help the Trump administration deport the more than 18,000 Arizonans who were brought to America as children and have federal protection if voters in November make him Arizona’s next attorney general. In a terse exchange on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, Petersen and Arizona Attorney General Kris […]
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To end the war he started, Trump is poised to send $300 billion to Iran and end sanctions
WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday read to reporters a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran to stop the ongoing war and allow for further negotiations, but did not release the exact text. The 60-day MOU outlines the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and reconstruction funds for Iran, and the promise […]
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Western Democrats challenge Trump using $90M in national park fees for D.C. beautification
WASHINGTON — U.S. House and Senate Democrats, mostly from Western states, are demanding transparency from the Interior Department after media reports revealed the Trump administration redirected roughly $90 million in national parks fees to help fund renovations and upcoming celebratory displays in Washington, D.C. The administration’s use of fee revenues to pay for fountain repairs, […]
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Frustrated by inaction on ICE warehouse, activists move to dissolve Surprise altogether
Frustrated by a city council that has refused to oppose the opening of an immigration detention center, community activists in Surprise are hoping residents will agree to disincorporate the city, stripping away the council’s power. “If the city’s elected and professional leadership cannot stand up, will not stand up, will not take a stand to […]
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Arizona’s anti-AEA ballot measure could ban police, firefighter union bargaining, critics warn
Buried in a proposed constitutional amendment intended to destroy the state’s largest teachers union is language that advocates fear could ban all public sector labor unions in Arizona, including those that represent police officers and firefighters, from negotiating employment terms. And if voters in November add the language to the Arizona Constitution, they say it […]
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Republicans in US Senate left in dark by Trump on Iran deal, but want details and a vote
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators from both political parties said Tuesday they had yet to see the text of the deal Trump administration officials struck over the weekend to end the war in Iran, though several indicated any final agreement will require their approval. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said administration officials have signaled they […]
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